Well I do wanna make it, I'm deployed right now so its kind of hard to make it at the moment, although when I get back I'm going to try to learn how to make mead, maybe even go to a SCA event and learn from them.
So I bought a case of angry orchard hard apple cider. If I were to put it in a oak barrel would it actually age right and taste good afterwards or will I just be wasting my time. I'd try to make my own hard cider but its not possible at the moment.
So I ordered this mead essence on a website to try and make mead because where I'm at currently I cannot buy it. I'm curious do I just get some grain alcohol and put it with the essence in a oak barrel and just let it sit for a couple weeks? will it actually taste like mead and is there anything...
So I just bought a american oak 1 liter barrel and I'm curious as to what wine I could possibly use that would be good for aging. The barrel is charred and I didnt do my research and put moscato in it. Im gunna assume if I let it stay in there for 2 or 3 weeks it probably isnt gunna have the...