In for a penny, in for a dollar (or something like that, I seem to remember my grandma saying). Might as well use the mango juice.Trying to decide if I want to sweeten with honey or with mango FJC. (Juicy Juice). Opinions?
The expression was actually from england originally, in for a penny in for a pound. never got it as a kid cause I was thinking money then weight. But yeah that's what everyone here thinks so far. Up the mango and add the sweet at the same time.In for a penny, in for a dollar (or something like that, I seem to remember my grandma saying). Might as well use the mango juice.
Blacksmith - You continue to amaze me. You try stuff that I would not just because you can. It sounds like your approach makes mead that turns out surprisingly well. I am more of a careful technique and exacting practices type and often am very pleased with the outcome. It goes to show that Mead is surprisingly easy to create with a myriad of options and even though the practices vary often we make some good to great mead.
Nicely done - Keep the notes / attempts coming. I for one appreciate them.
Edited due to being a bit tipsy and realized it did not read well.
i look at it like cooking, there only so much science to it before you're turning out the same dish as everyone else. The rest is art, which is where the fun is.
So, that said, the FJC didn't add as much to this as I hoped. A little more mango flavor, not enough sweet to make a noticeable difference. So I added about 1/3lb of honey and brought the sweet just off dry.
So it's bottling day.
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Got 15 1.5L bottles and a tall glass each for me and SWMBO. decent now, should be kickass in about a year.