split melomel project

[beer_guy_dave]

First mead was a success, now on to bigger/better things. Planning to make
5 gal of medium show mead (about 12 pounds of honey, H2O to make 5 gal,
yeast energizer & nutrient, safe ale yeast). Once fermented, I plan to split the batch in five, one each on strawberries, blueberries, peaches and cherries. The fifth one is undecided. Planning to use 2-3 pounds of frozen fruit for each (all picked fresh locally and frozen in season).

Any thoughts?? I'm a new mead maker, so does this sound totally crazy?

Thanks in advance.

 

[dinich]

We did these same type of experiments.
The following link is the thread that was discussed here and the web site is the blog where our experiments are more detailed.



https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f30/small-batch-question-75799/index4.html

Swamp Water Brewery

Good luck with your adventure and keep us posted

 

[tooomanycolors]

sounds good to me

 

[GinKings]

I would put some in a sixth container for topping off the other five after you rack off the fruit.

 

[beer_guy_dave]

Thanks all for the input. I'll check out those sites and definitely keep some back to top off.

I'll keep you posted.