How about cold crashing and adding the juices from maraschino cherries, and a little honey for mouth feel plus sweetness? Thanks everyone for the assistance.
The taste is rather light it has the alcohol burn, no real cherry or honey notes present. I put some vanilla beans in lastnight , would love to have a decent sweet cherry flavor to compliment the vanilla.
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Looks like it turned out OK, my FG is 1.000 this is going to be a big one.. Whats the beat way to tone it down? Also took a few pics in my snifter..
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How about racking off the cherries and putting into another fermenter to clear up. Would this work if the the gravity reading is too low? The yeast will not be able to produce enough carbon dioxide to keep up the bad stuff is this true?
I know when I pulled the air-lock I could smell the alcohol. Have a feeling its gonna be a strong one. :D Before bottling if i were to use a little potassium sorbate to stop fermentation, added in a little more honey, plus some vanilla bean for a little added flavoring. What would your advice...
Approx a year ago i started a mead.
Used 1 gallon (12lbs) of Wild flower raw honey;
4 gallons of distilled water;
1 can Cherry fruit wine base (Cherry wine base).
I used Premier Cuvee Yeast.
Well life happened, and I forgot about it till the other day when mom called... So I go get it. Well...
sounds like a plan.. i have to wait on my buddy to bring the rest of the stuff over so we can do it anyway.. its a partner thing.. gives us a reason to hang out and drink together.. know what i mean.. lol... sunday is probally the day we are going to do it...
sorry it took so long but i have been a busy man.... i took a gravity reading and it reads 1.015 or 1.016... i think it is finished and ready to put in the bottles.. what is your opinion?
right on.. I figured i would just take a reading tomorrow.. and probably let it sit for a few more weeks.. btw i would relax but im all out of home brew.. :( .. so stone has to suffice... lol
Thanks Revvy.. :D .. I had it in the basement.. well i was not thinking but the ground temp is a constant 58 degrees so the basement floor is going to be colder than i need... it was there for about a week.. i then moved it upstairs.. i tried not to bump it tooo much but that is nearly...
I have done research and found that the wort getting at 59 degrees should not have caused any issues with the yeast besides slowing them down.. i have now got the temp back up to 69 degrees and has been holding steady at this temp for about 3 or 4 days.. i feel that they should have made a...