I should post more often -
Here's what's new with me and Jackalguy:
Mead happiness
We just pitched two new meads.
1. A bigger, 5 gallon version of Ryan's 1 gallon Cranberry/Rasberry experimental. We change the yeast to this new uber yeast so it has the possibilty of being up to 15% percent alcohol. The one gallon version of "Red Land" mead is very sweet and smooth, very berry tasting but not terribly alcoholic. It took 6 weeks to ferment and be aged enough for taste testing.
2. A one gallon experimental strawberry mead. I used 3 lbs of Mesquite honey and 2 lbs of pureed strawberry and water to fill. It's really thick and we will have to filter it when we rack it and move it to the secondary fermentation. I have added a cinnamon stick and will add a bourbon vanilla bean when it goes into secondary.
So now in our meadery we have:
1. Ryan's vanilla batch - possibly infected, we've only saved a gallon of it to see if aging will help
2. My 5 gallon cyser (Apple) that already tastes smooth, golden and slightly spicy.
3."Ancient Orange mead" (1 gallon) - a recipe from the Got Mead forums. We've bottled it. It has a slightly bitter mid-tone to it. It tastes sweet, then bitter, then sweet (and orange).
4. Cran-Ras "Red Land" - (1 gallon) - now bottled to age more.The one gallon version of "Red Land" mead is very sweet and smooth, very berry tasting but not terribly alcoholic. It took 6 weeks to ferment and be aged enough for taste testing.
5. Coffee mead (1 gallon) - experimental blend made with 8 cups of hazelnut coffee and clover honey
6. Maple Mead (5 gallon) - pitched 8 days ago with the uber yeast. With a gallon of maple syrup and clover honey.
7. Red Land redone- 5 gallon
8. Strawberry experimental 1 gallon
Upcoming meads - Pumpkin, pomegranate, vanilla, Nutmeg, Hazelnut
Possible - a pear
And we've only started a few months ago so I couldnt really say we quite know what we're doing yet!
Bella
Here's what's new with me and Jackalguy:
Mead happiness
We just pitched two new meads.
1. A bigger, 5 gallon version of Ryan's 1 gallon Cranberry/Rasberry experimental. We change the yeast to this new uber yeast so it has the possibilty of being up to 15% percent alcohol. The one gallon version of "Red Land" mead is very sweet and smooth, very berry tasting but not terribly alcoholic. It took 6 weeks to ferment and be aged enough for taste testing.
2. A one gallon experimental strawberry mead. I used 3 lbs of Mesquite honey and 2 lbs of pureed strawberry and water to fill. It's really thick and we will have to filter it when we rack it and move it to the secondary fermentation. I have added a cinnamon stick and will add a bourbon vanilla bean when it goes into secondary.
So now in our meadery we have:
1. Ryan's vanilla batch - possibly infected, we've only saved a gallon of it to see if aging will help
2. My 5 gallon cyser (Apple) that already tastes smooth, golden and slightly spicy.
3."Ancient Orange mead" (1 gallon) - a recipe from the Got Mead forums. We've bottled it. It has a slightly bitter mid-tone to it. It tastes sweet, then bitter, then sweet (and orange).
4. Cran-Ras "Red Land" - (1 gallon) - now bottled to age more.The one gallon version of "Red Land" mead is very sweet and smooth, very berry tasting but not terribly alcoholic. It took 6 weeks to ferment and be aged enough for taste testing.
5. Coffee mead (1 gallon) - experimental blend made with 8 cups of hazelnut coffee and clover honey
6. Maple Mead (5 gallon) - pitched 8 days ago with the uber yeast. With a gallon of maple syrup and clover honey.
7. Red Land redone- 5 gallon
8. Strawberry experimental 1 gallon
Upcoming meads - Pumpkin, pomegranate, vanilla, Nutmeg, Hazelnut
Possible - a pear
And we've only started a few months ago so I couldnt really say we quite know what we're doing yet!
Bella