ky🐝keeping🍷maker
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My husband & I are just starting our mead brewing adventure . So far, we have bottled 5 batches & have 5 more going with plans for more soon as we have made space in equipment!
We are new-ish beekeepers in KY USA & decided to start brewing mead after learning about it because “hey, we have honey! how awesome a mead would our own honey make? let’s find out!”
We love the individuality of it, the science, the yummy results & the reactions once we share our new hobby with someone.
So far, we have two trads, one using our honey & another with store-bought. An Orange that went much drier than we wanted and an Orange Spice that seemed to go extremely dry too. We hope age will mellow those out. Out favorite of the batches we’ve already bottled is tied between “our honey” trad & Cherry Vanilla that went all the way to almost 19% abv! It is surprisingly delicious to be such a high abv. We will try to replicate it soon.
In 2nd fermentation, we have another trad using our honey (again, trying to replicate with the last 3 pounds of our first harvest from last year!), a 3-gal batch of Blueberry Cinnamon, a 3-gal Apple Cinnamon, a Tropical and a Mixed Berries.
We are SO anxious to have a tasting with friends this autumn!
Glad to find another group where I can learn more about this fascinating process!
We are new-ish beekeepers in KY USA & decided to start brewing mead after learning about it because “hey, we have honey! how awesome a mead would our own honey make? let’s find out!”
We love the individuality of it, the science, the yummy results & the reactions once we share our new hobby with someone.
So far, we have two trads, one using our honey & another with store-bought. An Orange that went much drier than we wanted and an Orange Spice that seemed to go extremely dry too. We hope age will mellow those out. Out favorite of the batches we’ve already bottled is tied between “our honey” trad & Cherry Vanilla that went all the way to almost 19% abv! It is surprisingly delicious to be such a high abv. We will try to replicate it soon.
In 2nd fermentation, we have another trad using our honey (again, trying to replicate with the last 3 pounds of our first harvest from last year!), a 3-gal batch of Blueberry Cinnamon, a 3-gal Apple Cinnamon, a Tropical and a Mixed Berries.
We are SO anxious to have a tasting with friends this autumn!
Glad to find another group where I can learn more about this fascinating process!
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