Holgar
Active Member
Hi All,
I'm getting married this summer and was looking to make a 5 gallon batch of mead for the occasion... with a twist. I want to bottle it and age it for years to come having a bottle on our anniversary every year. Corny but great at the same time (hoping that marriage and mead get better with every year). I figure half liter bottles will give me 35ish bottles total.
Does anyone have suggestions on a simple recipe (nothing too abstract so that the lady will like it as well)? Also, should I age this in bottle with a cork, oxygen reducing caps, batch age in 5gal carboy with/without airlock, etc? Ideally I would like to bottle by the first year (also because there may be a move in there somewhere). Oak spirals, other additions? The other thought was still vs. sparkling... but I'm leaning away from sparkling as I don't want tiny bombs attempting sparkling for the first time.
Please let me know if I've missed anything!
I'm getting married this summer and was looking to make a 5 gallon batch of mead for the occasion... with a twist. I want to bottle it and age it for years to come having a bottle on our anniversary every year. Corny but great at the same time (hoping that marriage and mead get better with every year). I figure half liter bottles will give me 35ish bottles total.
Does anyone have suggestions on a simple recipe (nothing too abstract so that the lady will like it as well)? Also, should I age this in bottle with a cork, oxygen reducing caps, batch age in 5gal carboy with/without airlock, etc? Ideally I would like to bottle by the first year (also because there may be a move in there somewhere). Oak spirals, other additions? The other thought was still vs. sparkling... but I'm leaning away from sparkling as I don't want tiny bombs attempting sparkling for the first time.
Please let me know if I've missed anything!