New guys first BOMM

[Seamonkey84]

Well come to find out, though I followed the recipe as worded, my “altered” batch with more black currant juice is closer to what the creators had in mind. I just picked up a 96oz can of vintners harvest black currant concentrate to do my next batch. I might split the batch and use the black mead as a base so I can use the name I came up with for something

 

[Seamonkey84]

So from what I’ve reading and what I’m seeing compared to a bottle of Knudsen’s, vintners harvest black currant is not actually a concentrate! at least when comparing the gravity/Brix of the juice. So I guess what I made is to recipe, and the carboys I added more currant juice to actually is different. Also means I have to find more Knudsen, but the their website says it’s currently unavailable and the store that had them stopped carrying it.
Oh, meanwhile I’ve bottled a gallon of the berry death, and added two qts of black currant juice to another gallon and a half. The berry death is delicious, but just a bit sweeter than I’d like. I know what I want to do for my next batch based on this experience.

 

[Seamonkey84]

Before I forget and drink the last of this batch, here’s a bit of the finished Berry Death BOMM.

 

[Seamonkey84]

I have to add, no I didn’t drink through the whole batch already lol. At final racking, I ended up with 2.5gal out of the 3 gal carboy. I bottled one gallon and about finished with that.
At the time of racking, I had two quarts of black currant juice that was about to pass their best by date. I blended that with 1.5 gal of berry death that I didn’t bottle, and those are about to be cleared up soon as well.

 

[amber-ale]

If I took the recipe and method for "berry death" BOMM and removed the fruit bag a bit early (say day 5 or at 1.050 to 1.040), allowed the mead to finish fermenting, then racked over 1-2lb more crushed blueberries for another week would I get a mead with the same complexity and balance as the original, but with a blueberry aroma? Step feeding if needed to get to1.030.

Is there a better way to create a multilayered blueberry mead?

 

[Seamonkey84]

That may work, but pulling the fruit early may just reduce the tannins vs the flavor. maybe up the blueberries more in the original mix, replace the strawberries with more blueberry. Then also add it to secondary.