Mead Journal: "The Limey"
Jun. 13th, 2008 09:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
matrix4b I racked the Limey today. It had a lot of sediment at the bottom. It went from the nice carmel color to clear up a bit and became almost the color of a pale beer. Can't see things through it but general color does come though it in a general way. We shall see what happens. I resisted the tempation to rack it on to some fresh cherries to get a cherry lime batch. Hmm, may be a future batch.
I should rack Ned's Happy Place. It has been on primary for about a week and a half and the rate of bubling on the carboy has slowed to a crawl. Primary fermentation must be done so it is time for the first racking to clear out the sediment. Thinking on doing this tonight. I hope that it hasent seperated out like the watermellon juice does in the fridge.
On the Blueberry and the Strawberry. Only one or two rackings may be neccessary. I did want to get some more honey to sweeten it up and some more strawberries to flavor it up just a bit more. Many things that I have read is that strawberry is some of the hardest meads to get right the first time and it tends to dry out completely leaving very little sweetness. This is also why many strawberry meads a sparkling rather than still. Both of the meads I can qualify as rather wine like. I should be able to bottle before fall, probably in early August. Then it is aging time, about 3-6 months.
I should rack Ned's Happy Place. It has been on primary for about a week and a half and the rate of bubling on the carboy has slowed to a crawl. Primary fermentation must be done so it is time for the first racking to clear out the sediment. Thinking on doing this tonight. I hope that it hasent seperated out like the watermellon juice does in the fridge.
On the Blueberry and the Strawberry. Only one or two rackings may be neccessary. I did want to get some more honey to sweeten it up and some more strawberries to flavor it up just a bit more. Many things that I have read is that strawberry is some of the hardest meads to get right the first time and it tends to dry out completely leaving very little sweetness. This is also why many strawberry meads a sparkling rather than still. Both of the meads I can qualify as rather wine like. I should be able to bottle before fall, probably in early August. Then it is aging time, about 3-6 months.