Seems like I have seen KMBS as an acronym for potassium metabisulfite. And yes, you might see some casual bubbling as the CO2 works it's way out of the mead.
Blackberry mead started today!
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Racked to new carboy
Racked to new carboy after cold crashing for about a week. I've added bentonite as well. Topped it up with a little RO water to replace missing volume from the sludge. Blackberry flavor pretty nice, still very harsh alcohol flavor as it's very young. Used a mini-autosiphon to start this transfer and WOW was it worth the little bit of $ it cost! Much easier than manually starting a siphon!
Xanderphillips
Racked to new carboy after cold crashing for about a week. I've added bentonite as well. Topped it up with a little RO water to replace missing volume from the sludge. Blackberry flavor pretty nice, still very harsh alcohol flavor as it's very young. Used a mini-autosiphon to start this transfer and WOW was it worth the little bit of $ it cost! Much easier than manually starting a siphon!
Xanderphillips
Racked today. Cleared up very nicely. A few whisps of berry strands got past the siphon that I will still want to filter out before bottling. Nice and clear, still strongly harsh alcohol flavor. Wife's sample she said it has a 'rotting fruit' flavor. Does that age out, or do you think I did something wrong? It's mildly unpleasant to my tongue mostly due to the strong harsh alcohol flavor but there is truth to what she said that the fruit flavors are a bit 'off'.
You will be amazed at what its like in 6 months. Leave it in a carboy in a dark cool space. So long as alcohol tastes sharp, the flavors are evolving.
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Sent from the Nexus of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which has been infected with Vogon poetry, some of which leaked out here.
Reading your recipe made me want to start a batch also. Month old in just a few days cant wait ti rack it !
Thanks, that's my mom when she was a little girl. (Judy).
Well, it's been forever since I've been on here, but I'm about to start another batch of the blackberry using the same recipe / method I did on this original batch. Once it had aged a little bit it was DECLICIOUS! So much so that the wife and I were sad that I had only made a 1 gal batch of it! Here's hoping this batch is as good as the last one!
Well, it's been forever since I've been on here, but I'm about to start another batch of the blackberry using the same recipe / method I did on this original batch. Once it had aged a little bit it was DECLICIOUS! So much so that the wife and I were sad that I had only made a 1 gal batch of it! Here's hoping this batch is as good as the last one!
