Black Mead

[tbhaman]

Have a recipe for Black Mead utilizing black currants. It indicates using black currants but I have pure black currant juice. How do pounds of this fruit translate to ounces?

 

[mwilcox]

100% black currant juice plus honey makes a great mead. No water added except to rehydrate yeast. I do this, then toss a couple lbs of actual fruit in too. bcurrant bomb, delicious.
...that's not a direct answer to your question I know. I'd expect there's nearish 3 lbs of fruit in every quart. Definitely more than 2. Some fruits will be higher than others.

 

[tbhaman]

Thank you mwilcox! used to know but it has been 20+ years and want to get back into the swing.

 

[mwilcox]

side note: I oak it like red wine (sometimes I literally pull oak out of my Cabernet or Temperanillo and stick is in the melomel). Served in the 1.025 range all the oak and fruit tannins will make it taste a little drier, basically like a sweet Cabernet. It'll be drinkable fast but will smooth over a couple years - I like it at 12-36 months.
good luck--
--Michael