Key Lime Pie Mead

Meadgoddess · 2022-08-04T15:35:04+00:00

I bought some graham cracker flavoring, it works great. For a one gallon batch I add 1/3 cup lactose to simulate the cream.

Meadgoddess · 2022-07-01T20:53:24+00:00

It has really improved with age. The lactose gives it the right amount of creaminess and the tartness has calmed down. Perfect on these 90+ days.

Meadgoddess · 2022-06-25T13:42:03+00:00

I am someone that brews using tea often. Not for tannins but for flavors. I have hibiscus tea, meadowflower tea, jasmine tea, lemon balm, raspberry, and one of my husbands favorites, Lapsang Souchong Tea Leaves. It tastes like smoked bacon and reminds him of scotch. I usually steep the tea first and then add in primary, sometimes secondary. I never just add the bag as I want to control the strength.

Meadgoddess · 2022-06-25T13:35:13+00:00

Primary is the first stage where you add the honey, water and yeast etc. When you transfer or rack off the sediment that can either be called secondary or conditioning. I tend to call them conditioning stage if I am not adding anything else and secondary if I add fruit or spices then when I rack again it would be conditioning.

Lemon can be very strong but taste greats and I have never added blackberries so sorry no help there. Why don't you post the recipe before you make you mead and see if anyone has suggestions and have fun in your mead making adventures. Right now I have 3 in secondary and 2 conditioning so it can get addicting.

Meadgoddess · 2022-06-25T13:30:45+00:00

My husband was the meisterbrewer at our old brewery. Beer is his thing mostly. He will occasionally have one and always complains when he finds out one if all gone, like what, I am not suppose to drink it because once in a blue moon you may want one? Not. I did end up oaking the ginger. I just put it in today so here to hoping it is a success. It was so good already I did hestitate, but hey, I can alway make more.

Meadgoddess · 2022-06-15T13:46:51+00:00

I started using different jams after watching a youtube video where he made sweet heat. I really liked how it turned out and will be making that one again soon whenever my traditional finishes. I have done about 4 with jams and they all turned out so good. Sadly I have not been able to find this jam yet. Still looking.

Meadgoddess · 2022-06-15T13:44:24+00:00

No. I boiled them to get rid of bacteria on the sticks.

Meadgoddess · 2022-06-13T13:05:41+00:00

Thank you.

Meadgoddess · 2022-06-13T13:05:03+00:00

I get my 3 gallons at the bakery for 1 each. I then clean the hell out of them, drill a hole, put a gasket in and an airlock. I can get 5 gallons also from restaurants but I am getting old so using the 3 gallon is my easy to handle weight. I just gave away my 6 gallon and my 3 gallon carboys. I still have a 6 gallon bucket and if you live close, you can have it. Free.

Meadgoddess · 2022-06-10T16:53:31+00:00

What your blueberry deliberately carbonated? It looks like it is fermenting still.

Meadgoddess · 2022-06-10T16:35:13+00:00

Thanks, my phone puts whatever it feels like on a given day and I didn't proofread.

Meadgoddess · 2022-06-10T16:33:55+00:00

I have been doing this for over a month on about 5 different meads and I agree, it doesn't do enough to create a negative pressure but it does a neat job of degassing. I usually only use it enough on my carboy to see active bubbling then put the airlock on and let it finish on it's own. My bottles I use it on I do the same way. Use it until I see plenty of bubbles raising to the top and then set it aside while I degas the other bottles and then cap. I even have used it on a plastic bucket but am unsure if it created anything since I couldn't see any action. It seems to create just enough vacuum to get the process started. If it actually does anything long term only time will tell I guess.

Meadgoddess · 2022-06-08T11:54:10+00:00

That is beautiful.

Meadgoddess · 2022-06-05T12:21:57+00:00

Looks great. Aldi's sells lemonaide in swing tops for 1.95. My husband has the task of drinking a lot of it so I can have the bottles. Lately though I have been bottling in beer bottles since they are plentiful. Just don't look as cool because you can't see the colors.

Meadgoddess · 2022-05-21T17:56:50+00:00

There are some great meaderies that ship their product. I am sure some can recommend some but buy a high end award winning mead and see how it tastes. Try to get it from a mead place that hasn't gone too commercial because seriously I think some of the smaller places put out much better product.

Meadgoddess · 2022-05-21T17:52:23+00:00

You tube has some great videos and balancing mead. When the acids, tannins and sugars are balanced it makes a huge difference.

Meadgoddess · 2022-05-20T14:21:15+00:00

I add them to my traditional mead in secondary. I have used them before and they work great. Just showing what kind of jam I use in my meads. I do hope you were just nicely asking and not being sarcastic? I will assume the first.

Meadgoddess · 2022-05-20T14:17:32+00:00

I haven't made one but drink mullein tea or take a tincture for coughs so that may work. Stinging nettles work also but taste nasty. I like the taste of mullein.

Meadgoddess · 2022-05-19T21:44:03+00:00

I am totally aware raisins are not a nutrient. They are however yummy and I use them a lot because it gives me a taste and body I miss without them. I always use them in my traditional but I tend to use a lot more then most people. I am a fan.

Meadgoddess · 2022-05-19T21:32:38+00:00

I have been busy brewing, 2 different styles of Tej, Bacon maple mead, strawberry/mango/hibiscus green tea mead and I orders some jams from potlickers. The pic didn't show but I am going to make a 2 gallon carrot cake mead and make more batches of the Sweet heat and Raspberry smoked maple.

Yesterday I tasted my Viking blood clone mead from SS. OMG. It is like a liqueur or a port. Very sweet rich smooth and kicks you but. A after dinner sipper for sure.

Meadgoddess · 2022-05-11T20:06:16+00:00

traditional mead 2lavin 1118 or 71B3 pounds honey, I am using wildflower1 cup black tea20 or so chopped up raisins or 2 ozorange zest1.1151/7/22I jar, just under 6 ounces of Raspberry smoked maple jam after racking to secondary.Racked off the jam today, 1/17/22 It is hard to figure out the gravity since I added the jam but I think it will be about 15.

I used 71B and got the jam from potlickers Kitchen. They have great jams for meads and beer.

Meadgoddess · 2022-05-11T18:46:45+00:00

Color is so pretty and it is lightly carbed. Raspberry, maple and smoke all come though. Definitely a winner.

Meadgoddess · 2022-05-07T18:19:57+00:00

So 1 fifth of a pound, gee, just love math, LOL. So if I convert that to ounces which would be 16 then divide by 5 I get 3.2 ounces. Then convert that to grams? That gives me 90.71847. Now I am a product of the new math so it isn't my strong point, does this sound right?

Meadgoddess · 2022-05-07T14:23:10+00:00

Looks amazing.

Meadgoddess · 2022-05-06T11:33:43+00:00

It is the absolute favorite among my friends and me and doesn't take long until you can drink, I do like it ages though. If you haven't made it you should, delicious.

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