Leap Year Mead 2

[JustMrWill]

One year to go. Time to bottle.

 

[Tusch]

Thanks for the reminder Will, I bottled this a long time ago, but due to life had kind of slipped out of the hobby a bit.

 

[nealf]

Woo, one year to go... I only have 3 or 4 bottles left (just a 1 gallon batch), hahahaha!

 

[Tusch]

Getting closer!

 

[JustMrWill]

Bottled almost 2 cases a couple months ago. The sample I had from the 1/2 full bottle was interesting. Still warm to hot (mellowed a tad). No vanilla nose anymore...it is now flowery. Not sure if that is a good thing or not.

 

[JustMrWill]

Three months to go. I take it from the lack of activity on this thread that the swap has fallen by the wayside as well.

Oh well. I brought a couple of bottles to a gathering and got rave reviews.

 

[nealf]

I have 4 bottles left from my original gallon batch! Haven't tried it in almost 2 years at this point... I expect good things!

 

[whoptbird]

Just read this end to end and I'm jealous I didn't get in on this. Going to harass Big Kahuna for some of his Interested to see what it tastes like when you guys crack em open in about 2 months.

 

[BigKahuna]

Well, thanks to whoptbird, I remembered that I should probably Bottle this monster... No?

 

[Tusch]

Yes, Bottle them babies! Less than 3 months left

 

[BoxMan]

So.... time to make a new thread?

 

[BigKahuna]

ok, so... I finally broke down and bottled it!
Fun fact... 1428 days since brew day!

See Y'all in a month!

Cheers!

 

[bob1852]

ok, so... I finally broke down and bottled it!
Fun fact... 1428 days since brew day!

See Y'all in a month!

Cheers!

Holy chit!! Where ya been, man?

 

[Tusch]

After four years its only going to be in the bottle for a month? Haha, great to hear from you kahuna, I haven't tasted mine since I bottled it over a year and a half ago! Woah didn't, realize it had been that long.

 

[nealf]

Haven't tried mine in about 18 months either, should be fun!

 

[Bowow0708]

Hello!! its the bump! it is now 4 years from the start of this thing and please post your results of your leap year meads!! all lurkers are excited to see what happened and how it tastes like!

 

[Tusch]

My friend is coming over in half an hour to enjoy this brew. Will post up our thoughts!

 

[Yet41]

I bottled mine a bit earlier than most, it seems. Got the fermenter going on 02/29/08, and bottled on 01/19/09. I had a sip when bottling, but haven't tried any since then until now. I've got to say, it turned out nicely! I get nothing but honey up front, while the aftertaste is pure vanilla. I am quite shocked that the vanilla flavor has lasted so long!

I unfortunately only made 1 gallon. I would definitely try a similar type of mead again, but with a bigger batch size

 

[BigKahuna]

Aloha Class!
How is everyone.
I hope you all have a great bottle of mead from this project, and I hope you all get to share it with someone special!
The wife and I are gonna crack ours soon, and I gave a bottle to a friend to share with his wife.... then I've got like 20 bottles left for the next one.
Thanks to everyone for letting me be part of this mad fun!
~Cheers

 

[JustMrWill]

4 years in the making...still a little hot. Faint honey noise but almost non-existent vanilla.

 

[BigKahuna]

Lots of vanilla nose, then the spicy (For lack of better word) of the wildflower honey kicks in, the the vanilla is back on the finish.
This stuff has body like no wine I've ever made. It's amazing with the flavor. Completes the package.
No Heat... at first. After a few good swallows, the alcohol burn builds up at the back of the throat, but pleasantly.

 

[Tusch]

Almost no burn for me whatsoever. Very light vanilla on the nose at first, but it became more pronounced with time and aeration. The taste was incredibly smooth, not sweet but enough honey flavor that it tasted sweet? Hard to explain as it went <1.000 but didn't taste dry. Vanilla was so mellowed that it blended into the flavor, not really specific on the tongue.

But I'm with you Kahuna, more mouthfeel than I've gotten with any other homebrew. I know have a few 750's but if I find anymore 375s anyone still interested in a bottle swap?

 

[Captainfester]

can i get detailed recipe / review?

worth doing? anything to change. got my apiarty going now so honey should be flowing in next few months. want to make this at the end of the year.

also did anyone not wait the 4 years? i would think two should be enough?

 

[BigKahuna]

can i get detailed recipe / review?

worth doing? anything to change. got my apiarty going now so honey should be flowing in next few months. want to make this at the end of the year.

also did anyone not wait the 4 years? i would think two should be enough?

Recipe is at the beginning of this thread.
Worth doing? Hell Yes! Even if it's just to be part of something!
Did I wait 4 years? Yup! Read this to see how:
http://www.bigkahunabrew.com/2012/02/leap-year-mead.html

 

[JustMrWill]

Anybody have any left? I think I have 10-12 bottles in basement.

 

[Yet41]

Sadly no. I polished mine off about 3 years ago

 

[JustMrWill]

Wow. I just found a couple bottles of this in my basement. Thirteen years and counting. Now comes the big question...Open now or wait until 2024?

 

[Dan O]

Wow. I just found a couple bottles of this in my basement. Thirteen years and counting. Now comes the big question...Open now or wait until 2024?

One now, one in 2024