Bump - Interested to see if anyone has used Cholaca in a mead recipe and how much was used.
Hi Rebecca, can I get your chocolate cherry mead recipe? It sounds delicious!I make a Chocolate Cherry mead that I get raves on, but my recipe is for a 5 gallon batch. There are quite a few people who make chocolate meads around here, so I'll let someone else post a tried and true one gallon recipe.
I just wanted to warn you that chocolate meads take a long time to age. One year before you even want to think about bottling and another 6 months (closer to two years) before it hits its stride. The oils take a long time to break down and it is gawd awful bitter in the meantime. When I made my first batch it took the whole first year for me to convince my DB that it was going to be great. Fact is, I even started to doubt it. Now it is one of our favorites and I try to make at lease one batch every year so we stop running out.
Good Luck.
Rebecca
Recognizing you're a new member here, heads-up, when you hover over Rebecca's avatar (or her member's name) you can see an information pop-up telling us she hasn't been on this forum since March 2017. So... don't hold your breath for an answer.Hi Rebecca, can I get your chocolate cherry mead recipe? It sounds delicious!
Looks nice. Thank for taking time to replyView attachment 714028
It is still dropping Lee’s.
There’s a 2 part chopandbrew episode with Steve Fletty…I know I'm kicking an old thread here but does anyone have any experience using cocoa nibs instead of the powder? I am trying to find information on using NIBS and I am having the hardest time finding anything
Would you be willing to share your recipe for the 5 gallon? If not I completely understandI make a Chocolate Cherry mead that I get raves on, but my recipe is for a 5 gallon batch. There are quite a few people who make chocolate meads around here, so I'll let someone else post a tried and true one gallon recipe.
I just wanted to warn you that chocolate meads take a long time to age. One year before you even want to think about bottling and another 6 months (closer to two years) before it hits its stride. The oils take a long time to break down and it is gawd awful bitter in the meantime. When I made my first batch it took the whole first year for me to convince my DB that it was going to be great. Fact is, I even started to doubt it. Now it is one of our favorites and I try to make at lease one batch every year so we stop running out.
Good Luck.
Rebecca
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