Compost Mead.

[BigKahuna]

I racked 2 meads onto Fruit in one day a few weeks ago. I ended up with LOTS of extra, so I put it all into a gallon glass Jug. I added some more honey, some water and some of the left over fruit...strawberries and Blue Berries. Then a few days later, I had a banana that was too ripe to eat, so I sprayed it with StarSan and dumped it in there.

I racked this liquid Compost heap a few days ago...and it tastes like musty Dusty Rotten Fruit.

Go figure.

 

[z987k]

yeah nix the banana next time.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Where you actually trying to make a compote?

 

[BigKahuna]

I was actually just kinda goofing around. I think the off flavor is from the Strawberry. I guess it could be from the Banana.

 

[Loweface]

You dump in the banana peel and all?

My bets on the banana,

oh and thanks for sharing!!!

 

[BigKahuna]

no...just the fruit.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

I would age it. Yoop has a banana wine recipe that looks awesome, but she says it needs almost 2 years to develop. You may have stumbled on a great creation.

 

[BigKahuna]

Bottled this tonight.
Still has somewhat of a musty taste...which I've traced back to the strawberries. The Strawberry mead had the same twang, but it subsided much faster. The smell is of mixed fruit and some oakieness...Which I don't understand. Anyway, this is going in the back of the cellar, I don't' really have a big craving to taste this one any time soon....I'll let time do what it does, and I think it'll be pretty fine.