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[AlbertaGuy]

Front jug is sea-buckthorn mead. Back one is just wine. This is my favorite mead so far, honey comes out nicely with a slight hint of citrus.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Sample and bottled my habanero/chocolate mead

Sent from Patty's pub while playing CharDee MacDennis.

 

[poptarts]

 

[Deadroachdancing]

Apple, pomegranate, and blueberry (1st attemp at the blueberry!)

 

[andvari7]

I have 5 gallons of clover fermenting. It's been a month, and I'm growing impatient with it. I know it takes time to develop the flavors, but I want it now.



It's in the bucket, in the back of the photo. The bottles in front of said bucket will house that mead. Actually, there's a rather large bottle, obscured by the leg of my table. It drains about 25% of the fermenter, accounting for trub. Since this is my first mead, I'm not exactly sure how much trub comes out of a 5 gallon batch.

 

[jak1010]

I have 5 gallons of clover fermenting. It's been a month, and I'm growing impatient with it. I know it takes time to develop the flavors, but I want it now.



It's in the bucket, in the back of the photo. The bottles in front of said bucket will house that mead. Actually, there's a rather large bottle, obscured by the leg of my table. It drains about 25% of the fermenter, accounting for trub. Since this is my first mead, I'm not exactly sure how much trub comes out of a 5 gallon batch.

Nice collection of bottles. Brew something else that will be ready to drink sooner and take your mind off of that one.

 

[andvari7]

Nice collection of bottles. Brew something else that will be ready to drink sooner and take your mind off of that one.

I did. It, too, is taxing my patience.

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[leeford337]

My very first mead, a simple Raspberry As well as my Game of Thrones inspired label! Thanks!

 

[Dendion]

I have 5 gallons of clover fermenting. It's been a month, and I'm growing impatient with it. I know it takes time to develop the flavors, but I want it now.



It's in the bucket, in the back of the photo. The bottles in front of said bucket will house that mead. Actually, there's a rather large bottle, obscured by the leg of my table. It drains about 25% of the fermenter, accounting for trub. Since this is my first mead, I'm not exactly sure how much trub comes out of a 5 gallon batch.

Andvari7! Where did you get those bottles?!?!? Lol


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[TeufelHundenM198]

BOCHET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's a bit young still... ~10 months old, but it's still pretty good. I have 9 bottles left aging away for the future.

I never had a bochet before I made this stuff, and I have to say, it's easily the most interesting mead I've made to date. On the front end it's an untraceable sweetness. Not terribly sweet, but a distinct, almost sharp bite of something that doesn't resemble honey... then the blackness takes you and it ends with a prominent almost coffee flavor. It's wonderful... We'll see how it ages out over the next several years.

 

[dan6310]

My berry melomel. Back-sweeten with wildflower honey and added some acid blend to brighten it up.
I have 2 additional gallons sitting on 2 ounces of medium toasted oak cubes. I will let it sit for a couple weeks then sample its progress


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[andvari7]

Andvari7! Where did you get those bottles?!?!? Lol


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I buy the bottles, and the beer contained within, from liquor stores around Madison, WI. Eighteen months, and quite a lot of money, went into the collection. That doesn't even comprise the entire lot - the rest is in the fridge.

I've used five of the bottles for my most recent batch of beer, which I bottled two hours ago.

 

[Dendion]

Lol. That's what I kinda figured!


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[SouthernYankee]

The JAOM is clearing nicely!

 

[Atek]

My berry melomel. Back-sweeten with wildflower honey and added some acid blend to brighten it up.
I have 2 additional gallons sitting on 2 ounces of medium toasted oak cubes. I will let it sit for a couple weeks then sample its progress


Dan6310

You're not worried about the sediment on these? They look a bit cloudy still.

 

[dan6310]

You're not worried about the sediment on these? They look a bit cloudy still.

