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For my first mead I am going to be attempting to make some Klingon Blood Wine to bring with me to conventions.
I was thinking about it and seeing as how Klingons are so much like vikings I think Blood Wine should be more mead than wine. Most recipes I've tasted were just a funky "pruno" type wine that tasted horrible. I like sweeter drinks so I was thinking a sweet mead would not only be thicker but also possibly be more "authentic" to what Klingons would really drink, lol.
My basic idea is honey, water, cranberry juice (lots of it to give it a tart kick) and a little white grape juice for extra sweetness.
Thoughts? I've even considered things for future batches to make it more "Klingon" like perhaps adding in something hot like pepper or something else wild and out there. I figure Klingons drink stuff that's really got a kick to it. Also thought about using Plums, since Worf seemed to think that prune juice was a "warrior's drink" so maybe whatever they use in blood wine is close to plums.
I was thinking about it and seeing as how Klingons are so much like vikings I think Blood Wine should be more mead than wine. Most recipes I've tasted were just a funky "pruno" type wine that tasted horrible. I like sweeter drinks so I was thinking a sweet mead would not only be thicker but also possibly be more "authentic" to what Klingons would really drink, lol.
My basic idea is honey, water, cranberry juice (lots of it to give it a tart kick) and a little white grape juice for extra sweetness.
Thoughts? I've even considered things for future batches to make it more "Klingon" like perhaps adding in something hot like pepper or something else wild and out there. I figure Klingons drink stuff that's really got a kick to it. Also thought about using Plums, since Worf seemed to think that prune juice was a "warrior's drink" so maybe whatever they use in blood wine is close to plums.