Ooh, I have a jar of what was unripened honey (pulled out out of a beehive before ready-- which happens sometimes) and it's fermenting itself into alcohol. Natural yeasts apparently are converting it into mead. Wonder how it tastes. 🤔 #beekeeping#mead
It was frustrating for me to talk about different kinds of #mead using their English name when speaking in French, so I decided to progressively translate them.
The first on my list was cyser. I went back to its Latin root sīcera and evolved it back to Modern French.
French speakers, say hello to the word cicère!
Next on my list are metheglin, bochet, and pyment.
Today, I started a gallon (3.8 l) batch of brombær mjød and a gallon batch of solbær mjød.
For each batch, I used 1.36 kg of honey, 25 g of raisins, 4.2 l of water, and a 5 g packet of Lalvin D-47 yeast. For the fruit, I used 1.4 kg of brombær and 290 g of solbær (I would have liked to use more solbær but that's all I could harvest).
In about a week or so, I will strain and rack these into glass jugs and let them continue to ferment.
Wife and I decided to take a much-needed spontaneous #vacation over the long weekend. The kids are with Grandma.
Our hotel room was double booked. Some people walked in us, thankfully fully clothed. It got worked out. It’s a fun story. Now I’m drinking #mead from a Central Texas meadery and we’re discussing what to do for dinner.
Came home with a good haul of #mead and a pretty cool mirror that we're going to repaint for the hall bathroom when we redo it in the next couple weeks (as soon as we find a vanity we like).
The #sound of #mead brewing. Glup..... glup.... glup......glup... (4 gallons now, 2 gallons of blackberry mead, another 2 gallons of straight...err.... pollen-filled mead) #beekeeping#homebrew
#blackberry#mead, Day 2. Yeast is active. Smells pleasantly like... yeast. Made with #honey (not quite ripe) that we removed from an outside cabinet. Currently exposed to air, will probably air lock this today since the yeast has started up now.
Hmm, an entire bucket of unripe #honey from a hive removal today. I think that means we are brewing #mead. (otherwise, it ferments...) #homebrew#beekeeping
Differences between process for mead and cider?
Hello, I have made several batches of mead and I really enjoyed it. How much of a difference is there with mead vs cider?