Howdy, all.
I've got about ten one gallon batches of mead under my belt, as well as a lot of wine from kits, and a cider or two. I'm soon venturing into beer as well.
I recently made a batch of JAO (well, sorta-I used EC-1118 yeast) that fermented at too high of a temp, thus giving me a lot of fusel alcohols, plus it turned out pretty thin, and I was pretty bummed. I let it clear, then racked it over a pound of strawberries (and some pectic enzyme) in the hopes of giving it some body as well as trying to mellow the rocket fuel. I let it sit on the berries for about a month, then racked it, let it clear for another two weeks, and I just bottled it tonight.
WOW.
The little sample I took was amazing. Still a bit hot, but the strawberry was amazing, and not too sweet. I can see this aging very well. After I got done bottling, I greedily sucked down every bit left in the tube and racking cane. Just amazing.
I sure wish I had kept a brewlog. I hope I can replicate this stuff again. This is such an incredible hobby.
I've got about ten one gallon batches of mead under my belt, as well as a lot of wine from kits, and a cider or two. I'm soon venturing into beer as well.
I recently made a batch of JAO (well, sorta-I used EC-1118 yeast) that fermented at too high of a temp, thus giving me a lot of fusel alcohols, plus it turned out pretty thin, and I was pretty bummed. I let it clear, then racked it over a pound of strawberries (and some pectic enzyme) in the hopes of giving it some body as well as trying to mellow the rocket fuel. I let it sit on the berries for about a month, then racked it, let it clear for another two weeks, and I just bottled it tonight.
WOW.
The little sample I took was amazing. Still a bit hot, but the strawberry was amazing, and not too sweet. I can see this aging very well. After I got done bottling, I greedily sucked down every bit left in the tube and racking cane. Just amazing.
I sure wish I had kept a brewlog. I hope I can replicate this stuff again. This is such an incredible hobby.