Many Meads

Full to capacity! Only thing I have empty is a 5L and a 10L bottle to make racking easy. 

Uriel

Uriel - 19L/5 gallon plain mead

19 liter! 19!
Starting SG ~1102

6.5 kilo honey
mead yeast

Decided to do this plain and I can split it out to flavour it in secondary or something.

Tai

Tai - 10L

250 gr cacao nibs and 1 box of Bengal Spice chai boiled in a couple of liter water
~3500 gr honey
Mead yeast

Starting SG ~1100

I exhausted the nibs and the teabags by pouring off the tea and then putting in new hot water. Might still add more in secondary if it needs it.
The stopper for this carboy is allllmost in too deep and I am Concerned. MUST get it out when I replace the blowoff tube with an airlock, can't just jam in an airlock or the stopper will end up inside the carboy. Use some kind of hooked thingy through the stopper's hole to yank it out.

update: got the stopper out with a clotheshanger. 

Seraph

Seraph - date (5L)

1500 gr honey
300 gr date syrup
sherry/mead yeast

Starting SG 1100

Date syrup has an interesting flavour, fruity but with a hint of salt, almost like zwart wit/salmiak powder. Maybe I should have added it in secondary, I don't know.

Racking

Lane - ginger/apple/hibiscus tea

SG 1032
18%

Smells amazing - appley! Tasting both the apple and ginger, not sure if I get the hibiscus. good sweetness. Aftertaste is a bit hot. Currently in the fridge to cold crash.

Wait, did I put yeast stop in this? I've been thinking about doing a carbonated batch and this would work for it. Shit, my notes don't say. Though even if I didn't, I think this is too fermented out to get going again. Might try it a second time with this tea though, I like the result.

Moragh - coffee

SG 1012
19% ?
Was a bit scared to try this but it's not bad. Mostly dry. Smells of coffee for sure. Taste is a bit acidic from the coffee and maybe I just don't like black coffee... but meh. Added yeast stop + 125 gr honey, cold crashing it. IDK if I'll ever want to drink this. Maybe if I age it?

Noon - fig

SG 0.999
17%
+350 gr honey to SG 1022
No taste notes. Kinda too early to tell anyway.

Kearney - cacao + bengal spice 

SG 1030
17%
Oh this smells SO GOOD. Taste is more mellow than the peppery hit of Chai, but very nice. Wish there was a more pronounced cacao flavour but I think it's there. More nibs for the big batch I plan to make (10L). Or make cacao nib tea?

Added yeast stop & bentonite

Ode - strawberry & apple

SG 0.999
14/15% alc

+ 275 gr honey & yeast stop
No taste notes. Kinda too early and too dry to tell anyway.