A Rose By Any Other Name

[ECBoiRC]

Hello, I’m simi new to home brewing and wanting to know if anyone knew anything about using flower petals in primary when making mead? And if you have any ideas of flowers to turn into mead let me know.

 

[davidabcd]

Hello and welcome.
You may get more responses to your question by posting it in the Mead Forum which is reached by clicking on "Forums" and the drop-down menu.

 

[wallyLOZ]

Welcome from Missouri.

There's a section dedicated to Mead. A quick search for "flowers in mead" turned up a few results. Link below.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forums/mead-forum.30/

 

[IslandLizard]

Welcome to HBT, @ECBoiRC

wanting to know if anyone knew anything about using flower petals in primary when making mead?

Hibiscus flowers (petals) have been used successfully in beers. Even in wines, IIRC.

If petals to used in the primary, they'd be best added after fermentation has completed, or to a secondary. Doing so prevents the delicate flavors and aromas from being blown off by the huge CO2 production during the main fermentation event. Similar would apply to meads. I'm quite sure other aromatic flower petals or even leaves can be used, as long as they aren't poisonous.

You may get more responses to your question by posting it in the Mead Forum

There's a section dedicated to Mead.

Thread moved to our Mead Forum.

IslandLizard,
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[DBhomebrew]

Perhaps a rose petal tincture mixed in just before packaging? Make the mead and tincture separately, test dose a small amount, then scale up the dose for the full batch.

 

[Dan O]

Hello, I’m simi new to home brewing and wanting to know if anyone knew anything about using flower petals in primary when making mead? And if you have any ideas of flowers to turn into mead let me know.

I have made this mead that uses dried rose hips several times with great success.
https://www.denardbrewing.com/blog/post/Acacia-rose/

 

[CKuhns]

+1 for rose hips and hibiscus (secondary)

 

[videojunkie1208]

Dandelion petals also make excellent mead.