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.
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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
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
Oriel and Parlan - more mini batches
I really like how the 2 litre batches turned out, and how fast they did so, so I made two more.
Oriel
600ml honey from the beekeepers in Eindhoven, kindly donated by friends who have too much of it :-)
200 ml rosehip syrup
somewhat old Aromatic yeast
nutrient mix
Parlan (I think)
1000 gr forest honey (Lidl) (that was an oops, forgot I used 750 gr last time!)
somewhat old Aromatic yeast
nutrient mix
I also added the same yeast/nutrient mix to Lisidh, since that one is resolutely Not Touching the new added honey.
Oriel
600ml honey from the beekeepers in Eindhoven, kindly donated by friends who have too much of it :-)
200 ml rosehip syrup
somewhat old Aromatic yeast
nutrient mix
Parlan (I think)
1000 gr forest honey (Lidl) (that was an oops, forgot I used 750 gr last time!)
somewhat old Aromatic yeast
nutrient mix
I also added the same yeast/nutrient mix to Lisidh, since that one is resolutely Not Touching the new added honey.
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