The owner of Redstone Meadery said this on a podcast once or twice and truer words have never been spoken.
Last year we opened a bottle of a 2007 tropical fruit mel my son and I made with the fruit left over from his HS graduation party. The mel was thin and not much in the way of aroma, taste or anything else. Flat would be a good description. This year we opened decided to open another bottle on his birthday to see if it has improved. What a difference! The mel now has a nice full mouth feel with tropical fruit aromas. The starting SG was 1105 and it finished at 1002 so we decided not to sweeten and I'm glad because the honey finish gave the impression it was sweeter then it actually was in reality. He was very excited it finally came around and wants to wait until next year to open another bottle - we'll see.
Last year we opened a bottle of a 2007 tropical fruit mel my son and I made with the fruit left over from his HS graduation party. The mel was thin and not much in the way of aroma, taste or anything else. Flat would be a good description. This year we opened decided to open another bottle on his birthday to see if it has improved. What a difference! The mel now has a nice full mouth feel with tropical fruit aromas. The starting SG was 1105 and it finished at 1002 so we decided not to sweeten and I'm glad because the honey finish gave the impression it was sweeter then it actually was in reality. He was very excited it finally came around and wants to wait until next year to open another bottle - we'll see.