Tonedef131
Well-Known Member
I was kind of suprised that there isn't already a thread on maple mead in the forum this time of year. But I am very new to mead making so I would like to recruite you folks to help me formulate a recipe.
I have only drank one mead, it was a traditional dry mead and I liked it quite a bit. I made a gallon of metheglin about 3 months ago that is probably ready to be bottled, but I have not tasted it yet. I have access to very good local honey and maple syrup. I recently aquired a gallon of the maple syrup, so naturally I want to ferment it. My only problem is that I don't know what kind of quantities to add to make a 5 gallon batch. I was thinking two quarts of honey and two quarts of syrup mixed wiht 4 gallons of water. I will also be using RO water so should I add minerals and yeast nutrients? And for those of you who have had acerglyn do you think I should use a dry or sweet yeast?
Does anyone think it would be good to make a cider with a half gallon of maple syrup added to it or would that just be wasteful?
I have only drank one mead, it was a traditional dry mead and I liked it quite a bit. I made a gallon of metheglin about 3 months ago that is probably ready to be bottled, but I have not tasted it yet. I have access to very good local honey and maple syrup. I recently aquired a gallon of the maple syrup, so naturally I want to ferment it. My only problem is that I don't know what kind of quantities to add to make a 5 gallon batch. I was thinking two quarts of honey and two quarts of syrup mixed wiht 4 gallons of water. I will also be using RO water so should I add minerals and yeast nutrients? And for those of you who have had acerglyn do you think I should use a dry or sweet yeast?
Does anyone think it would be good to make a cider with a half gallon of maple syrup added to it or would that just be wasteful?