Thor the Mighty
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ok i work at whole foods and saw some agave juice thats organic this and that and i was wondering if anyone here has tried to make a mead with that (or that AND honey)?
It's only sweet until the Yeast goes to work on it. The sweetness will disappear quickly once the sugars are converted to Alcohol.ben the brewman said:agava nectar is 1.5 times sweeter than sugar. so i dont think it will be tart
Thor the Mighty said:ok i work at whole foods and saw some agave juice thats organic this and that and i was wondering if anyone here has tried to make a mead with that (or that AND honey)?
potatoe said:I havent made this yet for two reasons. Firstly, the stuff costs a pretty penny. Secondly, and Yuri has already pointed this out, the stuff doesent taste like much of anything. Its closer to a simple syrup than honey or maple syrup.
Still, I;m going to break down and brew a gallon, (pry with a 2# to gallon ratio, methinks with K-111V). If all fails, I can at least run it through a still, right?
wihophead said:The only way you would get Tequila from distilling it would be if it were blue agave nectar, which I highly doubt it is. So you would actually be making Mezcal.
Even so, you wouldn't have the makings of homemade tequila or anything remotely like it. See my last post.ben the brewman said:you can buy blue agave nectar all over the net. you can also buy the regular agave nectar to. just look around.
Tusch said:One of those articles is quite intriguing. I will definitely have to look into their meads, you are one of several people I have seen on here recommending their product.
Found this most interesting: " By Mexican law, only mezcal made with over 50 percent blue agave in towns around Jalisco state can be called tequila."
So tequila to mezcal as cognac is to brandy?
Since I don't want to deal with liquid yeast for a single gallon batch, I went with Côte des Blancs. The recipe is:
3 lbs Amber Agave Syrup
1/2 tsp Yeast Energizer (AHS supplied - DAP, yeast hulls, magnesium sulfate, vitamin B)
1 pkg Côte des Blancs, rehydrated
Est OG is 1.100. I'm without a hydrometer at the moment, so I estimated the OG by substituting honey in BeerSmith. I probably should have started with two pounds, then added the last pound after a couple of weeks.
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