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[jeffd10]

Pomegranate, Wildflower, Earl Gray/Vanilla bean

 

[JABBY]

Here's my ghetto-ass setup:

Looks exactly like my first couple of gallons of fruit wine. I did my first batch, two gallons of blueberry mead, in a culligan water jug (looking for pictures). It has been ageing for seven months now in three two liters (maybe less my wife has been sneaking some out of the runt bottle while I have been gone for work the last 6 months). Keep it up and do what works for you.

 

[JABBY]

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My first mead. It's been aging for about 6 months now. I've been away so it's been easy to let it sit. 3 more months and I will be bottling it! I can't wait to get home!

Looks great, and I love the signiture.

 

[rowsdower44]

Apple Clove Mead

 

[TeufelHundenM198]

Mead with Lime Blossom Honey. ~2.8lbs total, and Lalvin D47. I lost a little volume in an unfortunate de-gassing foamover.

This is the most brightly colored mead I've made so far. It started out as almost a light green, then turned into this after 3 days if fermenting. It's been very fun to watch... moreso than other fermentables.

I have high hopes for this guy... after Blackberry honey, Lime Blossom is my most favorite honey.

 

[waxer]

My 3rd attempt at mead after a Jaom and Joes quick grape. A 20L batch using Rewarewa honey. I will split it into 5L batches at secondary one of which will be Dragonfruit. Undecided on the rest. Maybe one other to play with and 10L as is. Its rather dark at this stage.

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

Here's my perry pyment, started this last weekend.

 

[octo]

my first cyser (just poured)

 

[xpionage]

Bottled my first mead today, Blueberry melomel.

 

[hehawbrew]

^^^^^

That looks soooo pretty. Gives me the motivation to remain patient!

 

[delvorak]

Bottled my first mead today, Blueberry melomel.

While I agree it's beautiful, how did you make a blueberry mead that isn't blue /purple?

 

[xpionage]

While I agree it's beautiful, how did you make a blueberry mead that isn't blue /purple?

I didnt mash the blueberries, I only frozen them and thaw them right before add them in the carboy.

I probably didnt get many flavors of the berries but the taste test was very good

 

[oakum]

Brother and I prepared our first batches of mead in October, a traditional (racked once), and a JAOM (never racked):

Both turned out delicious! We bottled around 2 weeks ago.

 

[saramc]

Enjoying a glass of Joe's Quick Grape Mead, a concord pyment, which was started on 1/6/13. I used Kirkland brand 100% concord and raw wildflower honey. Easy, simple and delicious!

 

[bob1852]

Prickly pear mead. Racked and stabilized today, I'll backsweeten soon.

 

[Garrett]

Prickly pear mead. Racked and stabilized today, I'll backsweeten soon.

How did you add the prickly pear and how much? it sounds great.

 

[bob1852]

How did you add the prickly pear and how much? it sounds great.

About 7 pounds freshly picked, spines scraped off, chopped (roughly quartered), and frozen.

Thawed, and added to two 1-gallon paint strainer bags (tied off with dental floss) into the primary bucket near the end of primary fermentation. Let it sit for a month, then removed.

It's a four gallon batch, so I racked to a 3-gallon carboy and 1-gallon jug.

 

[TheWeeb]

Bottled my first mead today, Blueberry melomel.

I'd like to source those bottles, where did you get them?

 

[Zaffo]

From left to right:

Front: Bochet Cyser, Cherrywood Smoked Braggot, Amber Braggot, Joe's Quick Grape
Middle: Meadowfoam, Vanilla Tea Meadowfoam, JAOM, Apple "Ice" Wine
Back: Skeeter Pee.

 

[xpionage]

I'd like to source those bottles, where did you get them?

They are from a portuguese rosé wine faisão. Me and my father in law drank some bottles last summer after I started my meads. They are 750ml bottles

 

[JABBY]

I didnt mash the blueberries, I only frozen them and thaw them right before add them in the carboy.

I probably didnt get many flavors of the berries but the taste test was very good

I will post a picture of my blueberry melomel as soon as I get time I used a gallon of unpasteurized blueberry juice(brought it up to 170 for a half hour) I bought at the store with top up water it came to two gallons fermenting, four liters bottled.

 

[Bluespark]

Just bottled some strawberry mead! 6 months old, clover honey, 18-20%. Strawberry flavoured rocket fuel at the moment

 

[jak1010]

JAOM started 2/9
SG 1.120
FG 1.040 on 4/14

 

[Atek]

2011 strapleberry cyser an apple strawberry mead. Lots of strawberry and apple on the nose, a bit hot smelling with hints of Carmel. Smooth on the tongue, slight acid, honey is a hind note with Carmely strawberry dominating the palate. This mead was not pleasant for the first two years, now however this has got to be in the top two meads I've ever had.

 

[Ibrewaletx]

Well, this is my cranberry mead...
I strove for a clear mead, and well I did get clear mead, but I've lost all color!
For the one gallon I had 24oz of cranberries, 2.75 lb of clover honey, 71B yeast fermented dry and backsweetened with 2 oz of honey. I cold conditioned for 3 weeks prior to bottling.

 

[waxer]

Just added Dragon fruit to secondary. Hopefully me trying to get enough flavour wont mean its to dark.
The rewarewa mead I put in seems strong. never tried mead before but I assumed honey flavour wouldnt be so strong after some comments I have read. Not sure how to back sweeten for fear of adding any more honey taste. Worry about that once my plain batch is ready.

 

[Electron]

My first Mead! Pomegranate Acai, added a half gallon each of pom juice and "sambazon" acai puree smoothie in secondary. OG at 1.114, Finished quite dry at 1.000. Prickly pear or dragon fruit mead sounds awesome! I may make a batch of that next, we will see if my dragon fruit cactus bears well this year, or I can find some prickly pear at the farmer's market.

 

[SebastianS]

Just added Dragon fruit to secondary. Hopefully me trying to get enough flavour wont mean its to dark.
The rewarewa mead I put in seems strong. never tried mead before but I assumed honey flavour wouldnt be so strong after some comments I have read. Not sure how to back sweeten for fear of adding any more honey taste. Worry about that once my plain batch is ready.

I think you'll be fine. From what I've experienced just eating Dragonfruit, it's pretty bland.

I'm making my first batch now. A nice plain wildflower mead. I also added approximately a cup of bee pollen. It'll add a bit more taste, and the yeast can feed off of the nutrients in it. Sort of a traditional/full hive-esque type. I've done a fair bit of research haha.

Personally I think it boils down to honey quality. With cheaper, lower quality honey, I could see the flavours being weaker. I've had plain mead, semi-sweet, sweet, and a dessert type. For my taste, the sweet and dessert types are delicious. I could drink it all day!

What I've read for back sweetening, adding a cup of honey to a five gallon batch will get you a sweet mead. But it's also to taste. Add it in, in small amounts, tasting it as you've mixed it in well enough, and do that until you've reached your own personally desired level of sweetness. Hope this helps a bit!

 

[waxer]

Yeah will give it a go cheers.

Last 3 parts of my rewarewa mead now in 5l batches.
Feijoa, traditional oaked and Blackberry plus a bunch of top up bottles once I rack the fruit off in a week or so.

Need to go grab some more rewarewa this week to backsweeten with.

 

[Kdog22]

Started my first meads this past Saturday. Far left is Joe's Ancient Orange mead recipe. Front right is a mixed berry mead that I put together. Blueberry, Blackberry, Raspberry and Strawberry. I'm excited to finally have them going.