Dragons Blood Mead 🐉
Ingredients: -3lb Wildflower honey - 1.5lb frozen blueberries - 1.5lb mixed berries (blackberries, strawberries, raspberries) - 1 gallon spring water - Lalvin D-47 yeast (full packet) - fermaid-K staggered - Pectic enzyme
From start to finish, this went 47 days. Fermentation was a bit slow in the beginning but here in FL it got a bit colder than usual so not surprised. I added all the fruit and pectic enzymes in secondary, waited 1 week and racked to a new carboy for clearing and only used 1 campden tablet and let it sit in my fridge for a couple weeks to clear. Bottled and it made 3.5 large swing top bottles.
Tasting notes: a bit medicinal at first, I added a bit of honey to my tasting and it cured the whole thing and brought out incredible berry notes. Will probably sweeten by the glass or bottle when I open. (I don’t have potassium sorbate yet so I did not fully stabilize, thus no backsweetening)
Overall I’m excited how this turned out for my 3rd ever mead! Going to age this awhile and drink my half bottle tonight 🍷
Thoughts?
Ingredients: -3lb Wildflower honey - 1.5lb frozen blueberries - 1.5lb mixed berries (blackberries, strawberries, raspberries) - 1 gallon spring water - Lalvin D-47 yeast (full packet) - fermaid-K staggered - Pectic enzyme
From start to finish, this went 47 days. Fermentation was a bit slow in the beginning but here in FL it got a bit colder than usual so not surprised. I added all the fruit and pectic enzymes in secondary, waited 1 week and racked to a new carboy for clearing and only used 1 campden tablet and let it sit in my fridge for a couple weeks to clear. Bottled and it made 3.5 large swing top bottles.
Tasting notes: a bit medicinal at first, I added a bit of honey to my tasting and it cured the whole thing and brought out incredible berry notes. Will probably sweeten by the glass or bottle when I open. (I don’t have potassium sorbate yet so I did not fully stabilize, thus no backsweetening)
Overall I’m excited how this turned out for my 3rd ever mead! Going to age this awhile and drink my half bottle tonight 🍷
Thoughts?