Poor man's table Mead

[Jenkins]

INB4 HATE: I'm exaggerating.
But still.

 

[Goofynewfie]

Have you gotten to make a mead yet, Valerian? 3lbs of honey into one gallon of water is syrupy thick. If it has only gotten to ferment to 4%, it'd be like tomato soup. Yuck! That's not a preference thing, that's just drinking honey.

In the original recipe it states 10 to 12 pounds of honey plus 4 gallons of water. that would equal out to approximately 5 gallons of must. which is going to be in the neighborhood of 2 to 2.5 pounds per gallon. if fermented to 4 percent it will probably be a sweet , maybe desert style mead

 

[Deadrasputin]

Bottling Day!

Finally moved the Poor Man's Table Mead from the secondary to the bottle today.

Smells like Mead.......

Looks like Mead.......

Tastes............Well.......Almost like Mead. Or perhaps it tastes exactly like Mead and we have been brewing Wine like Meads for years.

I say that since our understanding of Yeast is only a modern idea. Ancient man had no idea why the Mead fermented. Wild yeast was probably how they always brewed. That is one reason why brewing in certian areas was better then others, due in part to what type of wild yeast was airborne in that region.

Alcohol content is at 8%. Taste is acceptable, only has a hint of metalic at the end.

I put some in bottles exactly as is to see about aging.

Some I back flavored with some strawberries from my garden to mask the metalic aftertaste.

All in all I would clasify this a success.