Melomel - Macerate grapes in mead?

[goodwood]

Hi,

I was thinking of doing a melomel. Is it ok to macerate the whole mead? The grapes I want to use are concord. I want to macerate them for a pinkish color and tannin. Can I go ahead and do the crush, and honey/water mixture, let macerate and press? Or do I need to do a separate maceration and blend?

I was thinking if the maceration tannins is too much, I can always do another batch of mead and blend to get the right amount of fox grape.

 

[sanguine]

I certainly don't see why not, but there's only one way to find out, no?

 

[goodwood]

I didn't want to make a full batch because there seemed to be too many outcomes. Haha. So I used about 8 pounds of grapes and 4 Lbs of honey. I will probably let it macerate for a week or so.