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I am going to make another batch of this sometime this year. I boiled the honey for 45 minutes, and it caramelized the honey nicely! I did not get a smokey flavor, but it was good. There was the roasted marshmallow smell when the honey was boiling, but it did not come through with the finished...

Update! The Thalassiomel is great for making Asian Marinated Mushrooms. It might be ok with a lot less salt! A lot less! If you enjoy sipping on soy sauce, this is your drink. I did find that is was barely drinkable if I mixed it 50/50 with Scotched mead. Next time I will just leave the salt out!

I have a 3 gallon batch of acerglyn aging in my crawl space. I am looking forward to it being ready to drink. In the batch I used 4.4 lbs. of honey, and 3 quarts of maple syrup. It fermented from 1.133 to 1.004. I had to backsweeten as well. I didn't notice any of the sugars in the syrup not...

I am not working with any themes, just mead. Thalassiomel is not a common type of mead that is made so I thought I would try it. I am also planning on making a capsicumel this fall. Most have been melomels, metheglyns, & just honey meads.

Has anyone tried brewing a batch of this? I started one yesterday evening. I burned the honey hoping for a honey roasted peanut flavor. The small sample that I had tasted like sea water with honey in it! Time will tell how this turns out. I'm curious to hear what others think of this. Oh, the...

I opened a bottle last night... It needs to age a bit longer. With that said, it has a slight cola taste to it. There are a few things that I will do differently with my next batch. 1. I will caramelize the honey longer. 2. I will back-sweeten it more. (It is too dry for me. It fermented to...

I hope that my Oak'd Mead tastes like bourbon! I started mine around Valentine's Day, and I am getting ready to bottle towards the end of this month. I had an OG of 1.124, and a FG of 1.020...13.65% I think that I might have added the oak too early causing the extended fermentation, but it did...

***Update*** After adding nutrients and waiting a while, I checked the SG today, and it is 1.024! I will be using energizer in my batches from now on. Thanks for the help!

David - I also have 4 batches of mead in carboys right now. :)

Pizzaman - I like the formula! :mug:

How often I brew, or how much I drink? I brew as often as needed, and I usually have 2 to 4 per day. I was wanting to be able to have at least one full batch when I start another so that new batches can age for a month in the bottle. Someday (when I have a bigger place) I would like to have a...

I am fairly new to home brewing, and I was wondering how many beer bottles / cases is the ideal amount to have. I found it frustrating with only 4 cases, and now I have 8 cases of bottles. I have asked this question at the U-Brews around here and the answer that I keep getting is how many...

Hmmm...maybe the lemon zest has something to do with the overpowering citrus flavor. I used 6 Tablespoons of lemon juice (equal to 2 lemons) and 3/4 cup of orange juice (1 1/2 medium size oranges) and there is no noticeable citrus flavor in my raspberry. This was also in a 3 gallon batch. I...

How much lemon did you put in the Raspberry Mead? I recently (started in January of this year) made a raspberry with lemon juice and orange juice in it, and it is already drinkable and delicious!