Patience

Johanneskai · Jul 30, 2009

Ok, so now I learn what real patience is. I bottled my Wildflower Vanilla Hydromel yesterday, against the recommedation of the help that I received. I was told to wait one more - two more days, a week. Well the Vanilla hydromel is fining well in the bottles, but so is the Maple Flower. If I had only waited a bit, the Vanilla would have fined just fine in the gallon carboy. Now I have extra lees in the bottles.
The reason why I am telling you this is that I want you to learn from my impatience!
I know that I will enjoy what I have. Lees is not bad. But remember keep cool and focus on what you want!!!!

Medsen Fey · Jul 30, 2009

I suspect that hardly a one of us has not bottled some a little too early at some point.

Patience is the toughest ingredient to find for your mead, and perhaps the most important one - it's kind of funny how they rarely write it into the recipe.

Dan McFeeley · Jul 30, 2009

I remember years back on the venerable Mead Lovers Digest, there was a survey of factors important in meadmaking. Patience was number one on the list.

I'd say that one of the best remedies for becoming more patient is slowly building up the mead cellar. It's easy to wait when you can pull out a good bottle when you want it! ;D

capoeirista13 · Jul 30, 2009

Patience has been forced upon me...my drinks all taste terrible, until they taste good, lol.

Yo momma · Jul 30, 2009

Still after 5 years of mead making I have some sediment in my bottles. So many meads and not so many secondary's!

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