"Donations" for supplies are wonderful. I am not sure of the costs of the ingredients yet. Just to give you an idea. The one Ziz has donated for was a total cost list of $130 and Raspberies are a bit pricy. I expect that it would be about the same as Chocolate Nibs may be a bit pricey. Of course my mother-in-law rocks, she said she was going to Hawaii for an emergency visit to family and we are helping out with parking the car and the like. So she asked me what I wanted from Hawaii. My mind went blank then I remembered that Hawaii is one place that Caocao or chocolate grows and is havested. I may be getting some high quality nibs. I don't know yet.
Tell me about the mead that you have. Who made it, do you know if they would be willing to share a recipie or some techniques? Is it a bitter dark chocolate flavor or more of a milk chocolate, any flavor notes or nose notes, mouth feel of it? Anything would be helpful. Especially if you are going to ask me to donate my making for your donation of materials like Ziz. Oh, one other thing. It will take time to make. I will turn it over at bottling time with an idea how long it will take to age. Or if you prefer to wait until it has aged. For a Chocolate Batch, I expect that it will take 8-10 months to ferment and clear, and I hear that Aging takes a long time for chocolate. I was quoted 2 years on one recipie but I could see aging it minum a year for it to be drinkable and 1 1/2 years for it to be amazing. If you are still interested we shall talk about specifics in email. Let me know. I am at matrix4b@gmail.com
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Date: 2010-10-25 07:43 pm (UTC)Tell me about the mead that you have. Who made it, do you know if they would be willing to share a recipie or some techniques? Is it a bitter dark chocolate flavor or more of a milk chocolate, any flavor notes or nose notes, mouth feel of it? Anything would be helpful. Especially if you are going to ask me to donate my making for your donation of materials like Ziz. Oh, one other thing. It will take time to make. I will turn it over at bottling time with an idea how long it will take to age. Or if you prefer to wait until it has aged. For a Chocolate Batch, I expect that it will take 8-10 months to ferment and clear, and I hear that Aging takes a long time for chocolate. I was quoted 2 years on one recipie but I could see aging it minum a year for it to be drinkable and 1 1/2 years for it to be amazing. If you are still interested we shall talk about specifics in email. Let me know. I am at matrix4b@gmail.com