Quite Windy
"Was this made with a special honey?" I wondered. Nope. It's just a nice sweet sack mead with enough character to be interesting. Very accessible though, I think it tastes very much like non-mead drinkers expect mead to taste. This one's gonna make a good gift.
New: Dale
Dale
Starting gravity: 1135
Read about pomegranate mead and it sounded intriguing. I hope it still has some colour by the end of it.
- 1750 gr plain flower honey
- 2 liter store bought pomegranate juice
- ~o.5 L homepressed pomegranate juice (SO not worth the effort)
- port yeast
- yeast energiser
Starting gravity: 1135
Read about pomegranate mead and it sounded intriguing. I hope it still has some colour by the end of it.
New: Chai
Chai:
This tea is pretty sharp with the pepper and I'm hoping it'll give the mead an interesting kick. Hopefully also a pretty dark colour. I'm also going to try to make this one a little more semi-dry, since I've made so many really sweet ones lately.
- 1750 gr plain flower honey
- 2.5 liters really strong Bengal chai (Celestials Bengal Spice: Cinnamon, roasted chicory, roasted carob, natural spice and vanilla flavors with other natural flavors, ginger, cardamom, black pepper, cloves and nutmeg)
- Mead/sweet wine yeast
- Yeast activator
- Water to make up volume.
This tea is pretty sharp with the pepper and I'm hoping it'll give the mead an interesting kick. Hopefully also a pretty dark colour. I'm also going to try to make this one a little more semi-dry, since I've made so many really sweet ones lately.
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