I am thinking about making watermellon mead but I dont have any idea about a recipe. Has anybody tried this before? Since watermellon has so much water in it and is so sweet i am wondering how much water and honey to use.
thanks
j
thanks
j
I did a watermellon mead. I swapped out watermellong juice for the water. I did a 6 gallon batch, 3 1/2 water, 1 1/2 watermellon and 20 pounds honey. It didn't turn out too good, needs lots of aging. I should have backsweetened it. I recomend that you keep a close eye on the gravity readings and stop fermentation when it gets to the alcohol level you want. Stop it with potassiam sorbate or similar produce. Let it clear out, which it does so quickly, then see if you need to backsweeten it. Watermelon is tricky. It can be good. I have heard some say that their watermellon mead is like liquid jolly rancher. Mine, not so much. I did the juice in the primary, I recomend putting it in the secondary or tetriary and then also stopping the fermentation when it reaches a certian level. It can dry out VERY quickly.
I would think with a fruit like watermelon you would need high quality fruit. The peak of freshness and fully ripened. Other fruits can compensate for a bad batch with it's sweetness. Watermelon is so light to begin with.
I would find the best fully ripened melons in the peak of summer and juice out several gallons, might take 4-5 melons. Leave some pulp in it too. Sulfite then pitch. Dilution with water can only hurt your flavor.
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