Today I finally did something with 5 batches that haven't been touched since May of last year and I was happy with the way most of them tasted.
Left to right they are:
Tupelo Vanilla: Good flavor and fairly smooth for 1 year old but really lacking in vanilla since I tried to cheat and use imatation Vanilla Extract. Added scraped seeds from two real beans after racking along with Super Kleer since it never cleared well when I sweeten back in May with Honey.
Cherry Melomel: Great Cherry flavor with a touch of Oak since I added about 6 Heavy Toast French oak cubes back in May. Racked and added Super Kleer.
Ancient Clementine: My twist on Ancient Orange and it has good flavor and also slightly cloudy from sweetening. Racked and added Super Clear.
Next isn't a mead but my Banana/Mango wine which I had great concern for since when I sweetened I added a mixture of sugar and 3 bananas which produced a bunch of solids. I didn't get a picture before racking but there at least 3-3 1/2 "of solids at the bottom of the carboy. Had to top off with two 750 ml bottles and used a commercial Riesling and Island Mist Kiwi Pear. Lets hope for the best!!
Last is my Pumpkin Pie Mead: Good pumpkin flavor but needed some spice so I added some Pumpkin Spice with Super Kleer after racking.
I should have all these bottled in a few months and bring some to Winestock 2007.
Edited by: masta
Left to right they are:
Tupelo Vanilla: Good flavor and fairly smooth for 1 year old but really lacking in vanilla since I tried to cheat and use imatation Vanilla Extract. Added scraped seeds from two real beans after racking along with Super Kleer since it never cleared well when I sweeten back in May with Honey.
Cherry Melomel: Great Cherry flavor with a touch of Oak since I added about 6 Heavy Toast French oak cubes back in May. Racked and added Super Kleer.
Ancient Clementine: My twist on Ancient Orange and it has good flavor and also slightly cloudy from sweetening. Racked and added Super Clear.
Next isn't a mead but my Banana/Mango wine which I had great concern for since when I sweetened I added a mixture of sugar and 3 bananas which produced a bunch of solids. I didn't get a picture before racking but there at least 3-3 1/2 "of solids at the bottom of the carboy. Had to top off with two 750 ml bottles and used a commercial Riesling and Island Mist Kiwi Pear. Lets hope for the best!!
Last is my Pumpkin Pie Mead: Good pumpkin flavor but needed some spice so I added some Pumpkin Spice with Super Kleer after racking.
I should have all these bottled in a few months and bring some to Winestock 2007.
Edited by: masta