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[Arpolis]

My first cherry melomel. I like the colour. I didn't backsweeten so there is not much cherry flavour now. Will check back next year,

Wy wife would love that. I am about to rack a skeeter pee that replaced the sugar with honey onto some tart cherry juice. Hope it gets to that color.

 

[Trubnoob]

Bottled some raspberry mead tonight....

 

[Cliclaste]

I just bottled my JAOM. I have to say, it tastes pretty gross right now. It's not so much the taste but the aftertaste. Yuck. I'm gonna put the bottles away and hope it gets better. I'll be very disappointed if it doesn't, there's a lot of hoopla revolving this mead.

I think I may know the aftertaste you are describing, is it a musky flavor? Almost like rancid a bit? I had this happen a couple times when I left my mead too long between racking, one batch of aprocot I had to completely throw out it was unbearable, but my jaom had a bit of this off taste at the end as well... It's bearable and gets me drunk, but not super enjoyable.

 

[GreyCranium]

Here's my first attempt, a shot at a medium-sweet show mead based on a cross between recipes, including Ken Schramm's and Charlie Papazian's. It's been about a day since pitching and it's burping along nicely. (Not sure if the blow-off is necessary, but I figured it was better to err on the side of not having junk erupt out of an air lock...)

i love the colour of this mead, well done.

 

[Baileisdad]

 

[jak1010]

A President never looked so goooood.

 

[GeorgiaMead]

My JAOM that I just bottled... Got half a bottle to sample tonight when I get home

 

[GreyCranium]

I've been enjoying this thread so long that I thought I should contribute! Learning a lot on these forums...

In order these are: Show Mead with local (MN) Ames honey; JAOM; Cherry/Strawberry; Raspberry; Cherry Cinnamon

Waiting is the hardest part.

what does the cherry cinnamon taste like as i want to make a spicy cherry melomel?

 

[GeorgiaMead]

I'm guessing cinnamon with cherry flavor lol

 

[00radio]

I have a blueberry cinnamon mead that I first made around 2 years ago. First bottle I had a year ago was very fruity and semi-sweet with a hint of the cinnamon on the back end. Six months ago, the cinnamon was much stronger and upfront with just the fruitiness not being as pronounced. The bottle I tried last week has kind of balanced out. I wouldn't guess cinnamon just by the taste as it has melded into just a more smoother spice taste with the fruit mixing throughout as well. I'm really curious what it'll be next year.

 

[FireMoonMeadery]

New blueberry melomel made less than two hours ago.

 

[gilliam]

@gilliam , mind sharing the recipe?

Saffron Metheglin (Recipe for 3 gallons)

4 kg honey (unknown origins)
2.5 gr saffron
Yeast: Lalvin 71B-1122
Yeast nutrients

Boil 2.5 kg of honey on low/medium heat until it caramelizes (ca 1 hour). Let it cool a bit and add the rest if the honey and water. Heat the must a little and let all honey dissolve. Add the saffron and stir a bit.
Let it cool and pour everything into the fermentation vessel, add yeast and nutrients and oxygenate the must (I do it by shaking the vessel).

Back sweeten to taste.

 

[Lungus]

I tried to post some pics this morning but the post still hasn't appeared.

 

[Lungus]

We'll try this again. The Applejack isn't a mead it's just something I'm brewing up to be ready to drink in a couple of months. It isn't what is traditionally referred to as Applejack but that is what my cousin called it when he told my dad the recipe many years ago.

 

[pumpkinman2012]

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This is my Berry Blast Melomel - made with Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, and Blueberries.
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[swampcreek]

Here is my first try at mead/melomel. A peach and pineapple about two months old. About to bottle. Tastes a little yeasty now but sweet should be good by xmas or new years.

 

[Kdog22]

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This is my Berry Blast Melomel - made with Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, and Blueberries.
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Looks GREAT. I have a melomel bulk aging right now containing those exact ingredients. Will be bottling before too long.

 

[pumpkinman2012]

It will be great! I entered this in the Missouri Valley Wine Society competition at 3 months old and took a bronze medal, it was real young but I wanted to give it a try.

 

[Goofynewfie]

My first bochet, caramelized the honey for about 1 hour. just waiting for it to cool down enough to pitch the yeast
Gravity= 1.085



my entire basement smells like burnt marshmallow now

Edit: added: enough non caramelized honey to bring the gravity up to 1.110. Using K1- v116 for yeast and SNA

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

I recommend a blowoff tube for that little amount of headpsace. Looks awesome though.

 

[duff571]

first kick at mead....ant tips on how long to ferment ? I have made wine before should I wait the same 6 weeks?

 

[ErinRae]

Duff post your question in a new thread....you'll get a million answers and tips!

 

[GeorgiaMead]

Omg... U won't get mead... Get rid of all that head space!!!

 

[A50SNAKE]

first kick at mead....ant tips on how long to ferment ? I have made wine before should I wait the same 6 weeks?

please see GeorgiaMead's post below...way too much headspace, you will get some nasty infections...and for me, honey is too much $$$ to waste.

Omg... U won't get mead... Get rid of all that head space!!!

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[ErinRae]

It does look like a lot of headspace but it also looks like it's in primary so hopefully its pumping out CO2 which should protect it somewhat. I'd move to secondary just before the ferment is done and use a much smaller vessel.

 

[duff571]

racking it today to a smaller carboy

 

[swampcreek]

wait... what? too much head is a bad thing ? don't tell her that

 

[pgenius]

Blackberry Melomel

 

[TheNoodlerHank]

Blueberry peach mead

 

[TheWeeb]

bottled the bochette (sp) and had some left to enjoy now. Born March 11th, over five months to go from 1.086 to today's 0.990. A nice, smoky, floral goodness at 12.8% ABV, sipping wine.