Red Hawke
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Hey guys, our first mead is in the bottle. The wife and I gave Joe's Ancient Orange, Cinnamon & Clove mead a try. Everything went just like the receipe called for, we put it in the fermenter on 4-9-06 and put it in the bottles on 5-28-06. It was very clear with a kind of sour honey raisiny flavor. It was our first mead so not sure if this is the targeted flavor or if we made a mistake somewhere along the way. I find the taste very pleasing, the wife was a little reluctant to say much as we sipped the small amount that would not fill the last bottle. We plan to open the first bottle on 8-27-06 just to see how it is progressing. The wife hopes the flavor will settle somewhat and take on a smoother character than the raw mead had at bottling time. I feel that all will be fine as it ages some and the flavors have time to fuze, but still cant wait until the end of the month to taste it......
I do have one question for you guys, will a bottle of mead keep for a few days after you open it ???? This mead taste very sweet to me and I dont feel that the wife and I could drink an entire bottle in one evening.
It has been a while since we posted on this site but we really want to thank all the folks here that helped us get started back in March of this year, we have enjoyed brewing one beer, one mead and look forward to many more in the future.
Thanks Again to everyone
Red Hawke & Red
I do have one question for you guys, will a bottle of mead keep for a few days after you open it ???? This mead taste very sweet to me and I dont feel that the wife and I could drink an entire bottle in one evening.
It has been a while since we posted on this site but we really want to thank all the folks here that helped us get started back in March of this year, we have enjoyed brewing one beer, one mead and look forward to many more in the future.
Thanks Again to everyone
Red Hawke & Red