Ok, so I'm almost a year into my first mead. I used raw natural honey unfiltered from Defiance, Iowa. I can't remember if it was clover, orange blossom, etc. Not exactly sure what happened, but the smell coming off this thing makes you think you're gonna get a dose of some HARD f**kin' liquor or jet fuel, but the flavor and aftertaste is a delicious dry mead.
10 lbs raw, unfiltered honey
4 gallons
Lalvin 71B-1122 yeast
Fermented in basement 70F
OG 1.090
Aged in Secondary 5 months
FG 1.000
Bottled in 375mL corked bottles
I aerated it through one of these... it helps get rid of that smell, but it's still there. Then again, this is baby jet fuel at 12%abv. I'm going to add a fruit wedge to sweeten it it. Is that illegal in mead circles? :fro:
http://bevineyard.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=65
10 lbs raw, unfiltered honey
4 gallons
Lalvin 71B-1122 yeast
Fermented in basement 70F
OG 1.090
Aged in Secondary 5 months
FG 1.000
Bottled in 375mL corked bottles
I aerated it through one of these... it helps get rid of that smell, but it's still there. Then again, this is baby jet fuel at 12%abv. I'm going to add a fruit wedge to sweeten it it. Is that illegal in mead circles? :fro:
http://bevineyard.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=65