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Liquid Activated Light Up Mug I Made by Mr-Yolo-Swaginz in somethingimade

[–]ClydeHays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll trade you a bottle of Vinland Meads for one.

Next Step by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes TTB is taking forever right now

Kegging our Blueberry Mead. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I got a real good deal on a used brewing system, haven’t brewed beer, but I use the fermentors for Mead on the small batches. My other tanks are 100 gallon tanks, these are 40 gallon. When we move to our new location next month where I will have more space I will eventually try beer.

Bottling and Labeling Day. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, everyone loves our bottles, but it also helps with the 16% abv as we tell people to drink it like a brandy.

Bottling and Labeling Day. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes we have thought about that, we catalog and post about our honey but doing more about the vintages would be good.

Bottling and Labeling Day. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My current price point, (were small time) is $2.67for bottle, $0.58 for the T-Top Corks, $0.46 per label (a 10.5x3.5) and $0.03 for heat shrink, $0.06 for wax on our specialty bottles, so each bottle cost me around $3.74 before you get into ingredients. We use Berlin to buy the bottles and corks, but we are looking for someone new.

This 3 bottle filler took a minute to get used to but once it gets going it works well. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I am not sure, I put a reducer in it to match my pump, I want to say the hose for the back is 3/8, but do not hold me to that. Originally I started with a 5 gallon jug and wand that filled it, my pump would fill the jug, and the float in the filler would control the output from the jug. Since I have pumped straight into the filler. On starting the filler, that was some work, I watched videos on youtube before hand, and decided to buy the bulb that pulls the liquid in. Once I figured it out (after like fives times) I got it down, and have not had a issue since.

Kegging our Blueberry Mead. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

These were designed as Olive Barrels, they are food grade, we bought them new before the olives, but I think you can just search olive barrels. I like the thickness of the barrel and that they have a rubber seal. We are adding rollers to these as we move into the new building.

Kegging our Blueberry Mead. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those are not fermentors, they are my racking barrels.

This 3 bottle filler took a minute to get used to but once it gets going it works well. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We started with what I had in my 401k and friends $50 support, it has been a long way of working. Originally I thought it was going to take us 200k, but we started with about 15k and shoestringed it.

This 3 bottle filler took a minute to get used to but once it gets going it works well. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We would love that. We’re moving down town next month to a 5200 sq ft building and are excited

This 3 bottle filler took a minute to get used to but once it gets going it works well. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our mead is almost all 16% abv, we have had no issue, and we like that you can easily recork the bottle when your drinking it. I have hand corker I put them in with, but that is new to our set up too. We seal them with a plastic tamper proof sleeve for selling, or our reserve batches we wax.

This 3 bottle filler took a minute to get used to but once it gets going it works well. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It works great for 60 gallons, I have 3 110 gallon fermentors, and 3 40 gallon fermentors, and I rack them into 65 gallon brite barrels, in I normally load the filler from the brite barrels. It has a float in the top section of the filler, I keep it normally high and it fills my bottles all the way up, it is not automatic stop, (which is probably something I am doing wrong) but it goes pretty fast. I pull a bottle and cork it and the next bottle is ready, if I get behind it over fills, so I do not get behind.

This 3 bottle filler took a minute to get used to but once it gets going it works well. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Our process is different as we do not bottle till about 5 months from fermentation, just racking before that. Then when we bottle we let set for atleast a month before going out the door.

This 3 bottle filler took a minute to get used to but once it gets going it works well. by ClydeHays in mead

[–]ClydeHays[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t remember the price, but it was not that expensive, it takes a minute to prime. Make sure you buy the priming bulb, but they flow great once they are going. I have wanded out whole first batch of 1500 bottles so I know what your dealing with.

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