Show us your Mead in a photo!!!

[Hrahn1995]

It's local wild flower honey with local, fresh apple cider. It turned out wonderfully! I almost want to stare more than drink... ALMOST.

Ah Man thats the same color as my Cyser from this year! I used 1 Gallon of Cider to 2lbs of Wildflower Honey from an asian supermarket (not as local as i usually like to use) It had been bottled for a month, and i opened the overflow bottle that was a capped 12oz and it was beautifully clear but barely drinkable, im hoping age brings it back to the realm of the living. Its semi dry which is also disappointing because i prefer a nice dry cyser. Live Learn and brew another batch next year i guess (use better honey)

 

[Inner10]

Fall Cyser!!!

Are those Zorks? Do you like em?

 

[TeufelHundenM198]

Raspberry Vanilla Melomel. Only around 9 months old... absolutely delicious. Made it with local wildflower honey.

 

[Photobond]

Are those Zorks? Do you like em?

Zorks are great. They work very well and easily. Best 'new' thing I've ever tried. :rockin:

 

[funkadelicturkey]

cranberry mead, apfelwein (not mead), chambourcin pyment, and 2 traditional meads (capped not airlocked). Almost had an accident with one of the traditional meads, I put caps on them about a year ago, they are around two years old and never cleared. Decided to rack all of these last weekend, when I opened up one of the capped meads I heard a hissing sound and a nice CO2 cloud appeared. It had carbed in the 1 gallon bottle not meant for carbonation, disaster avoided. Poured some to take a gravity reading, which was 0.98. Hope it is done now, put an airlock back on anyway to let it ride until it is bottled, when it clears :cross:

 

[Bluespark]

First ever bottled mead! Classic JAOM. Happy with the clarity

 

[Karaya]

Hello, this is my first ever time posting on this forum although I have been watching and reading up quite a bit over the past months thanks to the very informative threads and people on here!

So I thought I'd post some pics of 2 of my 4 batches I am currently running which I have just recently clarified using kieselsol and transferred into new, sanitized carboys. All batches are now 4 months old and I plan to age them for at least another 2 months before bottling any of them. I am quite happy with their progress so far, right after primary fermentation all of them had a strong yeasty smell to them and tasted like rocket fuel with a sort of "afterburn" which has significantly decreased over time and right now they are quite drinkable though a little bit more time probably cant hurt especially as they have a tad of carbonation to them which I hope to get rid of over time.

Here is a pic of my banana melomel

And one of my mango/persimmon melomel

The other two batches are plum and orange (respectively). As they were all fermented from the same kind of honey they do not differ in colour all that much. Once I have finished and consumed all of them I plan to try some more colour intense variants, maybe with blue or blackberries.

 

[devianttouch]

First JAOM just bottled tonight. The bottles aren't clear, so they're not very interesting, but this was my tasting glass. The mead is clearer than this photo looks - my small glasses aren't great for showing clarity apparently. I'm no photographer! It tastes good already, looking forward to what it will be after more time!

 

[rowsdower44]

Here's a picture of my Joe's Quick Grape Mead. Bottled it on Friday.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

how long did you put the yeast in there? I say let it sit for a couple of days and then repitch. I'm guessing bread yeast will take longer to show signs especially if the gravity is really high

 

[Brann_mac_Finnchad]

Elder Gods Braggot, finally bottled and labled.

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

Spiced Hydromel - The Clairvoyant -

Just started this last night

 

[johngottshall]

Batch of Raspberry,Vanilla Mead started first week of January 2nd month in carboy hopefully ready for August.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/zye75to6g85edv6/i_QhZhV6ld

 

[nitack]

Just bottled two batches, a acerglyn on the left and Boucher on the right. No that you can see anything as they are in very dark bottles. The cobolt blue ones are beautiful untill you realize you can't gaze appreciatively at the product inside.




I had three gallons of traditional that I split out into three one gallon meads. One traditional, one spiced chai, and one chamomile vanilla.

 

[Photobond]

Lemonade

 

[Atek]

The cobolt blue ones are beautiful untill you realize you can't gaze appreciatively at the product inside.

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Haha, agreed. Hence the reason I always include at least 1 clear bottle for each batch. Just so I can see the meads oh so pretty face!

 

[xpionage]

My blueberry and clementine/raspberry ( still cloudy 7months later dunno why) and also a recipe i found at youtube from StormTheCastle channel that i brewed January 1st 2013

 

[Karaya]

Wow, love those temperature labels!

Anyone know how/where to get some of those inside of Europe?

 

[Goofynewfie]

You could probably get them at a pet store, I've seen many stores sell them for aquariums

 

[Onihige]

Wow, love those temperature labels!

Anyone know how/where to get some of those inside of Europe?

They sell them at the biggest brewshop in Sweden, and I'm guessing the ones in Germany too. And in pet stores.

 

[Jnco_hippie]

Red currant clover honey mead, day 29.

Red Star champagne yeast. Starting Grav 1.130

Red currants (dried) 3 orange slices 1 lemon slice, yeast nutrient.

 

[TheWeeb]

Peach mead, a big one at 19% abv, about seven months old now. I think I might have posted this before, if so, sorry. I entered this in the Mazer cup, judging next weekend.

 

[johngottshall]

1 Gallon batch of raspberry vanilla bean & 1gallon batch of blueberry mead 2 months in

 

[Bluespark]

That peach is gorgeous

 

[nitack]

That peach is gorgeous

Agreed. Wish I had the patients to let my meads clarify like that.

 

[xpionage]

Wow, love those temperature labels!

Anyone know how/where to get some of those inside of Europe?

The small ones where bought in a pet store and the bigger in a portuguese brewshop.

You probably can find those on ebay or amazon

 

[TheWeeb]

Agreed. Wish I had the patients to let my meads clarify like that.

During fermentation/carboy conditioning it was re-racked three times, after bottling there was still some sediment on the bottom so I carefully de-canted, drank the drudges, washed the bottles, and re-filled for the competition. It is a really beautiful mead. As you know, oxidation is not a factor in meads as it is with beer, so multiple transfers are great for clarity.

 

[kingboomer]

Just got this bottled today:

About 9 months since I pitched the yeast, it's been oaked and backsweetened. It's good stuff at right about 14% abv.


-Kingboomer

 

[Sollozzo]

"Blackberry Mead"

Just brewed last night. Hopefully fermentation process will complete in two months. I want to be drinking this for the Game of Thrones Season 3 Finale!!

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Nice mead, and lovely kitchen.