Show us your Mead in a photo!!!

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Traditional and sparkling, at least a bit. Condensation on the glass it is actualy very clear.

 

[fossilcat]

Starting from left to right:
2 containers of Cherry Berry, a 3 gal and a 1/2 gal
1 gal of Grandma's Liquid Apple Pie
5 gals of Raspberry Citrus
1 gal (and a bit) of Lemon Basil

Cherry Berry is the oldest at just under 2 months. All are in secondary.

 

[JJack887]

View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1451191885.338018.jpg My first bottled batch. A still traditional with breathtakingly sophisticated labeling.

 

[Jthornburgh]

The gallon on the right is sitting on .25oz of oak cubes for a week.

 

[TheWeeb]

Interested in thoughts on WHEN do you drink the mead you have been saving for a year or more? What is the right time? What is the oldest bottle that you eventually opened? I have a few from 2012 and 2013, and always torn between saving for later or enjoying now. Since this is the Post a Picture Thread, here is a collection of some of the ones I am saving.

 

[BGBC]

Drink it when you feel like it, that's the right time. If it's too hard to open them, then brew more

 

[DungMonster]

Interested in thoughts on WHEN do you drink the mead you have been saving for a year or more? What is the right time? What is the oldest bottle that you eventually opened? I have a few from 2012 and 2013, and always torn between saving for later or enjoying now. Since this is the Post a Picture Thread, here is a collection of some of the ones I am saving.

Oldest I have had of my basic mead was just over 4 years due to a few mistakes made when sorting through my stash/horde of assorted bottles. Was good but I drink for fun and relaxation not to have my pinky poking off the cup back to the original topic.

I had an acquaintance recently get in some legal issues and after he got back home was selling off his non confiscated gear. Among other things I got these new bottles (3 cases for 30 bucks was hard to refuse) that I will soon start filling up to drink out of. First fancy things other than interesting whiskey bottles I will have ever put my mead in. I am soo cheap
Edit* they are 1 liter ez cap blue bottles.

 

[TheWeeb]

1 liter ez cap blue bottles.

Nice! Look like the bottles our own Redstone Meadery uses for their line, very attractive and of course easy to cap partials.

 

[Dendion]

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This is my Parumph valley raw mead...... And bacon.... Lol

 

[Deafmeadmaker]

My Blueberry melolmel, code named Bumbleberry. I've been experimenting with oak chips in the secondary and I say it was a success.

 

[Frognostic]

That is the one I made in November, fermented open-air for about two weeks, and racked in December. My hydrometer got broken so I couldn't take a gravity reading but my guess, according to how much honey to water I used, is that it will finish around 9%. The ale yeast I used did not have a high alcohol tolerance anyway.

 

[OHVolsfan23]

Mulled Apple Mead, aged 6 months before sealing in wax and labeling as gifts. Cracked into one, tastes like apple pie!

 

[Frognostic]

The mead I made in October 2015, racked for the third time.

 

[Frognostic]

December 2015's mead, last of the year.

 

[ChefRex]

Blueberry melomel bottled a year ago,nice!View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1451790312.039455.jpg

 

[Deafmeadmaker]

going all out in 2016. Ten gallons of traditional and five of Serrano pepper.

 

[bob1852]

That's gonna be a lot of heat!!!!!

 

[Deafmeadmaker]

That's gonna be a lot of heat!!!!!

We shall see. Did a one gallon test batch last year with three peppers in it. Sweet and spicy for 30 seconds. Was going to put in 15 but backed off at the last minute. This should be great for fire breathers and spicy foodies.

 

[NyQuil]

My first batch ever made, JAOM:

FYI, by accident on New Year's Eve, we learned that it mixes very well with cheap champagne.

 

[MadHomebrewer]

My JOAM started in October now in secondary.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1451942722.693331.jpg

 

[Johan__]

Blueberry melomel abv 18% oak aged.

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[Cheesy_Goodness]

You either staged the hell out of that picture or have the neatest bottling setup I've ever seen.

Either way, it looks stellar. Well done

 

[MadHomebrewer]

Blueberry melomel abv 18% oak aged.

That's awesome! How long did you age in the barrel?

 

[Johan__]

Thank you sir! This one 26 days. Its a small barrel only 18 liters and it does a fast job putting oak in the mead.

 

[OHVolsfan23]

Can't wait to see how the Serrano pepper mead turns out! We made a Pepper Mead with Cayenne, Jalapeños, and Franks Red Hot. Yours sounds a lot hotter!

 

[Frognostic]

Cyser I made in September 2015 and racked off the lees in January 2016. Honey was Rowse honey and juice was pressed from local desert apples foraged from a public footpath.

 

[Alchemy]

Sparkling orange blossom mead. 12%abv and around 3 volumes of carbonation. Delicious at 3 months old

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[ChefRex]

Pomegranate melomel bottled a year ago,nice.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1452130677.981814.jpg

 

[ChefRex]

In the mood, now a blueberry,View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1452133945.742556.jpg

 

[MadHomebrewer]

Just bottled my first mead tonight! It's a JOAM.
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