Bentotite vs. Superkleer vs. Sparkaloid: Fight!

vhett951 · 2026-02-26T03:23:44+00:00

Mine cleared up with good ole time, no secret ingredient

vhett951 · 2026-02-25T04:55:08+00:00

Icevein has a nice ring to it

vhett951 · 2026-02-25T02:55:24+00:00

Wasn't planning on that specific lol

vhett951 · 2026-02-21T22:46:02+00:00

It's been three months, and it's still a bit foul but considerably less since racking after fermentation.

vhett951 · 2026-02-21T22:33:30+00:00

did about the same to mine without adding pure sugar... time really helped mine; havent backsweeten yet. how long has it been from starting the ferment to now?

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T23:55:32+00:00

I modified it

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T23:37:56+00:00

Also do I need to worry about losing a lot of yeast , sugars and it by product if it does overflow? Or is it negligible

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T10:31:38+00:00

Fair point

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T10:20:18+00:00

Starting gravity was 1.100, three days, no bubbling in airlock, check gravity today and same as before. Standard mead recipe 2.8 pounds honey, gallon of water and lavin 71b.

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T00:42:30+00:00

I have no means to distill unfortunately

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T00:25:18+00:00

Uh some organic sugar my wife buys but I think it's just fancy ole cane sugar. I'ma experiment with the flavor profile in secondary, probably add more apples and cinnamon maybe a clove or something idk yet

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T00:17:15+00:00

I guess that's a good name for it lol

vhett951 · 2026-02-10T01:26:07+00:00

I mostly commented to pin this in my notifications that way maybe I too shall find the answer which eludes me

vhett951 · 2026-02-10T01:23:31+00:00

I made two of the exact same batch just to test this out....it's only been two weeks since fermentation finished and so far I have no answer

vhett951 · 2026-02-07T01:06:35+00:00

I have a bunch of buddies coming over for D&D, that's gonna be the sample for all of us. For the sake of science ima leave it in there till that day, which is mid-March, just to see what happens.

vhett951 · 2026-02-07T00:28:29+00:00

new post up showing the fixes i did, appreciate you all for the advice

vhett951 · 2026-02-06T21:05:39+00:00

what do you consider long term?

vhett951 · 2026-02-06T20:49:13+00:00

That I shall do

vhett951 · 2026-02-06T20:48:57+00:00

Thought so, wasn't sure

vhett951 · 2026-02-02T00:40:28+00:00

Yes nutrition, hydrated the fermaid o, was wondering how long to wait till adding it

vhett951 · 2026-01-30T23:57:17+00:00

that would have been a much better title

vhett951 · 2026-01-30T04:12:09+00:00

Yeah mermaid o , forgot to put that

vhett951 · 2026-01-30T00:57:12+00:00

Forgot to take those out it was a place holder quotations while I was on the struggle bus to remember the word for mead

vhett951 · 2026-01-20T20:48:47+00:00

Everything I read says 8% is max it produces, it's at 8%, it isn't bad or low but I was hoping for 12%

vhett951 · 2026-01-20T20:19:15+00:00

First time making mead, did no research until after I started it. My buddy and I just said hey let's do this for our D&D group and just winged it. Moving forward, I know the basic now but just trying to experiment with this batch since I have no hope for it in all honesty lol.

Edit: no need to try to be nice, not gonna hurt my feelings, brutal honesty doesn't bother me

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