Greetings all. Need Lots of help! :-)

[Dmaley]

Got interested in wine making because I'm a beekeeper who had extra honey, so I made Apple Mead with it. It turned out great and now I'm hooked on wine making. I love learning new things so I'm hoping that the contributors of this wonderful forum can help me learn.

Thank you and I look forward to your insights.

 

[dralarms]

Welcome to the forum, great bunch of folks here to learn from.

 

[sour_grapes]

Welcome to WMT!

 

[Old Corker]

Welcome @Dmaley. Just curious and not sure how to ask this question. How much honey does a typical hive produce. As if I know what a typical hive is.

 

[Bossbaby]

Welcome!

 

[Rembee]

Welcome, I'm a bee keeper also

 

[Paulietivo]

Salute!

 

[Dmaley]

Welcome @Dmaley. Just curious and not sure how to ask this question. How much honey does a typical hive produce. As if I know what a typical hive is.

On a decent year, about 40-50 lbs. This was fall honey which is not as pretty as spring honey so I decided I would just ferment it instead of bottle and sell.

 

[Dmaley]

On a decent year, about 40-50 lbs. This was fall honey which is not as pretty as spring honey so I decided I would just ferment it instead of bottle and sell.

1 lb = 12 liquid ounces too, BTW, in case you were wanting to know gallons instead of weight.

 

[Dmaley]

Welcome, I'm a bee keeper also

Shout out o my fellow Beek! . How'd you do this last winter.

Welcome, I'm a bee keeper also

 

[David Violante]

Greetings and welcome! There are quite a few beekeepers on here and lots of great advice for both wine and mead-making. Super great folks! Where are you located?

 

[JeffA]

Welcome to the forum. I'm still kind of new here too but would be willing to help out with what and when I can. I will point out that so many people don't realize when you add fruit to your honey it is no longer considered mead. Don't worry, even seasoned wine makers still just call it mead. The truth is, if you add fruit to your fermentation with honey, it is considered Melomel. Just simply means it's mead with fruit in it. And Apple melomel sounds like a really good combination. Happy fermenting.....

 

[Dmaley]

Greetings and welcome! There are quite a few beekeepers on here and lots of great advice for both wine and mead-making. Super great folks! Where are you located?

Thank you for the welcome! I am located in Central Indiana.

 

[Dmaley]

Welcome to the forum. I'm still kind of new here too but would be willing to help out with what and when I can. I will point out that so many people don't realize when you add fruit to your honey it is no longer considered mead. Don't worry, even seasoned wine makers still just call it mead. The truth is, if you add fruit to your fermentation with honey, it is considered Melomel. Just simply means it's mead with fruit in it. And Apple melomel sounds like a really good combination. Happy fermenting.....

Thank you for the welcome and thank you for the terminology lesson! I'll take it all! I learned that it was called an Apple Cysor from internet reading but I had not heard the term Melomel yet. Interesting... Thank you!