Not worried at all on this batch. It is pectin haze. My oaked batch has pectin enzyme in it and it has cleared well.
Doesn't effect taste only appearance and I don't plan on entering it in any competitions.
Dan




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[Damgaard]

On the right is a Meyer Lemon, Blueberry Infused Cranberry Mead I just racked into secondary yesterday (3/16/14)

On the left is a simple Honey Raisin I will be adding Vanilla Beans into during secondary.

Planning on starting a new batch this weekend to ease my desire to drink it all before it's even mead...LOL!

In other news, I told my wife I was going to take a picture of my mead for the forum as I walked out of the family room...she did a double take and said "You're taking a picture of your MEAT for a forum??!!" ROFL!!!


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Viking by the grace of Odin

Seeking peace through mead.

 

[RegarRenill]

The lovely golden glass is a BOMM traditional, the translucent brown is a blueberry bochet, and the opaque glass is a pumpkin spice that will probably never clear (used powdered cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg, oops)

 

[kingboomer]

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The lovely golden glass is a BOMM traditional, the translucent brown is a blueberry bochet, and the opaque glass is a pumpkin spice that will probably never clear (used powdered cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg, oops)

That bluebery bochet sounds interesting. Care to share the recipe and tasting notes?


-Kingboomer

 

[RegarRenill]

15# clover honey, 10# blueberries in primary, 5# blueberries in secondary. Boiled honey for 3 hrs until it was a nice dark color. Added water to 5 gal and blueberries. Added nutrient and pitched EC-1118. Fermented to 1.010 and either stalled or ran out of fermentable sugars due to carmelization of the honey. It was still purple when it stopped dropping lees in December. At some point it turned brownish, but still tastes strongly of blueberries, great blueberry nose, too. OG was 1.142, so it has a bit of a kick, but it's mellowed out nicely. Kinda nutty blended with blueberry. Very nice and dangerously smooth. Will be bottling this weekend.


EDIT: I looked over my notes last night and it was 20# of honey, not 15.

 

[SouthernYankee]

JAMO in a bottle...Towards the end it was getting cloudy as you can see in the fourth bottle. I didnt want to waste any so I put the rest in a mason jar and placed in the refridge...

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

Lambic mead all bottled up!

 

[kingboomer]

Sounds great man! I'm gonna deffinitely give this a go.

 

[TheWeeb]

Not your typical mead shot, final gravity reading before bottling my Game of Thrones mead version 2, FG 0.990, 14% of earthy sweet spicy goodness, four months nearly to the day since this was Colorado sourced honey, dates, and jalapeno peppers. Color and clarity almost seductive, no finings or filtering used, just three rackings over four months with the last two weeks spent at 34 degrees.

 

[andrewcoopergt]

Not your typical mead shot, final gravity reading before bottling my Game of Thrones mead version 2, FG 0.990, 14% of earthy sweet spicy goodness, four months nearly to the day since this was Colorado sourced honey, dates, and jalapeno peppers. Color and clarity almost seductive, no finings or filtering used, just three rackings over four months with the last two weeks spent at 34 degrees.

It's a beauty! April 6th will be here oh so soon!





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[TheWeeb]

It's a beauty! April 6th will be here oh so soon!Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Thanks! The dates and peppers and repeated rackings and many samples reduced the original five gallons to just over three, but I am okay with it. Are you also doing a GOT mead (see the GOT thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f30/game-thrones-mead-397184/)

 

[User]

Standard clover honey mead.
Started February of 2013, bottled earlier this month.

 

[eogaard]

Tripleberry mead pitched 6 months ago from today.

 

[vetusstimulus]

My farm chilli mead in its secondary, clearing up nice and my new bhut jolokia mead made today,,,,,

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[Damgaard]

My farm chilli mead in its secondary, clearing up nice and my new bhut jolokia mead made today,,,,,

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Fantastic! Would you mind sharing your Bhut Jolokia recipe? I am planning on a Habanero mead soon and thought I was unique, LOL!


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Viking by the grace of Odin

Seeking peace through mead.