I was first introduced to mead at the NY Renaissance Faire and immediately fell in love with it, more so than wine, more so than beer (and I love beer!). It was a few years later that I learned that making mead could be a simple process (or a complicated one, if you so chose) and I decided to try my hand at it.
It was around this time that I learned that the mead I drank (and enjoyed) at the Ren Faire was made by Carroll's mead. Mead was hard to find at local package good stores and it just so happened that the one I did find it at only carried Carroll's. I'm sure it's heresy to some, but I really like the taste of Carroll's and would like to replicate it. If you've never tried it, it's a sweet mead that has a slightly thick (slick?) mouthfeel, but has an ABV of 8.9%.
I live in New Jersey and also just recently discovered there's a meadery close by, Melovino Meadery. I've tried a few of their meads and liked several of them a lot, but like a duckling that imprints the first duck/human it sees as its parent, I'm drawn to Carroll's because it was what got me into mead. So would anyone know how I might go about copying this mead? It's not flavored or anything like that and is probably pretty basic. Would it's low ABV mean it's diluted (does that even work?).
I'm still new to this process. I've only made 8 one gallon batches so far (almost all within the past two months...I'm making one a week), trying a variety of different things with them, and will continue to experiment. But since my standard is Carroll's -- I could easily drink several bottles of this at a sitting (and I have!) -- I'd like to try to make my own version. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Rich
It was around this time that I learned that the mead I drank (and enjoyed) at the Ren Faire was made by Carroll's mead. Mead was hard to find at local package good stores and it just so happened that the one I did find it at only carried Carroll's. I'm sure it's heresy to some, but I really like the taste of Carroll's and would like to replicate it. If you've never tried it, it's a sweet mead that has a slightly thick (slick?) mouthfeel, but has an ABV of 8.9%.
I live in New Jersey and also just recently discovered there's a meadery close by, Melovino Meadery. I've tried a few of their meads and liked several of them a lot, but like a duckling that imprints the first duck/human it sees as its parent, I'm drawn to Carroll's because it was what got me into mead. So would anyone know how I might go about copying this mead? It's not flavored or anything like that and is probably pretty basic. Would it's low ABV mean it's diluted (does that even work?).
I'm still new to this process. I've only made 8 one gallon batches so far (almost all within the past two months...I'm making one a week), trying a variety of different things with them, and will continue to experiment. But since my standard is Carroll's -- I could easily drink several bottles of this at a sitting (and I have!) -- I'd like to try to make my own version. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Rich