Game of Thrones Mead

[macachoin]

To join in, I'm planning on an Aegon Bloodborn Mead. Planned recipe:

1 gallon of blackberry honey
1 pint of lingonberry syrup
1 quart frozen blackberries
1 oz of whole Newport hops

 

[luda007]

I'd like to join!


In going with a "White walker" theme.

Mine will be a White Pyment.
I'm going to use white grape juice concentrate and in going to try to incorporate mint of some sort. Any ideas how to give it a "cold" flavor?

*forgot to mention that I thought I will try to get blue wine bottles)

 

[macachoin]

"Cold" flavor, what about using Meadowfoam or Feverfew honey? Meadowfoam tastes like marshmallows. Feverfew honey is an ancient treatment for pneumonia and it is supposed to have a bittersweet flavor.

 

[luda007]

I mean like a peppermint schnapps cold.

Mmmmmmm!

I'm still relatively a noob to mead making. I need more "sugar" to raise the OG right?
I just got mine started but its only at 1.062. That's at 70 degrees though, haven't corrected for 60 degrees yet. I l ow ill stay be way short...

 

[Halbrust]

I mean like a peppermint schnapps cold.

I'd suggest peppermint (sometimes the obvious answeris correct)

I need more "sugar" to raise the OG right?/QUOTE]
Right... Hopefully in the form of more honey.

 

[Sollozzo]

I'd like to join!


In going with a "White walker" theme.

Mine will be a White Pyment.
I'm going to use white grape juice concentrate and in going to try to incorporate mint of some sort. Any ideas how to give it a "cold" flavor?

*forgot to mention that I thought I will try to get blue wine bottles)

First thing that comes to mind is edible menthol crystals. They dissolve really well into alcohol. Or maybe Peppermint tea leaves. A combination of the two might work?

 

[Sollozzo]

Okay guys, just completed my brew.

To recap, this is "Dragon Horn Melomel"

-Dragonfruit
-Horn Melon
-15 lbs. clover honey
-Distilled water
-Frozen Raspberries
-Blueberry Fruit Juice
-WYeast 4184 - Sweet Mead

The fruit was all frozen prior to being used.

OG = 1.105 (unadjusted, @72 degrees)

 

[TheWeeb]

That mix above looks absolutely amazing

 

[user 152823]

That dragonfruit brew looks amazing! I definitely have to try something similar in the future. Not sure if I can get horned melons here, but I'll have to look into some specialty shops in the area.

 

[strangegreenman]

You can get dragonfruit and kiwano melons reliably at Asian grocery stores (at least in my area) and if the horned melons are unavailable, well, they taste a lot like sweet cucumbers in my experience.

 

[Sollozzo]

That mix above looks absolutely amazing

Thanks! Got about a gallon and a half of must left. Not sure if I should use it to make a second GOT mead, or have a go at some JAOM. Since I'm brand new to brewing, making JAOM seems appropriate.

But thinking ahead, I'd like to have an apple melomel that I can serve hot this fall for harvest season. The possibilities are endless. I'm already addicted.

 

[user 152823]

Excellent, thanks greenman. I know of a few sources for the dragonfruit for sure. I think I'll check out some asian markets in town for the kiwano tomorrow. If nothing else, the magenta hue of that mead looks very enticing.

Perhaps for a Dragons Brew you could make a capsicum mead with some Thai Dragon chiles, Fireweed honey for a slight caramel flavor and some sort of a bitter fruit to balance the sweetness.. not sure which though.

 

[macachoin]

After the first night, I went to my carboy and found the airlock dry. I'm hoping that it was not dry too long. The OG was 1.111 @ 71 degrees. The final recipe was:
13# blackberry honey
1 qt frozen blackberries
1 qt frozen huckleberries
2 cut up frozen star fruit
1 oz homegrown Newport hops
1 pt lingonberry concentrate
3 gallons of water
1 tsp yeast energizer

The hops and frozen ingredients were brought to boiling for 15 minutes then cooled before adding.
I debated about adding more honey and water but I like shade of red that I had at the start. So here's where I'm at, hoping for this batch to turn out well.

 

[macachoin]

Forgot to add that used K1-V1116 yeast.

 

[TheWeeb]

Last Friday at the Mazer Cup mixer, I had the opportunity to sample some 30 or so meads, and one - a capsimel - was a really nice balance between heat and sweet. So here is what I am going to make for this...

"Calisi's Capsimel"

4 gallon batch

10 lbs honey (will source all or part of this from Colorado if I can)
10 serrano peppers (also sourced here or neighboring New Mexico)
5 passion fruit (Daenerys Targaryen - Calisi - exudes passion!)
2 qts raspberries to add sweetness and color

OG should be somewhere around 1.12, FG around 1.020, around 11 or 12% of sweet hot goodness, just like Emilia Clarke!

 

[MisterZ]

Ok, I'm new to this, but I'll play! I'm going to rack my (very first) five gallon batch into 3/1/1 gallon secondaries, and the singles I'm going to monkey around with.
I'll name one of the singles "YGRITTE" after the red-headed wildling that was captured by Jon Snow and then outsmarted him. She's a red-head, spicy and kinda gritty, thus my recipe: Serrano peppers in a longish secondary with oak chips added 7-10 days before bottling. I will do some surfing on the amount and timing of additives, and I'm open to any suggestions. I do know from making spicy jams that the capsaicin in peppers is cancelled out by large amounts of sugar, but to what extent that effect will carry over I have no idea. In the end I'll probably just guess. Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!! The other single is a 4 berry mix, but I can't think of a character to match it with. Maybe "Joffrey."

