Not North America, just America - we Canadians are on metric - have been for decades!
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Good luck in the competition @Cowgirl! Yes @Eva you do drive on the right(hand) side of the road. Why is that anyway?
Apologies @Bossert and all other Canadians, my bad.
@Freebz your tag sounds familiarā¦ BYAP?
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Becauseā¦we invented driving 
No worries skeggley! See we also say āno worriesā up here in Canada 
Although we do drive on the right hand side of the roadā¦which of course is normal 
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Yep Iām on BYAP, been a while since Iāve posted there though
Gallon @MrBear ? Really?
At least you didnāt say literā¦
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Well, I bought a 1 gallon demijohn when I was living in the US, and brought it back to Australia on my returnā¦ so technically it is a 1 gallon jug 
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Thank you all for the recipes!
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I plan on making mead with my own honey, but need to learn beekeeping first, I have made about 10 gallons in the past and nothing ferments like honey its slow and smells awesome. So really wanting to get started with a flow hive and have my own honey!
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Well this is a positive sign, I am starting to see Honey Mead products in my local bottle shop. So I just had to buy some to compare to the homebrew. The Cloudy Apple Cider was too just irresistable not to buy, will double as a small fermenter.
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Haā¦ a bit more refined compared to my brew, think mine need a few more years to mature.
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Ok so I have some spare honey and Iāve just bought some 5 litre demijohns. 
Not knowing wether I like mead and the fact it takes ages, ages and ages until itās ready Iām going small batches.
My first batch will be the @Mattress recommendation then immediately followed by the @Freebz recipe.
I see these recipes are subtly different both in flavours and style.
I will try to put down a different batch after these two every month until Iām out of honey.
@Cowgirlās link I notice the use of yeast nutrient yet the others donāt, any comment on this peeps?
Anyway this weekend begins my foray into the making of mead and if there are any more favourite reciepies please share as Iām going to be needing more.
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Very cool! I tasted some homemade mead years ago that I thought was awful, like cough syrup & stupidly concluded that I donāt like mead. @Cowgirl brought me some of hers last summer and I was transformed. It was pure ambrosia, having been made with fresh honey and aged properly. Hereās to a successful batch to taste in 2019 Skegs!
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Well I did a bit more research, joined a couple of mead forums, thanks @TonyFromWestOzā¦ and found Joes ancient recipe (@Bobby_Thanepohn) which is for 1 gallon. Foolishly I mixed, added and filled my 5 litre bottle and then realised I was a litre diluted so I added more honey and now Iāve read @Mattressā post and it shows the same measures except for 5 litresā¦
Oh well itās now bottled and was bubbling within 10 minutes! Yay. Only a year to wait nowā¦
Reading through the mead forums blew me away with the interest and popularity of mead, all the medieval user names cracked me up too.
Iām spending too much time on forums, I think I need to see a therapistā¦
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I think you need to check when itās ready then SHARE the mead!
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Share? Does that include me, myself and I? 
As much as Iād like to experiment with flavours I think the next batch will be just honey and water with raisins or sultanas, which are the nutrient I believe, I have enough honey budgeted for another 2 x 5 litre DJās which I should stagger monthlyā¦ Shouldā¦
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Thereās shertainly no need to wait a *hic year my friend.
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