Someone from one of the other forums has asked me about.........mead
Anyway, she has made a basic 5 gallon batch (currently fermenting for 2 days, started at SG of 1085), what she wants to do is to add some fruit as well, but.......
The fruit is small batches that have been put through a "steam juice extractor" and equate to 1lb of fruit (1lb of strawberries, 1lb of blackberries and 1lb of blackcurrants) - or 500mls of the extracted juice.
It seems that she wants to split the 5 gallon batch up into 3 x 1 gallon with fruit and leave the other 2 gallons as traditional mead.
The honey she's used so far, it basic raw wild flower stuff (a gift from a friend/colleague/apiarist I understand).
What is the way ahead ?
I'm thinking that she should be adding the fruit when it's moved from primary to secondary and then finish "as normal".......
Does anyone have any other suggestions/ideas ? as I don't want to screw it up etc, just "point her in the right direction" (she's a competent wine maker anyway, it's just that mead is something new to her).
TVM for any info
regards
fatbloke
Anyway, she has made a basic 5 gallon batch (currently fermenting for 2 days, started at SG of 1085), what she wants to do is to add some fruit as well, but.......
The fruit is small batches that have been put through a "steam juice extractor" and equate to 1lb of fruit (1lb of strawberries, 1lb of blackberries and 1lb of blackcurrants) - or 500mls of the extracted juice.
It seems that she wants to split the 5 gallon batch up into 3 x 1 gallon with fruit and leave the other 2 gallons as traditional mead.
The honey she's used so far, it basic raw wild flower stuff (a gift from a friend/colleague/apiarist I understand).
What is the way ahead ?
I'm thinking that she should be adding the fruit when it's moved from primary to secondary and then finish "as normal".......
Does anyone have any other suggestions/ideas ? as I don't want to screw it up etc, just "point her in the right direction" (she's a competent wine maker anyway, it's just that mead is something new to her).
TVM for any info
regards
fatbloke