Brewkowski
Well-Known Member
I was at the grocery and they were having a sale on figs and dates and I thought I'd test them out in a mead. I've read some threads where they said the dates didn't come through a lot unless you used a large amount. Neither ingredient has any preservatives, but I've never used dried fruits before. I was thinking about steeping them with the honey and some varioius spices ( orange zest, grains of paradise, cinnamon, corriander, and maybe a vanilla bean) to kind of rehydrate them after chopping them up. Any idea of I'll actually get any of the fruit character out of the dried fruits?
Thinking about a 3 gal test batch, this is what I have on hand
7 lbs of honey
28 oz of dried kalamata figs
60 oz of dried tunisian dates
Thinking about a 3 gal test batch, this is what I have on hand
7 lbs of honey
28 oz of dried kalamata figs
60 oz of dried tunisian dates