Mead Is On!

[Benson_JV]

I've brewed some mead!
Its now sitting on my heating plate.

I used a recipe from a 1997 Home Wine & Beer Maker magazine.

Recipe as followed:

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1.3KG Honey (I used 1.5KG clear blended)
1 Gallon Water
Champagne Yeast (I used Youngs Desert/High Alcohol Yeast)
Two nutrient tablets (I used 1tsp of nutrient stuff)
10g Tartaric Acid & 15g Malic Acid (I used neither of these)
2 Teaspoons Tannin (I used 1tsp of youngs wine tannin)

I bought the honey to boil in 3 pints of water, simmered it for 5, let it cool for an hour, put that in a demijohn with the rest of the water. Then added nutrients/tannin, stired, pitched the yeast, stired and bunged it on the heat plate.
OG = 1.100

Now i just have to keep my paws off for a year

[PMH0810]

Let us know how you get on - My first crack at mead (a Christmas Mead found elsewhere in Jim's) has just slowed to 1 bubble every two or three minutes (after 3 months!).

Bottling it this weekend and laying it down for Xmas - 2009. Well, most of it anyway; will be putting together 4 wine bottles and the rest in Belgian Beer bottles for "testers"...

[Marts]

I've got a couple of the Ancient orange meads on the go at the moment. I notice last night that the oranges in the first batch had suddenly dropped to the bottom. Nirvana being attained in 2 months and 2 days

Will bottle it up at the weekend and then put it somewhere I can forget about it for a while.

[Benson_JV]

Ah sounds good lads, im just glad i got beer on the go as well, this stuff is going to take a while Its bubbling now though, 1 every two seconds currently

[mysterio]

I'm currently thinking my first Orange Blossom mead i made a few months ago, tastes good. A bit like honey flavoured sherry.

[PMH0810]

I'm currently thinking my first Orange Blossom mead i made a few months ago, tastes good. A bit like honey flavoured sherry.

SWMBO says she'll be over shortly - she's not aware you're at the other end of the country

[Benson_JV]

Damn, its hell, everytime i walk into my room im greeted by a lovely aroma I simply must find a mead recipe thats ready quicker!

[mrbenbod]

My Ancient Orange Mead is still fizzing away at a fair rate, I started it early November.
I was hoping it was going to be ready for Christmas but it looks doubtful now, it's supposed to be drinkable as soon as
the oranges drop, looks like the two month rule of thumb appears to be pretty spot on then Marts. Haven't you sampled a little bit?
I think I just heard a sigh of relief coming from the outlaws!

Did yours clear all on it's own Mysterio?

[Marts]

Haven't you sampled a little bit?

I had a little taste. It wasn't great, but that was my own fault as I completely cocked up syphoning it out of the DJ and mixed up alot of trub from the bottom.

The underlying mead taste is very pleasant and will be fantastic once its re-cleared but it's one I think will definitely improve with conditioning (although still well drinkable already if you manage to syphon it off properly)