Category: Fruit & Spice
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Tamarind Hibiscus Cinnamon Orange Mead
This was a fun experiment that had pretty satisfying results. Something to note after messing with tamarind, is that it is very high in tartaric acid, and hibiscus has an acidic taste as well. This mead was difficult to ground, and in fact, the cinnamon, vanilla and oak really didn’t make much impact. I do…
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Mango Chili Mead
This recipe is based off of the “Chili Mango” in “Big Book of Mead Recipes” by Robert Ratliff. I did not 100% follow this recipe – due to the fact that he uses stabilizers to halt fermentation instead of allowing fermentation to fully run its course. Yeast will clean up after themselves, so it’s really…
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Blueberry Basil Mead
I’m going to say… I wish my mead turned out well, but it didn’t, and this is due to the fact that, I added raisins with preservatives and my mead FULLY stalled. Like… I added EC 1118 (A known yeast that remains active in hostile environments) and that barely lowered the gravity. I based this…
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The Hydromel Series
At one point during the Pandemic, while I was in community college, I decided to make a couple of session meads for easy content. I had been wanting to try some sparkling sessions, but really… I just didn’t have time to film/edit/etc. I made three different meads, in the course of several videos… which were…
Faewood Mead 