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    Smokey recipes

    Well, I think my pumpkin pie mead is a bust. I'm still going to add the spices to some of it. But I want to split the batch and try a few things. So I'd like to hear y'alls thoughts on what to add to a mead that already has a smokey, earthy taste.
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    My first attempt at pumpkin pie mead

    Just finished racking to tertiary (there's a word you don't use every day). Secondary involved racking into a bottling bucket, cleaning out the carboy, then racking back into the carboy with five extra pounds of honey. That kicked off and started bubbling gain. So I let it run til it quit and...
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    Dark Mead

    Bochet is my favorite style. I need more carboys so I can make another one. The only bochet I've done so far was a blackberry. It definitely came out dark. I only cooked half the honey. Next time I'm cooking all the honey and cooking it further than I did previously. I'm also looking for a dark...
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    Lager experiment

    Sadly, I have nothing to add at the moment. We moved from our apartment to a rental house and I haven't had a chance to get myself reorganized. Plus I used the yeast to start another batch of mead. :drunk: The good news is that the house has plenty of room for me to set up a much better...
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    My first attempt at pumpkin pie mead

    I'm a bit concerned that there doesn't seem to be any activity twelve hours after pitching. No bubbles through the blowoff and no movement in the carboy. The starter had stopped before pitching. Does that mean the yeast have gone dormant and need time to wake back up? Are they all dead? I've...
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    My first attempt at pumpkin pie mead

    It's all up to the yeast now. up and running by SouthernGorilla, on Flickr
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    My first attempt at pumpkin pie mead

    Pie pumpkins are much smaller, maybe twice the size of a grapefruit. I haven't found out firsthand yet, but they are supposed to be more flavorful than the "fullsize" pumpkins. Sweeter too. Pumpkins are quite bland. The flavor is very subtle. Until you grill it. That definitely brings out the...
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    My first attempt at pumpkin pie mead

    Got a 2-liter starter of lalvin 1118 sitting on the kitchen counter. My 6.5-gallon carboy is sanitized and waiting. There's almost fifteen pounds of honey given to us by friends with their own hives. Three carving pumpkins and two pie pumpkins are standing by. The plan for tomorrow is to...
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    Strawberry Jelly Mead

    I'd bet fresh berries would still end up tasting like jelly. Just because it's still going to be sweet and fairly thick. But sounds like you might have the same "wonder what that would taste like" problem I have. I can't taste a batch or read a recipe without thinking of eighteen different...
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    Oak question

    I just did a one-gallon batch that sat on the blackberries in primary for a solid month. That didn't create much blackberry flavor so I racked to secondary and let it sit on another pound of blackberries for a week. I still don't think it has quite enough flavor in it. But it might show through...
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    Bochet Braggot

    Good point.
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    Bochet Braggot

    I wonder why absinthe isn't bitter then? I can get wormwood at a local market. I might have to experiment with it.
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    Bochet Braggot

    I wasn't aware wormwood added bitterness. Now you have me curious about using it myself. The recipe seems solid enough. I'm looking for a dark, chewy recipe myself. Hope this works out for you.
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    Coffee mead

    I hope it turned out better than my coffee mead did. I made the mistake of brewing the coffee first. The final product had no real coffee flavor at all. I like honey in my coffee. So I'll try it again. But next time I'll add the grounds to secondary instead of using brewed coffee in the primary.
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    Lager experiment

    I'm officially done with phase one of this test. I'm happy with my ability to maintain the cooler in the desired range. As soon as I can afford some honey I'll start phase two, the actual fermentation.
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