Meadmaking
Tuesday Tasks
By phlyingpenguin on November 25, 2009
Bottled the cherry mead (11/25/09) and ended up with five bottles. That is all.
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Friday Evening Meadmaking
By phlyingpenguin on November 23, 2009
Friday (11/20/09), Ross and I made a batch of mead each. I did a blend of dark raspberry honey and then a majority of clover. This blend was about 8 oz. of the raspberry honey and 40 oz. of clover. It’s possible that the clover amount was 8 oz. less than I think. I can’t [...]
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Beginning a Champagne Mead
By phlyingpenguin on November 17, 2009
For kicks, I’m planning to make a champagne mead with a target of some Belgian beer bottles that I’ve got sitting about. I think there are 6 bottles available and I’m planning to get the plastic champagne corks and some cages. This mead is very plain, just bargain clover honey and water. From instructions on [...]
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Meading to Journal
By phlyingpenguin on November 17, 2009
Sorry for the pun. With several meads in the end phase of their non-drinkable process, I’m finding that I really should have written down a few things that I’ve done during the ages with dates attached. I’ve tried analog journals no no avail so maybe I can do a little bit better here.
Here’s what’s gone [...]
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