Coconut or Dates

[Fenrir’s dog bowl]

Has anyone ever used either of these and their Mead? Any tips or advice for doing it successfully?

 

[Jayjay1976]

Check your dates for preservatives before experimenting. It could be that date paste is a better option than whole dates, but I might have that backwards.

 

[Fenrir’s dog bowl]

I was considering putting them in a food processor or quartering them. But wasn’t sure if the whole fruit would be ok

 

[Jayjay1976]

If using whole dates, I would cut them in half, seal up in a sous vide bag with enough water to rehydrate, stew in a 160f bath until they break down and then add toward the end of fermentation. Date paste, on the other hand, would save a few steps. If they were treated with benzoate, it might inhibit further fermentation enough to allow more of the flavor to remain in the finished beer, though I wouldn't attempt that if I were bottling.

 

[Fenrir’s dog bowl]

this sounds like great advice thank you so much!