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I have a youtube channel with over 20 Mead Making Videos
Articles
How to stop the ferment of mead
How to sweeten mead
Should you make 1 gallon of mead or 5 gallons?
Mead Making and Alcohol Content
Some information about Yeast The Secret Art of Mead Making Revealed New: 5 Tips for the beginner mead maker It's all about the Honey - A dramatic look at how important honey is in mead making For Beginners: How to make your first and easy 1 gallon batch of Mead honey wine How to make a sparkling champagne style mead How much does it cost to make a batch of mead? I have the cost breakdown here How to make a batch of mead today! The fast, easy, and cheap way to your first batch of honey wine The difference is the honey! A stop motion animation showing two different honeys side by side and how the fermented brew looks Thinking about designing or buying your wine and mead bottle labels? Here is some information about labels and bottles that will help you The Magical Transformation of water into wine with pics How and why to use a hydrometer How to use a wine thief to test your wine or mead Dispelling the Myths about Mead Thoughts about Mead and Wine Making Important note about Sanitizing your Mead making and wine making equipment Learning the art of Patience when making wine or mead How do you know the ferment is working? Discovering Mead Mead by any other name Checking the PH of your Mead to insure good fermentation (video) Making Flavored Meads 
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Three Gallon Carboy
There is a basic decision that you have to make if you are a beginner mead maker. That is what size batch you should make. Typically mead makers make batches in a five or six gallon glass carboy. And this is a pretty standard thing. But if you are a beginner you are no doubt thinking that fifteen to eighteen pounds of honey is quite expensive! And you are right, it is rather expensive especially if you get a high quality honey.
You do have the option of making a one gallon batch which is kind of nice and this will keep your honey costs down but in the end the most you will get out of it is four bottles of mead.
So, there is a common alternative that is available now - the three gallon carboy. It is a good compromise and you should be able to get a full case of mead out of it. And a three gallon carboy is less expensive than the 5. Anyhoo, amazon. com now carries three gallon carboys. Yay!
  3 Gallon Glass Carboy for Beer or Wine Making
Here are the stoppers and airlocks that will fit with this carboy.
  Drilled Rubber Stopper (Carboy Bung Sets of 3)
  3 Piece Plastic Airlock (Sold in sets of 3)
I also have plenty more supplies here: Mead Making Supplies and Equipment
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