I am pre-newb when it comes to making mead, been doing homebrew for 8+ years though.
I need to buy another recipie and was thinking i should try something different than just one I've never made before, like maybe try making mead. My taste in beer is high ABV belgian ales with (relatively) low hoppieness.
I buy all my stuff at a local store (Austin homebrew supply) and they have a good selection of recipies which is good for me since even with beer I'm not one to experiment much other than pump up the alcohol content a bit. I know almost nothing about mead though and I need tobe talked into or out of making some. My equipment is for a 5 gallon batch of beer so l just assumed i'd make that amount of mead but don't want something I do not want to drink either. I hate dry wine, so I'm thinking of steering clear of the dry meads, I guess the term is roughly analogous. I sort of like sweet wines, including sake, which leads me back to mead.
So should I try one? Since I am asking that in a mead forum I'll guess the answer is yes. So pick one listed as sweet? What about a fruity one, peach or apple sound interesting? What about floral, I see a habiscus one? Go with straight honey on the first batch? Plan for final ABV of 15% or so?
Any and all advice is welcome and appreciated!
I need to buy another recipie and was thinking i should try something different than just one I've never made before, like maybe try making mead. My taste in beer is high ABV belgian ales with (relatively) low hoppieness.
I buy all my stuff at a local store (Austin homebrew supply) and they have a good selection of recipies which is good for me since even with beer I'm not one to experiment much other than pump up the alcohol content a bit. I know almost nothing about mead though and I need tobe talked into or out of making some. My equipment is for a 5 gallon batch of beer so l just assumed i'd make that amount of mead but don't want something I do not want to drink either. I hate dry wine, so I'm thinking of steering clear of the dry meads, I guess the term is roughly analogous. I sort of like sweet wines, including sake, which leads me back to mead.
So should I try one? Since I am asking that in a mead forum I'll guess the answer is yes. So pick one listed as sweet? What about a fruity one, peach or apple sound interesting? What about floral, I see a habiscus one? Go with straight honey on the first batch? Plan for final ABV of 15% or so?
Any and all advice is welcome and appreciated!
