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Coconut water is kind of nasty on its own in my own opinion. I think flakes would work a lot better. Maybe the pineapples werent ripe or the temp got to high? Coconut pineapple sounds refreshing in this heat.

Exactly. I know usually forums dont like bumping really old threads but I always like to see if things turn out ok. Someone eventually will appreciate it.

The lage ending up coming out fine. At first it was undercarbed in the keg. Then it was fine. Although a soapy flavor came in for a week at some point or so and disappeared and was back to normal. All gone now. Very happy how it turned out.

Thanks, I saw that. hmm Noted. Hopefully this is the case.

Interesting. I was hoping for it be ready by Christmas. How long did yours take? Can you mask the awful smell?

What went bad you think?

Hey Y'all My watermelon mead wasn't (link) a complete disaster. The taste came out tasting, like watermelons of course but the smell is awful. It smells like bad watermelon or a dirty shoe and smell is sort of apart of taste. No bacteria growth as far as i can tell. Good clarity and Fermented...

Was able to use a coconut extract which while it still had oil in it, i shook up and it did a better job in the taste department

An update. It came out smelling like bad watermelon, however it tastes just like water melon juice. The clarity is very good. Will need to get a little more bits out however. My next plan is to use hibiscus flower to maybe lighten the smell up and change the color. Will add more watermelon...

How did this turn out? I just did a 3 gallon watermelon mead

I made a 3 gallon watermelon mead a few weeks ago from fresh watermelon juice. cut out the inner watermelon and blended it. Strained it with a mesh strainer 3 times each in a bowl to get out the watermelon bits. The taped stopper was because the damn thing got pushed into far after I left so...

Yes. I anticipated that I was hoping for a flavor but I should of used flakes or the other suggested idea of using coconut water. However, the aroma was quite nice when I transferred and took a test taste.

Hey, usual beer brewer but decided to make a few meads recently. Wanted to see if adding coconut oil is a problem. I've always read that oil is bad for head retention on beer but since its a mead does it matter? I figured I just mix it in some hot water and stir and pour in with the rest of the...

Raising the temperature and cold crashing the the brew to a really low temperature. Unless Im using the wrong word. Will take note if there is an odd smell.

Checked today and the yeast was slow to start. All good now I believe https://imgur.com/a/Cp7eh9H 48.5 degrees. No crashing for the next 8 weeks. Excited for this to finish!