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Mead - how not to make it - a PSA
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Site Supporter   Location: Deckerville Joined: Wed Jan 13, 2016 Posts: 2944 Real Name: Rob 
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Only a 5 gallon batch at the behest of my youngest.
Unfortunately, he insisted on putting citrus in the mix. Really bad idea. Now there are 5 gallons of fairly potent mead that tastes like a green fuzzy rotten orange. Pretty sure I'll drink it anyway. Any suggestions on how to mask the flavor? I'm thinking pineapple juice might not be a bad idea. _________________ “The Democrats are playing you for a political chump and if you vote for them, not only are you a chump, you are a traitor to your race.”-Malcolm X |
| Tue May 03, 2022 5:28 pm |
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Site Admin   Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52035 Real Name: Steve
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SporkBoy wrote: Now there are 5 gallons of fairly potent mead that tastes like a green fuzzy rotten orange. Pretty sure I'll drink it anyway.  SporkBoy wrote: Any suggestions on how to mask the flavor? Start with two shots of tequila? _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Tue May 03, 2022 6:57 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: I-5 /512 Joined: Thu Dec 8, 2011 Posts: 15231 Real Name: chris
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vodka if you can get it
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| Tue May 03, 2022 7:47 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu Sep 22, 2011 Posts: 13486 Real Name: JP
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If you guys like mead, you need to try my cousins mead at his meadery. Yes, there's such a thing.
http://mrbsmeadery.com/ _________________ Yes I Do Have A Beautiful Daughter.. I Also Have A Gun, A Shovel, & An Alibi |
| Tue May 03, 2022 7:54 pm |
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Site Moderator   Location: Renton/Kent Joined: Wed Feb 15, 2012 Posts: 3549 Real Name: Jacy
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MadPick wrote: SporkBoy wrote: SporkBoy wrote: Any suggestions on how to mask the flavor? Start with two shots of tequila? I was going to suggest making it better by pouring it down the drain and drinking bourbon. |
| Tue May 03, 2022 8:05 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Unincorporated Rural Pierce County Joined: Mon Feb 24, 2020 Posts: 1804
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Distill the mead and drink that? ;-)
_________________ Liberals never met a slippery slope they didn't grease. I wish technology solved people issues. It seems to just reveal them. |
| Tue May 03, 2022 8:48 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu May 2, 2013 Posts: 12475 Real Name: Steve
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Ehhh, life’s too short to drink something that tastes bad.
Learn the lesson, and move on   |
| Tue May 03, 2022 8:53 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Camano Island, WA Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2011 Posts: 740 Real Name: Jeff
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Grass / weed killer
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| Tue May 03, 2022 9:12 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28178 Real Name: Ace Winky
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Never liked mead.
I say dump it. Sometimes fermentation goes awry. Well it shouldn't give you shits, maybe just headache and cramps. _________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck? Because the eagle sounds like a hawk. |
| Wed May 04, 2022 3:12 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Duvall Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 4604 Real Name: David
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L_O_G wrote: If you guys like mead, you need to try my cousins mead at his meadery. Yes, there's such a thing. http://mrbsmeadery.com/ This guy seems to have figured out how to get citrus into his meads, maybe stop by & pick his brain? |
| Wed May 04, 2022 2:02 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Deckerville Joined: Wed Jan 13, 2016 Posts: 2944 Real Name: Rob
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Well, bottled it up and kick started a second fermentation so it'll be highly carbonated FWIW.
No way I'd dump it ... too frugal. FYI a couple years ago I had a leak in my 25 gallon fermenter. Caught it before too long but vinegar flavored apple cider was the result. Managed to get 12% alcohol ... still drank it all. Came to like it. So far pineapple juice seems to work OK. Mango juice also is OK. 4.8 gallons to go! _________________ “The Democrats are playing you for a political chump and if you vote for them, not only are you a chump, you are a traitor to your race.”-Malcolm X |
| Wed May 04, 2022 2:09 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Deckerville Joined: Wed Jan 13, 2016 Posts: 2944 Real Name: Rob
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Oh, need to clarify.
Certainly adding citrus juice is possible. For stronger citrus flavor add juice after primary fermentation just prior to bottling. My problem is the boy chunked in hunks of fruit, rind and all, into the primary fermentation batch. _________________ “The Democrats are playing you for a political chump and if you vote for them, not only are you a chump, you are a traitor to your race.”-Malcolm X |
| Wed May 04, 2022 2:16 pm |
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 Location: Bothell Joined: Sat Sep 12, 2015 Posts: 4872
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You can get used to just about anything if you have enough of it....
I found that out when I got stuck with 4 handles of Everclear..... After a while, you tend to like it.... or not care. _________________ Plan B is actually repeating Plan A.... it just involves much more alcohol. Of the ten voices I hear in my head, only three keep telling me NOT to shoot.... Do I go with the majority or common sense? |
| Wed May 04, 2022 2:28 pm |
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Site Moderator Location: Renton/Kent Joined: Wed Feb 15, 2012 Posts: 3549 Real Name: Jacy
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JohnMBrowning wrote: I found that out when I got stuck with 4 handles of Everclear..... After a while, you tend to like it.... or not care. What the hell is wrong with you people?  |
| Wed May 04, 2022 3:50 pm |
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Location: Bothell Joined: Sat Sep 12, 2015 Posts: 4872
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Its not like you're gonna WASTE 4 handles of EC..... It mixes with anything/everything --- you just have to learn to pour 1/2 oz per drink instead of 1 oz..... otherwise the nights get REALLY short.....
And cutting it 50:50 with water basically made it a 100 proof vodka. Get off your high horse. _________________ Plan B is actually repeating Plan A.... it just involves much more alcohol. Of the ten voices I hear in my head, only three keep telling me NOT to shoot.... Do I go with the majority or common sense? |
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