ben 10 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 On 9/23/2020 at 6:07 AM, Smashed Crabs said: Also tempted to try potassium sorbate then back sweeten to made a semi sweet mead. Anyone used this before ? Use a suitable yeast. I used MJs Mead Yeast and it carked it at 1.010... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 @Smashed Crabs Mine finished at 1.000 however it has a sweetness to it. probably alcohol sweetness. Maybe something to consider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashed Crabs Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 9/23/2020 at 12:43 PM, ChristinaS1 said: It is usually better to minimize the tannins in the first place, rather than try to remove them later. Watched an interview with Michael Fairbrother owner of Moonlight Meadery, a very successful US meadery, and he says that when he makes melomels he only uses juice (also 71B yeast, staggered nutrients, and fermentation at 17C) so that they don't have to be aged as long. Cheers, Christina. Ended up getting ahold of cheap strawberries aswell to add to this so ended up being 2 kg raspberries and 1 kg strawberries so it wasn't really feasible the dump 3kg of berries into a 10L ferment so I went down the juice path. Brought them to the boil in a large pot with equal parts water then ran a potato masher over them for a few minutes to get all the goodness out. Once done overlapped some large fine meshed strainers and a chux in each then poured the liquid through, slow process getting all the juice through but I guess I have eliminated the majority of the seeds. Extreme deep red nearly fresh blood colour and awesome aroma. OG was 1.120 so this will ll be some decent melomel and I'm hoping the colour stays as deep red as it is. Pitched the yeast and had a foamy krausen within 20 minutes. This is brew that's going to sit in place for 3-6 months depending on the global situation so hopefully the yeast doesn't stall but suppose the missus can be trained to fix it if required. Ordering some mead horns soon so hopefully this is the batch that breaks in the horns. Random observation though, had a taste of the rice malt and damn that is actually some nice tasting cheaper per a kg honey alternative! And it's meant to be a neutral flavour so hopefully let's the berries shine. Now the waiting game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaS1 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 (edited) Nice....Yeah, raspberries give off a lot of colour, and strawberries some delightful aroma. Country wines and meads with a large amount of raspberries are often nicknamed "Dragon's Blood." The mead should not stall or take six months if you provide it with staggered nutrients. Are you familiar with the TOSNA 2.0 calculator? https://www.meadmaderight.com/tosna.html When I make country wine I follow the TOSNA schedule and use boiled bread yeast as substitute for GoFerm and Fermaid K and it works well. Cheers, Christina. Edited September 27, 2020 by ChristinaS1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashed Crabs Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Cheers il give the calculator a look, the only reason it will be sitting so long in the FV is because I wont be home for the next few months to check on it. Will leave the misso in charge of it. Had a look at it this morning and it literally blew the lid off the coopers craft FV, not much of it outside the FV luckily but a solid start to its ferment. I got around a kg of bread yeast here so i will also use that, in the past iv just used sultanas as a slow release nutrient but will skip them this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Corner Brewing Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 One of the guys at work keeps bees so I asked him if I could buy some honey of him to have a crack at a mead. Ended up he’s always wanted to try it but didn’t have a clue so he gave me the honey. Being the first time and all I figured I go with the JAOM recipe just to see how it went. Mixed it up last night in the 5l demi and a couple of hours later it had already started bubbling away. As the instructions said, into the cupboard it went this morning so I’ll leave it alone for a while apart from topping it up in a couple of days. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 On 3/4/2021 at 8:35 AM, NewBrews said: One of the guys at work keeps bees so I asked him if I could buy some honey of him to have a crack at a mead. Ended up he’s always wanted to try it but didn’t have a clue so he gave me the honey. Being the first time and all I figured I go with the JAOM recipe just to see how it went. Nice! I have a bee keeper mate too that gives me homey for half the mead. I have 5 litres maturing in my cupboard I'll have to decant soo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Miller Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Hello meadmakers, I am keen to give this a go (JAOM). What do you think about using a plastic 5 litre bottle? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 3 hours ago, John E Miller said: Hello meadmakers, I am keen to give this a go (JAOM). What do you think about using a plastic 5 litre bottle? Any container would work John, as long as it’s cleaned and sanitised correctly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Miller Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Is this any good for JAOM? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lettucegrove Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 5 hours ago, John E Miller said: Is this any good for JAOM? Yep, exactly what I used for the JAOM recipe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Miller Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Planning to put a JAOM on in the next few days in one of these fellas: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 2 hours ago, John E Miller said: Planning to put a JAOM on in the next few days in one of these fellas: Handy bottle size @John E Miller I assume you are talking about "Joe's Ancient Orange Mead" ? That takes a while to mature doesn't it. What do you expect the ABV to be ? Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Miller Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 1 hour ago, CLASSIC said: Handy bottle size @John E Miller I assume you are talking about "Joe's Ancient Orange Mead" ? That takes a while to mature doesn't it. What do you expect the ABV to be ? Cheers. Yes, that's the one. I'm not sure about the ABV. I reckon about 12%, but someone else will know better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Just now, John E Miller said: Yes, that's the one. I'm not sure about the ABV. I reckon about 12%, but someone else will know better. Should get a hoot out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 4 hours ago, CLASSIC said: Should get a hoot out of it. It's pretty good actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Just now, Green Blob said: It's pretty good actually. Yes I know I am a sucker for Mead, Mulled Wine & all of that sorta stuff, get's the job done pronto !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I just watched a video from couple of yanks I watched years ago James and Steve Basic brewing.com. they used a liquid cider yeast bubbles not on my local brew shop list. They dry hopped with 28 grams galaxy and done the degassing. I only read first 2 pages of this long thread then skipped to this one. @Green Blob have you used any other yeast than bread? If so what suits it and will old yeast boiled serve as nutrients or better off getting powder. Have you degassed any of yours or like first link u posted in 2018 to recepie bloke says leave it alone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 2/1/2019 at 12:02 AM, Smashed Crabs said: Can use a champagne / cider yeast. Meads incredibly versatile when it comes to which yeast to use and off course how strong you actually want to make your mead. what if use a yeast that doesn’t fully ferment it bottle bombs in secondary? Or does thst depend on how far bring it down with nutrient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 9/15/2020 at 2:35 PM, Green Blob said: Well mine is bottled. Finished @ 1.010 so 15.8% of honey goodness. 1 packet of yeast, no nutrient. what yeast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 ok just finished reading through all pages some use champagne yeast some use mj cider or mead yeast my local is bit limited in liquid yeast. For my first one I'm going to try the staggered nutrients and finish it off fast and dry hop some galaxy. on second attempt might try no additive and let age a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 20 minutes ago, jamiek86 said: what yeast? That sweet one was MJs Mead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 3/24/2021 at 6:39 PM, jamiek86 said: @Green Blob have you used any other yeast than bread? MJ's Mead, Wyeast 4632 and bread yeast. All very good and all very different. Try and source some decent honey, the flavours really come through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Green Blob said: That sweet one was MJs Mead 1 hour ago, Green Blob said: MJ's Mead, Wyeast 4632 and bread yeast. All very good and all very different. Try and source some decent honey, the flavours really come through thanks mate I'm after a dry tasting one thinking champagne yeast or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Miller Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I just mixed up my JAO mead... pretty excited 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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