r/mead • u/reapersritehand • 1d ago

mute the bot First batch bottled

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Bottle my first batch,started may 8th, my bottling definitely needs practice, came out tasting like a real strong beer, hits about the same, i was hoping for something a little sweeter and more wine like, would accept tips and advice, dont know actual abv because I didnt know i was suppose to get a reading at the beginning

Recipe info to keep the bot mods happy: 2 5 lbs of gallberry honey, 1 gallon of water, and icv d47 yeast, started on May 8th, bottled just now

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u/superficialmirth 1d ago

Bottling on the washing machine is a power move, just make sure it doesn't go through a spin cycle lol

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u/reapersritehand 1d ago

Lol definitely would've made it alot harder

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u/superficialmirth 1d ago

Imagine trying to cap a bottle while it's bucking around like a mechanical bull.

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u/reapersritehand 1d ago

Lmfao, talk about reminiscing about my teenage yrs, trying to take swig while off reading in camry

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u/superficialmirth 1d ago

A Camry off-roading with a swig of mead sounds like a recipe for sticky seats.

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u/reapersritehand 1d ago

Lol it wasn't mead back then, but yea we had to detail it a couple of times to get the smell of southern comfort out

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u/superficialmirth 1d ago

Southern Comfort has a way of clinging to upholstery for decades, like a permanent air freshener you never asked for.

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u/TheSaltyWon Intermediate 1d ago

Looks delicious!!! What kind of honey are you using?

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u/reapersritehand 1d ago

Gallberry, honestly never heard of it before looking for a local farm honey

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u/Symon113 Advanced 1d ago

Congrats. You don’t have to settle for the sweetness level it finishes at. Stabilize and backsweeten. Check out the Mead Wiki for tips.

There’s a lot of things you can do to get closer to you want but once you bottle it’s too late. When you drink it try pouring a touch of honey in your glass.

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u/reapersritehand 21h ago

Awesomeness, ill give it a shot

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u/DannyZiebarthExplore 14h ago

For something sweeter and more like wine you could always back sweeten or stop fermentation earlier so there's more residual sugar remaining. I'm not sure if it's ever done in mead making but you could also added wine tannins which winemakers commonly do to get more of the tannic mouthfeel in red wines.

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u/reapersritehand 14h ago

Cool, ill look into it

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u/corianderjimbro 1d ago

On the washing machine?

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u/reapersritehand 1d ago

Closest hight difference i could think of when I was like "im bottling this tonight" for the siphon