Thundernick
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Hello everyone!
A little background info-- I made my first 1 gallon mead batch a while ago and recently drank it. Boy was it amazing. As a result of that success, I decided I would make 5 gallons of mead, and then split it up into 5-1 gallon carboys and make different melomels with it.
I used 15 pounds of honey, so it's going to be really strong. I will probably end up diluting it a little bit to make it less string, because that's how my girlfriend likes it. By the time that I dilute it a little bit and add the fruit, do you think I will be able to get 6 gallons of melomel?
As far as the fruit goes, how much of each fruit should I add? I'm looking to make strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, and pineapple. How do I go about adding the fruit? To get the most flavor out of the fruit, should I blend it? And do I put the fruit it first and then siphon the mead on top of it, or do I siphon and the add the fruit?
As far as the timing goes, it's been in the primary fermentor for about 2 weeks. Should I add the fruit and separate it into the 1 gallon carboys at the 1 month mark? Then leave the fruit in for a month, and then rack it to get rid of the fruit, and then let it age and rack it every month?
Is it alright to back sweeten with honey before bottling? I plan on investing in a good filter to get rid of all the yeast so there wont be any bottle bombs.
Sorry for all the million questions-- Just trying to be successful.
Thanks!
A little background info-- I made my first 1 gallon mead batch a while ago and recently drank it. Boy was it amazing. As a result of that success, I decided I would make 5 gallons of mead, and then split it up into 5-1 gallon carboys and make different melomels with it.
I used 15 pounds of honey, so it's going to be really strong. I will probably end up diluting it a little bit to make it less string, because that's how my girlfriend likes it. By the time that I dilute it a little bit and add the fruit, do you think I will be able to get 6 gallons of melomel?
As far as the fruit goes, how much of each fruit should I add? I'm looking to make strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, and pineapple. How do I go about adding the fruit? To get the most flavor out of the fruit, should I blend it? And do I put the fruit it first and then siphon the mead on top of it, or do I siphon and the add the fruit?
As far as the timing goes, it's been in the primary fermentor for about 2 weeks. Should I add the fruit and separate it into the 1 gallon carboys at the 1 month mark? Then leave the fruit in for a month, and then rack it to get rid of the fruit, and then let it age and rack it every month?
Is it alright to back sweeten with honey before bottling? I plan on investing in a good filter to get rid of all the yeast so there wont be any bottle bombs.
Sorry for all the million questions-- Just trying to be successful.
Thanks!