Mead Journal: Non-update
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matrix4bOk, So I haven't done anything new yet but here are some plans for Sunday.
Pumpkin Hazelnut: I plan on stiring it around a bit, taking out the spices, It would be only 3 weeks but it should be enough for it. Spices tend to intensify over time. But I want to get it mixed up a bit and not be stuck on the bottom and forming layers. It will also give me a chance to smell it. I don't think that the hazelnut will come out all that strongly. But hopefully on THIS batch of pumpkin it will taste pumpkiny.
Tale of 3 Toasts: This sunday should be about 3 weeks on the oak. I think that I will try to give it 4 weeks.
Blueberry Lemon: I think I over oaked this one. Was on lightly toasted oak for about a month. But I think that the infuson was faster because I put it into my oak tube for Glass Carboys. This one should be about ready to bottle. I should bottle this one. Just a matter of cleaning the autosypon, brew bucket, bottles, and bottling wand. Then bottle. I think that this is ready. The color looked beautiful when a ray of sunligth went through it. Not exactly read-through but a deep purple wine color. Yum.
The Oak Tube is an invention that I came up with. I think it will work. Basically I had an autosyphon that died, Got splits in the plastic verticaly so that when I try to pump it it sprays out a bit. So I took the tube into the shop and drilled a bunch of 1/4 inch holes into it, tied a string on the end and lopped off a little. Then I fill the tube up with my oak chips. and put in the glass carboy. I did need to put a hops bag on the end so that it doesn' come out. But as it happens the oak chips go the full lenght of the tube and most of the length of the glass carboy. I came up with this as it is hard to oak in a glass caroby with a hops bag, The bag doesn't come out easy. With this, The chips swelled up a little but with a little tapping and coaxing they came out without a pain. I like the invention and may make another if my autosyphon dies again. I know that it is already food grade plastic so I don't need to worry on that end. Easy removal of the chips and a better infusion was the goal. It worked. Now I just need one for each of my carboys. Hmm, my check into some other plastic tubes, just need to check on the food grade bit.
Chocolate Pair: I need to rack this as I think that it is starting to clear. So a raclomg is in order.
Tasting the Pumpkin Toasted Almond: This still tastes a bit bitter to me. I think that it is a bitter almond taste, perhapse like the Vanilla Almond turned out a bit. I hope that this ages out, still a bit young, only about 4 months aged. I think that I should let it go for a full year or more before declairing it an openable flavor. I Oaked this with Medium Toasted Oak, Hmm, I may bring it to a solstice party I am going to and get opions and again at the end of January for Annbelle's B-Day Party that we are hosting. Get some taste notes then. Still, I may just wait til October for the Mile-Hi Con.
The Lemon-Lime low ABV% turned out well, a bit thin but well. I may go about it differently if I try this again.
The Peach Spearmint is really good: Spearmint if very subtle, almost not there but it's enough to break up the Peach flavor so that it's more flavorful. Success here.
That's all now.
Dave
Pumpkin Hazelnut: I plan on stiring it around a bit, taking out the spices, It would be only 3 weeks but it should be enough for it. Spices tend to intensify over time. But I want to get it mixed up a bit and not be stuck on the bottom and forming layers. It will also give me a chance to smell it. I don't think that the hazelnut will come out all that strongly. But hopefully on THIS batch of pumpkin it will taste pumpkiny.
Tale of 3 Toasts: This sunday should be about 3 weeks on the oak. I think that I will try to give it 4 weeks.
Blueberry Lemon: I think I over oaked this one. Was on lightly toasted oak for about a month. But I think that the infuson was faster because I put it into my oak tube for Glass Carboys. This one should be about ready to bottle. I should bottle this one. Just a matter of cleaning the autosypon, brew bucket, bottles, and bottling wand. Then bottle. I think that this is ready. The color looked beautiful when a ray of sunligth went through it. Not exactly read-through but a deep purple wine color. Yum.
The Oak Tube is an invention that I came up with. I think it will work. Basically I had an autosyphon that died, Got splits in the plastic verticaly so that when I try to pump it it sprays out a bit. So I took the tube into the shop and drilled a bunch of 1/4 inch holes into it, tied a string on the end and lopped off a little. Then I fill the tube up with my oak chips. and put in the glass carboy. I did need to put a hops bag on the end so that it doesn' come out. But as it happens the oak chips go the full lenght of the tube and most of the length of the glass carboy. I came up with this as it is hard to oak in a glass caroby with a hops bag, The bag doesn't come out easy. With this, The chips swelled up a little but with a little tapping and coaxing they came out without a pain. I like the invention and may make another if my autosyphon dies again. I know that it is already food grade plastic so I don't need to worry on that end. Easy removal of the chips and a better infusion was the goal. It worked. Now I just need one for each of my carboys. Hmm, my check into some other plastic tubes, just need to check on the food grade bit.
Chocolate Pair: I need to rack this as I think that it is starting to clear. So a raclomg is in order.
Tasting the Pumpkin Toasted Almond: This still tastes a bit bitter to me. I think that it is a bitter almond taste, perhapse like the Vanilla Almond turned out a bit. I hope that this ages out, still a bit young, only about 4 months aged. I think that I should let it go for a full year or more before declairing it an openable flavor. I Oaked this with Medium Toasted Oak, Hmm, I may bring it to a solstice party I am going to and get opions and again at the end of January for Annbelle's B-Day Party that we are hosting. Get some taste notes then. Still, I may just wait til October for the Mile-Hi Con.
The Lemon-Lime low ABV% turned out well, a bit thin but well. I may go about it differently if I try this again.
The Peach Spearmint is really good: Spearmint if very subtle, almost not there but it's enough to break up the Peach flavor so that it's more flavorful. Success here.
That's all now.
Dave
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Date: 2012-02-19 11:43 am (UTC)