Today I racked a gallon of honey water must onto apples and cherries. I had to take a sample. It's only been fermenting for about a month. I used a pound and a half of honey with one gallon of water. Most people have said that in the early stages, mead is just straight nastiness. Mine was pretty much drinkable, but over poweringly sweet. Does this kind of sweetness mellow out with time or do i need to preform some kind of procedure to back it down?
First mead racked to secondary
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Once fermentation occurs it will be less sweet, it won't "mellow" it will dissapear. That's the thing about honey, it will mostly be eaten and converted into alcohol, very little actual honey taste will be left. Some people when fermentation is complete actually ad camden to the mead to kill theyeast, then back sweeten with honey after the fact.
It is like any of the fermenatable sugars...they mostly get eaten away and any flavor contributions are only from the unfermentables, like the darker sugars, such as brown, or mollases, or dark candy, or even darker grades of honey...The "flavonoids" come from the stuff the yeast can't eat.
That's why we back sweeten some beers like cream stouts with lactose.
It's funny when people ask about making "Honey Porters" and stuff and want to add honey...it's the same issue, and I usually use Mead as an analogy, like this.
So don't worry, it will be completely different in a few weeks....WHen you still ahven't gotten a replacement hydrometer, and you need to "check your fermentation" again
I'm surprised you are still pober....finished the half gallon of apfelwein yet?
Sleep well my friend!!
Kauai_Kahuna
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For a while there I was going through hydrometers every third batch or so. Now that I have been able to mellow out a bit I have stopped breaking them. But I still keep a spare because its just a matter of time.
Hydrometer?? What's that used for??
Seriously, I haven't used it since my first AG batch more than 2 years ago.
There was a picture of claphamsa looking at one on a brew day like he didn't know what it was...priceless.
Seriously, I haven't used it since my first AG batch more than 2 years ago.
There was a picture of claphamsa looking at one on a brew day like he didn't know what it was...priceless.
