Malkore's (not so) Ancient Orange Mead

[Ladeeluk]

Hopefully this works. LOL

Made my first batch of home-anything on 10 Mar. I don't own a hydrometer yet so that's on my list of things to buy.
Used a 6.5 gallon carboy with 15# of clover honey from Costco. Left about a half gallon of space in case of a volcanic fermentation. Cooled off boiled tap water to about 80F and dropped in a packet of D-47. My house is pretty cool right now. Probably about 63-65F.

4 cinna sticks
4 all spice
2 cloves--I keep reading about how those puppies were really potent.
dash of nutmeg
2 clementines, peel and all.
A few cranberries for acidity (I'm guessing here but I had them so what the heck)
Handful of raisins because I don't have any of that nutrient stuff, either.

As of today, not too much foam (not sure if it's the yeast I chose or the cool temp of my house) but I can hear the airlock blurping every 20 sec or so. I wrapped the carboy in a towel for insulation.

Do I just leave it alone for a few weeks or do I need to add the nutrient stuff?

 

[JDWebb]

Hopefully this works. LOL

Made my first batch of home-anything on 10 Mar. I don't own a hydrometer yet so that's on my list of things to buy.
Used a 6.5 gallon carboy with 15# of clover honey from Costco. Left about a half gallon of space in case of a volcanic fermentation. Cooled off boiled tap water to about 80F and dropped in a packet of D-47. My house is pretty cool right now. Probably about 63-65F.

4 cinna sticks
4 all spice
2 cloves--I keep reading about how those puppies were really potent.
dash of nutmeg
2 clementines, peel and all. This is acid
A few cranberries for acidity (I'm guessing here but I had them so what the heck)...If dried, it would be nutrient for yeast like raisins, if whole - not much acid if any
Handful of raisins because I don't have any of that nutrient stuff, either.

As of today, not too much foam (not sure if it's the yeast I chose or the cool temp of my house) but I can hear the airlock blurping every 20 sec or so. I wrapped the carboy in a towel for insulation.

Do I just leave it alone for a few weeks or do I need to add the nutrient stuff?

I would de-gass it (stir vigorously, easy at first) 3 times a day and feed it once a day for 3 or 4 days.
Leave it alone to ferment for 3-4 weeks.
You really need a hydrometer and a pH meter, both are less than $10 and most LHBS

 

[Ladeeluk]

That's for the quick reply. I will definitely swing by the brew store and pick some stuff up tomorrow. In the meantime, I took the airlock off the carboy and swirled everything around to degas a bit. I am surprised at how strong the orangey smell was even with only 2 clementines in there.

 

[Ladeeluk]

That's for the quick reply. I will definitely swing by the brew store and pick some stuff up tomorrow. In the meantime, I took the airlock off the carboy and swirled everything around to degas a bit. I am surprised at how strong the orangey smell was even with only 2 clementines in there.

LHBS only had Fermax and Potassium Carbonite. I've ordered some DAP from morebeer.com. I did pick up a hydrometer and a tube thing. It read 1.052. I'm glad I left that headroom in the carboy because when I added the tbsp of Fermax and tsp of K Carbonite is fizzed up quite a bit even after degassing.

I will definitely put in more controls for my next batch according to the actual recipe.

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Cheers!

 

[noblex]

Necroposting:
I have a question: Jaom original uses 3.5 lib/gal of honey, you just use 2.5, why?

 

[Shawn0522]

Hoping to do 2 gals on Wednesday if I can get the yeast by then.

 

[Dan O]

MAOM was my first mead, and this is how i went for me:

2 Months - This is terrible; did I waste my time?

6 Months - Less Terrible, but I still can't drink this. Glad I only made a gallon.

9 Months - This is delightful! Why did I only make a gallon!?

 

[Dan O]

Is there anybody still on here who has tried this recipe that can tell me how it came out, please?