Show us your Mead in a photo!!!

[Panduh]

Thanks opus and medic! Fermentation is off to a good start. Will post more pics as it develops!

 

[FloridaCracker]

This picture was just taken less than an hour ago. It is my finished product. After fermenting for over a year, my rendition of JOAM is complete.

How is it different you may ask. Well, I used champagne yeast instead of bread yeast for starters. I also racked three times to clarify. The four beer bottles are for a state compitition, I asked if bottle presentation affected score and the past president, and current vice both said "just put it in a beer bottle." The comp is July 27.

 

[TheBrewingMedic]

Busy day of bottling and labeling

 

[agent44]

Love the blue bottles, I wanted to buy some cobalt swing tops, but they were way too expensive.

 

[FloridaCracker]

Love the blue bottles, I wanted to buy some cobalt swing tops, but they were way too expensive.

Thanks! Yeah, the blue glass apparently costs more money.. The LHBS sells the cobalt swing tops in liter, 22 oz, and standard. It averages around $50 per case! Maybe one day...

 

[derek81]

My first Mead its a JAO MEAD i used Lavin D47 as my yeast.








just finished



1 week fermentation

 

[gilliam]

Preparations for a midsummer mead tasting.
I guess this is more of a "show me your labels" since you cannot actually see the meads.

 

[Dark_Ale]

Blue Berry Honey from AHS, Started this batch last Dec 2011

 

[cyberlord]

Pitched yeast on 31 May for a June JOAM. Starting to clear already.

 

[jcellan]

Here's my first submission on this site. My first attempt at JAOM.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Another JAOM


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Where did you get the whiskey glass? I like it

 

[Goofynewfie]

Good eye! a friend gave me some empty wine bottles and that was in with them, it was for a single malt scotch. I thought it would look great with a mead in it so I removed all the labels. It is 700ml and a really heavy glass
I plan on making a strawberry rhubarb mead in the fall that I bet will look great in that bottle

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Guess i need to look for some whiskey glasses for my meads. I haven't found them for sale just by themselves so i better start drinking some single malt. lol

 

[gutz]

made with orange blossom honey and nottingham ale yeast. SG = 1.085.

primary fermentation slower than expected, just made it to 1.015 today after about 31 days. Very little activity left, racked it to secondary so I can start a second batch.

Flavor is a little odd, suspect slight contamination. Fermentation didn't start for almost 3 days.

 

[steelc1ty]

This was my first attempt...was supposed to be a "Strawberry Lemon" mead that came out just "Lemon". Dumped a couple pounds of berries into the mead and let it sit for a while to produce this. MUCH closer to what I was looking for.

 

[Goofynewfie]

Strawberry rhubarb on the left, joes quick grape on the right

 

[Beer_me_plz]

Flavor is a little odd, suspect slight contamination. Fermentation didn't start for almost 3 days.

Do you smell or detect rotten eggs? When yeast is stressed it releases H2S. It can be removed, but is a bit of a process.

 

[Beer_me_plz]

Here is my Strappleberry mead. (strawberry apple). With the red strawberries and the yellow apple juice I extracted and the honey it turned out a brilliant orange color. It's always fun seeing the different colors that emerge with fruit.

 

[Onihige]

Very nice, I'm gonna try that combination of apple and strawberry later.

 

[cubbre]

My fruit punch fifth attempt at mead but i really got good reviews from friends!

 

[ruin7734]

Cyser. My baby.

 

[crumpetsnbeer]

My dandelion mead, had a drink before i remembered to take a pic

 

[Onihige]

Dandelion mead is epic, but a bit of a pain in the arse to make. Nice picture.

 

[Atek]

My dandelion mead, had a drink before i remembered to take a pic

Could you possibly pm me a recipe?

 

[Onihige]

I'll tell you want I told my father; take a dandelion wine recipe - and use honey. That was his first mead, turned out great. But if you really want the specific, I'll ask him for the details.

 

[Atek]

Nah that's good enough, I've made quite a few meads I think I can figure it out from there. Thanks!

 

[luda007]

Blueberry honey mead.
I made this on Friday. Only thing I did differently was add nutrient.

http://craftychickscuppacoffee.blogspot.com/2010/06/cooking-for-sabbats-blueberry-mead.html?m=1

 

[Atek]

Raspberry orange mead, and yea I'm drinking out of a jar... Swmbo thinks me classy ;-)

 

[opus345]

Blueberry honey mead.
I made this on Friday. Only thing I did differently was add nutrient.

Luda,

Welcome.

Looks good.

 

[Curtis2010]

My first attempt at a mead. Very basic traditional sweet mead. However, I used an Ale yeast so it is quite sweet. I force carbonated some of it to make a sparkling mead and it is quite nice -- the carbonation cuts the sweetness a bit.

Plan to try a Mango Melomel next...this time with a more appropriate yeast so it is not so sweet.