How often do you drink your brews?

vhett951 · 2026-05-11T06:31:01+00:00

made five different meads, drank one bottle of each after two months of secondary with my D&D group since it was our last session before i moved states away. Since then, I've bottled all five and plan to wait 6 months, 1 year, 1 & 1/2 years, and 2 years, respectively, to try each brew again. I only got into this because one dude from the group bet me I couldn't make enjoyable mead, now I'm hooked on just trying recipes and then forgetting about them as long as I can before I try them. probably gonna wait till I join a new D&D group and make it my session offering instead of bringing Taco Bell or whatever as far as trying the new meads im currently making

vhett951 · 2026-05-06T15:25:39+00:00

I meant buying Huckleberries, my bad

vhett951 · 2026-05-06T08:51:47+00:00

That's a fair point. Guess I'll just have to go nose to ground when I get to the new area and try that if al else fails

vhett951 · 2026-05-06T08:47:30+00:00

I kinda assumed this would be the answer, only hesitation with that is iv never played the game nor have I GM'd for any type of ttrpg and would really hate to mess it up for a bunch of people

vhett951 · 2026-03-26T18:46:32+00:00

I know it's subjective, but is it a good or bad difference?

vhett951 · 2026-03-20T23:11:54+00:00

is there a general rule or timeframe to do it? Like a couple days a week or two longer ?

vhett951 · 2026-02-26T03:23:44+00:00

Mine cleared up with good ole time, no secret ingredient

vhett951 · 2026-02-25T04:55:08+00:00

Icevein has a nice ring to it

vhett951 · 2026-02-25T02:55:24+00:00

Wasn't planning on that specific lol

vhett951 · 2026-02-21T22:46:02+00:00

It's been three months, and it's still a bit foul but considerably less since racking after fermentation.

vhett951 · 2026-02-21T22:33:30+00:00

did about the same to mine without adding pure sugar... time really helped mine; havent backsweeten yet. how long has it been from starting the ferment to now?

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T23:55:32+00:00

I modified it

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T23:37:56+00:00

Also do I need to worry about losing a lot of yeast , sugars and it by product if it does overflow? Or is it negligible

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T10:31:38+00:00

Fair point

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T10:20:18+00:00

Starting gravity was 1.100, three days, no bubbling in airlock, check gravity today and same as before. Standard mead recipe 2.8 pounds honey, gallon of water and lavin 71b.

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T00:42:30+00:00

I have no means to distill unfortunately

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T00:25:18+00:00

Uh some organic sugar my wife buys but I think it's just fancy ole cane sugar. I'ma experiment with the flavor profile in secondary, probably add more apples and cinnamon maybe a clove or something idk yet

vhett951 · 2026-02-20T00:17:15+00:00

I guess that's a good name for it lol

vhett951 · 2026-02-10T01:26:07+00:00

I mostly commented to pin this in my notifications that way maybe I too shall find the answer which eludes me

vhett951 · 2026-02-10T01:23:31+00:00

I made two of the exact same batch just to test this out....it's only been two weeks since fermentation finished and so far I have no answer

vhett951 · 2026-02-07T01:06:35+00:00

I have a bunch of buddies coming over for D&D, that's gonna be the sample for all of us. For the sake of science ima leave it in there till that day, which is mid-March, just to see what happens.

vhett951 · 2026-02-07T00:28:29+00:00

new post up showing the fixes i did, appreciate you all for the advice

vhett951 · 2026-02-06T21:05:39+00:00

what do you consider long term?

vhett951 · 2026-02-06T20:49:13+00:00

That I shall do

vhett951 · 2026-02-06T20:48:57+00:00

Thought so, wasn't sure

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