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Just a page to chronicle my journey into mead making. The mead is not for sale as I am not licensed.

25/10/2026

Just done the 4 week check on the TK MAXX honey mead. Its gone from 1.125 to 1.010, so sitting at roughly 15%
Its no longer bubbling in the air lock so its pretty much done. Will check again next weekend and if theres no change then I'll rack it off into a bucket and add my cherries and, when I find some, some cinnamon sticks.

08/10/2026

This is what's under my stairs at the moment. There's room for more, right?

06/10/2026

Checked and tasted this the other day as well as start that latest batch. Its got stronger haha but it definitely needs to be left alone to age as its quite harsh.

Tasted the Aldi squeezy honey to. That hasn't got any stronger as it was dryer than the Sahara. Doesn't taste quite as harsh as the Saddleworth, but still needs to age

04/10/2026

Another week/month, another batch.

Polish Honey acquired from Lidl. Don't know if im going to keep this one traditional or flavour it in secondary yet.

1.8kg honey, starting gravity at 1.112 so a possible 14.7% from this one.

Anyone any thoughts on flavours? Already got a cherry one in mind for the TK MAXX batch.

28/09/2026

Delivery came today, 4 extra demijohns, spare caps for every demi i have, citric acid, and a shed load of bottles. Think I might do that polish honey mead this weekend. Might see if any of the other batches are ready for bottling yet too

26/09/2026

Another new batch? Yes, thats right. This time the honey is from TK Maxx.

There is a full 2kg in here, resulting in an OG of around 1.125, so potentially 16.4% if it ferments fully dry.

I'm planning on flavouring this one as it is the 5th batch ive done. Leaning towards a dark cherry and oak in secondary.

I still have the polish honey, but I only have 1 demijohn left, and no airlocks until my next equipment order comes 🤣 3 more demijohns, caps so I can reclaim my other 2 airlocks, some citric acid as thats something I want to experiment with, and a shed load of bottles so I can start thinking about bottling some of the other ones I have on the go

06/09/2026

Update time!
Well, its been a month since the last update so thought it was about time fir a new one. Checked on both the Saddleworth Honey and the ALDI Squeezy honey ones today

Saddleworth is at 0.999 standard gravity, so around 13.4%. Racked it off and stabalised as thats pretty much done and dry as a bone

Aldi is at 0.992 😱 sg and 11.9%. Also racked and stabilised this one as, once again, it is dryer than a nuns, erm, you know...

Also tasted the Black Hives Matter that was my first one as its still ageing. Its not doing too bad, maybe another month or so and I might bottle it.

If I get chance next weekend, I might start another batch with some Polish Honey I picked up from Lidl then look at getting some proper honey again rather than keep cheaping out on store bought sh*te

06/08/2026

Busy day today. Got 2 different batches going today.

1.
3lbs Aldi honey giving a starting gravity of 1.083 which if it goes dry then should be between 10 and 11%

2.
4lbs Saddleworth honey picked up from Dr Kershaws Hospice.
Starting gravity of 1.101 which, again, if dry then should be between 13 and 14%

01/08/2026

Think another batch is coming soon!

13/07/2026

Got bored of waiting so racked and stabilised my original batch yesterday. I started it 14 weeks ago! 🤣🤣🤣 sitting at around 11.8% and sweet. Gonna let it sit for a couple of months again before bottling

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