Recent content by altodiva

I love the taste of orange blossom honey, so I think it makes a great mead! I generally ferment to dry, stabilize, and then back-sweeten just a bit. I also really like meadowfoam honey (can be really hard to get) -- it has a strong vanilla / marshmallow flavor. Carrot blossom also makes an...

Sounds like Flying Bee Ranch! They're wonderful. I've made meadowfoam, buckwheat, and orange blossom traditionals using their honeys, used their white sage in a pear melomel, and just started a carrot blossom traditional, all from that apiary. Meadowfoam is incredible -- it really does...

Howdy. I'm planning on making a cyser at some point. (just finishing up one made with Lalvin D47 that is turning out awfully tart and sour..... will be playing around with backsweetening and time for this one!) I'd like to try Lalvin 71B on the next batch to try and take some of the malic...

Well, my rhodomel is chugging along beautifully! I used Lalvin D-47, so the mouthfeel is fantastic. Started at 1.090, down to 1.014, ABV = 10%, so it has a little way to go yet. It tasts moderately rose-y, so I might indeed add a bit of rose water at the end. :)

Thanks for the replies. I decided to search a little more dilligently for petals, and subsequently put a batch together by making a "tea" with just water and dried rose petals (which turned out surprisingly tannic), and added a couple of cups of that tea to the mead as I racked it into...

Hello -- This is my first post! I seem to have been bitten by the mead-making bug. I'm planning on starting a rhodomel in the near future. I've found a few recipes for this using rose petals. Has anyone tried it using rose water instead? Rose water is a lot more readily available. And...