long awaited update

So it's almost a year since I even touched my brewings. I moved over summer and I could just never motivate myself to scrape all the tools from their various places in the shed.

Bottled two things:

Oriel 
1070 and 19%
Syrupy sweet and heavy. I added a little oak extract to give it something interesting.

Rock and Roll
1020 and 17%
Initially confused by the taste, but it's spiced mead. Sweet ish but not nearly as syrupy
This is 11 months old and was never racked, so there was a thick layer of sludge. Not my most strategic move ever, because that made it a pain to bottle nicely.
Got 6 good bottles and a bottle of sludge I added bentonite to in the hope I might rack off some good stuff later.

New Things!

Jove:
SG 1012 / 15% alc
Completely clear, but slightly fizzy on agitation, so racked instead of bottled.
This is apple mead. I can taste it a little, but not as much as I'd like. Apparently a litre of apple juice is not enough on a 5l batch.

Lisidh:
SG: 1022 / 15%
Still murky, tastes unfinished. Have added a vanilla stick

Oriel:
SG 1070 / 18%
Really heavy, overly sweet. Can't really taste the rosehip. Might need some apple acid to freshen it up a bit. I also have oak extract that might make it interesting.

Parlan:
Waterlock dried out. Smelled off, gone down the drain

And in honour of my crazy sailing adventure, 3 new batches:

Quite Windy (2l batch)
750gr honey
Slightly old aromatic yeast
nutrient mix

Rock And Roll (2l batch)
750gr honey
2 cloves
half a cinnamon stick
Slightly old aromatic yeast
nutrient mix

Shattered Spankerboom (5l)
1500 gr honey
Slightly old aromatic yeast
nutrient mix