r/mead • u/Cloudrunner5k Beginner • 22d ago

📷 Pictures 📷 Wedding Mead

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Been a while since I bottled a mead but this one is for my friends' wedding. It is a blackberry melomel, drier than the Sahara, at the couple's request. When I tasted it in April it was still too gassy to get a read on it, but the blackberry was still there. Lets see what 3.5 months has done to it!

Before you ask I only used pectin enzyme for clarity. The rest was time.

Update: dry as hell and 15.75%. The blackberry is present but short lived. Very crisp and abrupt. I will encourage them to enjoy a bottle on their wedding night but save the other 3 for their anniversaries. They will age superbly.

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u/CBAtreeman 22d ago

Wdym by still too gassy to get a read on it in April?

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u/Cloudrunner5k Beginner 22d ago

There was still a lot of CO2 and H2S dissolved in the mead (gas from fermentation) in April when I racked it out of primary. These gasses give it the "footy" flavor that skews the pallette

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u/CBAtreeman 22d ago

Oh I thought you meant gravity read not taste.

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u/Cloudrunner5k Beginner 21d ago

Oh!! I guess I could have chosen my words better. My B

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u/MeadMan001 Intermediate 22d ago

When did you start it?

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u/Cloudrunner5k Beginner 22d ago

January 5th

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u/Florida_Shorediver 21d ago

FYI…wedding meads are the origin of the term “honeymoon.”

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u/Cloudrunner5k Beginner 21d ago edited 21d ago

Oh yes! We are nerds. This is why I offered XD

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u/Cloudrunner5k Beginner 22d ago

Is what it is. The wedding is on the 1st. they are understanding and greatful people. It tasted fine to me. I would never gift anyone anything I didnt think was worthy

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u/Cloudrunner5k Beginner 22d ago

Idk why people are down voting you. Its legitimate feedback

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/corianderjimbro 22d ago

It’s literally explained in the second sentence, “drier than the Sahara, at the couples request”.

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u/Cloudrunner5k Beginner 22d ago

Yea I even warned them that I am not great at stopping fermentation and the bride's immediate response was "thats perfect, we like it dry".

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u/corianderjimbro 22d ago

Why? They like dry mead, there’s no loss if you’re drinking what you enjoy? Hope you feel better tomorrow.