Show us your Mead in a photo!!!

[mollysings21]

Sounds great for a late summer drink.

Thanks, yes I agree, hopefully it will turn out better next time. Sorry about the extra message, the forum app was having issues.

 

[Maylar]

Cyser started 12/26/15. It was about 3 qts of FG 1.000 cider that was left from a gallon used as top up. Too much for a 1/2 gallon jug, not enough for a gallon. So I added honey in 4 steps and let the 71B wake up. Also have a cinnamon stick and a piece of nutmeg in there. Should be about 48 gravity points added to the 1.050 that the cider started with. Down to 1.005 now and still bubbling after 47 days. Hope this finishes up soon so I can cold crash and rack it for aging.

 

[vNmd]

There was a recipe for key lime mead. I gave it a shot.

 

[Deafmeadmaker]

The color looks great. How does it taste?

 

[vNmd]

Its hard to explain. It has the basic "I was made from honey" back drop. The key lime part is noticeable but not all up in your face like the pie. Its one of those things that the subtle flavour comes out after a second or two. I like it even though I can't describe the flavour very well. Got the recipe from a mag. The guy won first prize for this recipe which is why I tried it. It has aged about 2.5 years now.

 

[Maylar]

Cyser cold crashed for a week to clear. Finished at 1.002 so should be a bit over 12% ABV. Tastes of Orange Blossom honey and nutmeg, and smells like apples. Racked off the lees and only got a bit under 3 quarts, so I topped it off using some finished 1.000 cider. The dilution should put it at about 10%.

Topped off and added 1/2 oz of medium American oak cubes. This will get kegged and carbed in a few weeks.

 

[rcreamer0713]

This is my first mead ever. 1.150 og. 1.034 finishing. Sweet with right amount of dry. Bottled and clear. Kind of impressed withmyself it came out so good.

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[TandemTails]

Ready to bottle 3 gallons:

Left to right: Cinnamon/Vanilla mead, Prickly Pear mead, Traditional mead

I started this as a 3 gallon batch of traditional mead and let that ferment for 50 days. At secondary I racked into three 1 gallon carboys , two of which contained some additions. I made a tincture with a cinnamon stick and a vanilla bean and pitched that into one. I added 4 cups of prickly pear puree to the second and left the third alone.

I racked to tertiary after 48 days and then bottled after an additional 68 days for a total of 166 days of fermentation/aging.

They're still a little hot so I'll keep them in the closet for another 6 months or so. It resulted in 12 bombers and 3 pint bottles.

 

[MadHomebrewer]

Put together a simple blackberry melomel.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1456837714.186480.jpg
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[Deafmeadmaker]

The one gallon jugs and growlers will be set aside for one year and added to future batches. Traditional mead with a hint of vanilla bean.
And because I'm a sarcastic ******* sometimes: the label.

 

[TandemTails]

Racking my dwarf invasion clone off of the dry hop stage and onto some honey for back sweetening

It tastes amazing!

I'll let this age for another month or so and then it'll be bottling time

 

[TeufelHundenM198]

You can't see the mead in this pic, but I think it still counts. This is my 42 gallon conical fermenter, and I degas it every day with my vacuum pump.

Does a good job of it too.

 

[Arpolis]

You can't see the mead in this pic, but I think it still counts. This is my 42 gallon conical fermenter, and I degas it every day with my vacuum pump.

Does a good job of it too.

Very very cool. I want a setup like that one day. Or two or 3 of those lol.

 

[TeacherBrew]

Tangelo Mead, Traditional Viking Mead, Blackberry Vanilla, and Spiced Apple/Pear. The one with the apples is a beer experiment.

 

[MarkKF]

Tangelo Mead, Traditional Viking Mead, Blackberry Vanilla, and Spiced Apple/Pear. The one with the apples is a beer experiment.

The one with apples looks cool. Tell us more! I did the same thing with a cyzer. Tasted it today for the first time.

 

[TeacherBrew]

The one with apples looks cool. Tell us more! I did the same thing with a cyzer. Tasted it today for the first time.

It's a Belgian triple that had strong caramel notes so I decided to add apples and honey to see if I could get it to taste like a caramel apple. Well see what happens!

 

[Chris_The_Rogue]

Mango Ginger Mead

 

[BGBC]

You can't see the mead in this pic, but I think it still counts. This is my 42 gallon conical fermenter, and I degas it every day with my vacuum pump.

Does a good job of it too.

That's a lot of mead

 

[JJack887]

My spiced cyser made on Jan. 4th, bottled on Mar. 12th. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1457848430.159975.jpg

 

[nitack]

My spiced cyser made on Jan. 4th, bottled on Mar. 12th. View attachment 344056

Looks good, but two months from start to bottle seems really quick. Or, maybe I'm just a lazy mead maker, because my stuff goes damn near a year in buckets and carboy a before I'm ready to bottle.

 

[JJack887]

I know, but I'm restless when it comes to bottling. It was CLEAR, so I bottled. Most of my meads, if clear at least two months in, get bottled and condition from there.

 

[JJack887]

Looks good, but two months from start to bottle seems really quick. Or, maybe I'm just a lazy mead maker, because my stuff goes damn near a year in buckets and carboy a before I'm ready to bottle.

Thank you, though. Props for being able to wait that long in a fermentor. I'd go crazy.

 

[JJack887]

Looks good, but two months from start to bottle seems really quick. Or, maybe I'm just a lazy mead maker, because my stuff goes damn near a year in buckets and carboy a before I'm ready to bottle.

Thank you, though. Props for being able to wait that long in a fermentor. I'd go crazy.

 

[nitack]

Thank you, though. Props for being able to wait that long in a fermentor. I'd go crazy.

Haha... I really mean it when I say I'm just lazy. Lucky if I degas once a week early on. I'll leave it on the lees for months (which has never imparted a bad flavor). It is a set it and forget it process for me.

 

[bob1852]

Strawberry mead.

 

[Deafmeadmaker]

All the work paid off. Just put the last labels on. I now have eight flavors sitting on my racks. Serrano pepper, Traditional, Blueberry, Pineapple Ginger, Orange Cranberry, Pumpkin Spice, Prickly Pear, and Anjou Pear.

 

[Dendion]

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Lots of different meads...

 

[Jackal516]

Winter Mead (Cycer plus cranberry juice)
Started 12-12-15
Bottled 3-16-16

 

[JJack887]

View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1459477622.382840.jpg Gallon of cranberry buckwheat honey mead. Made on 12-18-15, bottled yesterday. 11.5%abv.

 

[Vex3521]

Will have to open one later, but one of my favorite mead related photos this year!!