I used the following recipe for 1 gallon:
2.5 lbs (frozen then thawed and crushed) raspberries
4 lbs clover honey
yeast
2 tsp yeast nutrient
1 tsp citric acid crystals
topped up to 1 gallon with water
Everything but the fruit was started off in a demijohn (or 'carboy') and once the fermentation slowed down significantly, the mead was siphoned off the lees and onto the fruit in a bucket fermenter. After a week it was racked again off the fruit into a demijohn to clear.
It's fermenting well and I intend to rack it again once I get my hands on a jelly bag (there's still some fruit in the lees) but was rather acidic when I sampled at the last racking. I wondered if I could either a) blend with a plain mead or b) use chalk precipitate to take the acidity down a little and hopefully get a better balance between the fruit and honey flavours.
Your help appreciated in this, my first post!
2.5 lbs (frozen then thawed and crushed) raspberries
4 lbs clover honey
yeast
2 tsp yeast nutrient
1 tsp citric acid crystals
topped up to 1 gallon with water
Everything but the fruit was started off in a demijohn (or 'carboy') and once the fermentation slowed down significantly, the mead was siphoned off the lees and onto the fruit in a bucket fermenter. After a week it was racked again off the fruit into a demijohn to clear.
It's fermenting well and I intend to rack it again once I get my hands on a jelly bag (there's still some fruit in the lees) but was rather acidic when I sampled at the last racking. I wondered if I could either a) blend with a plain mead or b) use chalk precipitate to take the acidity down a little and hopefully get a better balance between the fruit and honey flavours.
Your help appreciated in this, my first post!