September 30, 2018 The Mead Must Flow! Today I bottled the Lavender Blueberry and Coffee Vanilla Bochet meads! Yay! My first bottling! I put the Lavender Blueberry into 7 375-ml bottles and the Coffee Vanilla Bochet into a 750-ml wine bottle and 5 375-ml bottles. I bought the 375 ml bottles from a guy I…
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Blueberry Melomel Ready for Aging
September 8, 2018 Today I re-racked the blueberry melomel. Of course, I took a gravity reading and a taste. The gravity came out as 1.004, which makes sense because I added some honey after the last reading of 0.998. Let’s call that the Final Gravity. So that’s an ABV of about 12.6%. There is definitely…
Blueberry Lavender Melomel Update
August 29, 2018 Today I re-racked my blueberry lavender melomel, measured the SG, and took a taste test. I pulled the top off and got a nice whiff of lavender. I had remarked that this mead has looked cloudy, but I was pleasantly surprised to see it was quite clear when I siphoned the sample….
1st and 2nd Batch Updates
August 25, 2018 Gave the Blueberry Lavender a shake/stir. It’s still making CO2 bubbles but no airlock activity. Smells great! Still really cloudy. Measured the SG of the Coffee Bochet – 1.034. Clearer than the other mead, but not totally clear. Added the 3rd installment of energizer and nutrient. The energizer really created a reaction…
First Mead Tasting and Racking
August 16, 2018 It’s probably early, but I decided to rack the mead today for a couple of reasons. First, the airlock activity is significantly reduced – a bubble every minute or so. Second, I can’t wait – I need to check it out and taste the stuff! And third, I’m concerned that my fruit…
Still Bubbling Away
August 13, 2018 My Blueberry Lavender mead is still in primary fermentation. The airlock is bubbling about once per second on day 10. I’ve been reading about fruit rot. Should I check for fruit rot? But I’m starting to read about Mazers (mead makers) who pull their fruit out after a week or so. My…
Second Guessing
August 4, 2018 My Blueberry Lavender mead is fermenting! There are beautiful bubbles in the airlock. It took a good 24 hours for things to start, which sounds like it’s perfectly normal. It’s not as frequent as some I’ve seen online, but I suppose that’s no problem. I am obsessing about my mead. Here are…
Blueberry Lavender Mead
August 3, 2018 My mead kit arrived and I created my first batch of mead! I followed the recipe from my previous post pretty much exactly. Instead of buying spring water I just used filtered tap water. I decided to ferment in the 2 gallon plastic bucket that came with the kit as opposed to…
Planning First Mead
July 29, 2018 My mead kit is on the way, and I am making preparations for my first batch. Based on some vlogs I watched on YouTube, I think I need to get some yeast nutrient and energizer. It doesn’t come with the kit, but it sounds important. Honey and water don’t provide an ideal…
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