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

Joffreys mead should be called "Ser Chokes a Lot and the Red Prince of Dorne"

 

[ErinRae]

I acquired 5kg of wildflower honey from a local source. The stuff tastes amazing! Light and floral can really picture the type of wine this would make. Sooo different from the clover I was using. I'm going to start with a traditional mead and see where it leads me. Aiming for the FG to be around 1.015. Might turn it into a melomel with some pear or apricot at secondary.

This mead is for the ladies -Daenerys, Arya, Sansa, Momma Stark! They could all use a drink

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

I'm not doing my previous recipe anymore as new inspiration has struck.

The Cheese-monger's Reserve
3# Orange blossom honey
3 lbs grapes
2 lbs pears
.5 oz bourbon soaked oak chips, medium toast.
Pasteur red yeast

The grapes and pears will be juiced, and only going to use the juice.

 

[TheMadHopper]

This sounds Awesome!

Really interested in this. Trying to figure out an assassin style mead for arya and jaqen though

How about something like ... "The Two Faced God" or "Whisper a Name"

I think a mead from the north would be nice and spicy full of cloves and cinnamon. You know something kind of like mulled wine.

I might call one from the north "Honey Snow", "Dire Mead"

Another cool name might be "The Returned" "Five Kings" or maybe "The rusted mail"

 

[USMC6590]

Wouldn't Lemons be a better citrus for Dornish Meads? Since they are known for using lemons with most of their recipes?

 

[TheWeeb]

this is what I decided on. 10 pounds of locally sourced raw honey, six jumbo jalapeno peppers, three pounds of dates. I think that the dates would be grown along the south west coastal area of Essos, perhaps the peppers further inland where it is more arid. Honey, well, the bees are pretty much everywhere...

Edit: Smell of hot peppers and honey dates is intoxicating, and the yeasties have not yet begun to do their thing. OG 1.104.

 

[waxer]

Im being boring and have a Joam on from the 1st and just put on a joes quick grape. I have dragonfruit coming next week but what to make that could be drinkable in time.
Was thinking a joes quick grape using white welsh's grape juice and add the dragon fruit as secondary?

 

[CityOChampBrew]

Okay guys, just completed my brew.

To recap, this is "Dragon Horn Melomel"

-Dragonfruit
-Horn Melon
-15 lbs. clover honey
-Distilled water
-Frozen Raspberries
-Blueberry Fruit Juice
-WYeast 4184 - Sweet Mead

The fruit was all frozen prior to being used.

OG = 1.105 (unadjusted, @72 degrees)

Looks amazing. Glad to see someone took my idea from the other thread and ran with it. I hope it turns out amazing.

I plan on making a dragon fruit mead at some point. Money being an issue right now I have thrown it on the back burner. When it does get made it will be either a pure dragon fruit melomel or a dragon fruit/passion fruit combo.
I was also going to use either tupelo or meadowfoam honey.

 

[Sollozzo]

Looks amazing. Glad to see someone took my idea from the other thread and ran with it. I hope it turns out amazing.

I plan on making a dragon fruit mead at some point. Money being an issue right now I have thrown it on the back burner. When it does get made it will be either a pure dragon fruit melomel or a dragon fruit/passion fruit combo.
I was also going to use either tupelo or meadowfoam honey.

It sounds like a great idea but I'm having issues with mine. I used a WYeast Accelerator Pack, which swelled within an hour, so I'm thinking the yeast was healthy. But for some reason there was never a vigorous fermentation period within 72 hours, and it's only bubbling once every 25 seconds or so. I'm thinking the pH might be an issue, but I don't have any strips or anything to test with. Any idea what else could be causing this?

 

[CityOChampBrew]

It sounds like a great idea but I'm having issues with mine. I used a WYeast Accelerator Pack, which swelled within an hour, so I'm thinking the yeast was healthy. But for some reason there was never a vigorous fermentation period within 72 hours, and it's only bubbling once every 25 seconds or so. I'm thinking the pH might be an issue, but I don't have any strips or anything to test with. Any idea what else could be causing this?

Feed it nutrients.

 

[MisterZ]

Feed it nutrients.

And when you feed it, do it in a sink or tub. Did this for the first time recently, and it generated a -LOT- of foam very quickly, and well, that area tug needed washing anyway.

 

[waxer]

I should be off to the local dragon fruit farm/orchard(whatever you call it) tonight. See how much they are willing to give in return for some finished product. I was thinking of adding rewarewa honey.
Is the dragon fruit to subtle to do a straight batch. I see the recipe above has raspberries/blueberry etc as well but I was just afraid they might overpower it.
Do you think it would go ok trying a batch of JOAM with 2 to 4 instead of orange as well. Maybe add some more when fermentation stops to give a boost in flavour?

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

And when you feed it, do it in a sink or tub. Did this for the first time recently, and it generated a -LOT- of foam very quickly, and well, that area tug needed washing anyway.

Did you add the nutrients dry, or dissolve them first? There will be much less foam if dissolved first.

 

[Halbrust]

I should be off to the local dragon fruit farm/orchard(whatever you call it) tonight. See how much they are willing to give in return for some finished product. I was thinking of adding rewarewa honey.
Is the dragon fruit to subtle to do a straight batch. I see the recipe above has raspberries/blueberry etc as well but I was just afraid they might overpower it.
Do you think it would go ok trying a batch of JOAM with 2 to 4 instead of orange as well. Maybe add some more when fermentation stops to give a boost in flavour?

I don't think the dragon fruit and the cloves would meld the way cloves and oranges do.
I do think that dragon fruit would need to be added in secondary to retain their flavor.