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SuperSkylar · 01-21-2012, 08:53 PM

Hi guys, I am new here and new to brewing

. I have started a rice and raisin wine, and a pineapple wine. I have a lot of glass 1 gallon jugs, so I would like to keep the recipe for 1 gallon. So I wanted to know if anyone has an avocado mead recipe, I want to make a mead because I already have two wines brewing (but if there are only wince recipes that is fine too). I love avocados and they are on sale for 47 cents here so I figured why not!
Thanks!

SuperSkylar · 01-21-2012, 11:05 PM

Bugeaud · 01-22-2012, 12:38 AM

Well avocado, lemon, and herb salt goes really well together. Why not include some citrus? Also, avocado may be described as lacking in flavour themselves alone, so to capture the full essence of avocado I would have A LOT of avocados peeled and pitted in the primary. The considerable large amount of oil in avocado may produce a problem with clearing and potential off flavours though. Perhaps you may consider an avocado extract, or lightly toasting or boiling the avocado to rid of some oils. Doing so however may result in loss of avocado flavour.

**Esnagami** · 01-22-2012, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeaud

Well avocado, lemon, and herb salt goes really well together. Why not include some citrus? Also, avocado may be described as lacking in flavour themselves alone, so to capture the full essence of avocado I would have A LOT of avocados peeled and pitted in the primary. The considerable large amount of oil in avocado may produce a problem with clearing and potential off flavours though. Perhaps you may consider an avocado extract, or lightly toasting or boiling the avocado to rid of some oils. Do so however may result in loss of avocado flavour.

How do I post? I'm new to this stuff!

Bugeaud · 01-22-2012, 12:49 AM

Post a new thread? If that's what you mean then, Go back to the mead forum. Just above the thread "Announcements" there is a button which says "New Thread".

SuperSkylar · 01-22-2012, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bugeaud

Well avocado, lemon, and herb salt goes really well together. Why not include some citrus? Also, avocado may be described as lacking in flavour themselves alone, so to capture the full essence of avocado I would have A LOT of avocados peeled and pitted in the primary. The considerable large amount of oil in avocado may produce a problem with clearing and potential off flavours though. Perhaps you may consider an avocado extract, or lightly toasting or boiling the avocado to rid of some oils. Doing so however may result in loss of avocado flavour.

How many pounds do you think would be needed for a gallon batch? I am definitely willing to try it, I love the taste of avocados so the oil or aftertaste will be fine by me.
As for the lemon, are we talking about 1 fresh squeezed lemon or 6 cups worth?
And what do you mean by herb salt? What other kinds of ingredients do you think?
Thanks alot

Bugeaud · 01-22-2012, 01:02 AM

If it were me, I would like fill up half the primary with avocados (Lol, sorry for the imprecise measurements, but I never really weighed avocados). About lemon, if were talking a gallon batch, probably like 2-4 squeezed lemons, just enough to really taste it, but not too much. I think sourness is kind of nasty in mead. And with herb salt salt... I never checked the ingredients, but I reckon there is like light greens in there like parsley and stuff. On another note, I would make it an off-dry mead, but that's just my tastes.

turtlescales · 01-22-2012, 01:02 AM

This is kind of crazy, but I'd add a bit of cilantro to it. I have no idea how it would taste, but I'm sort of a cilantro fiend. I plan on making cilantro wine at some point this year, haha. That, and lemon zest and juice. And a nylon mesh bag to hold the avocados in to keep you sane when you try to rack this stuff.

Bugeaud · 01-22-2012, 01:05 AM

Oh, and btw, I wouldn't take my hypothetical recipe straight to heart. All my numbers are just sort of guesstimates.

urbanmyth · 01-22-2012, 01:06 AM

I think the real problem is getting rid of the oils.

On a somewhat similar note, nukinfuts29 has tried to make cream cheese wine in the past. I would imagine the lipids in the cheese and the lipids in the avocado would present some of the same difficulties.