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« on: December 10, 2014, 07:24:57 PM »
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Re: MEAD
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2014, 10:14:20 PM »
I've made a few batches.  Mead takes a fair bit of aging, but it's really worth the wait! 

Seems like I heard there was a meadery operating on one of the neighbor islands, too.
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2014, 02:09:48 AM »
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Re: MEAD
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2014, 08:16:32 AM »
A new recipe each time, as befits early experimentation! 

Fermentation was slow, particularly in one that I pushed to be both sweet and high-alcohol.  Like 3 months slow.  I think we probably racked after 4 weeks, but that was as much newbie anxiety as anything. 

We did do one called "Joe's Anciant Orange" that sounds similar to what you're describing.  I don't recall that one taking terribly long, and no racking was involved.
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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2014, 01:46:55 PM »
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Re: MEAD
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2014, 02:05:33 PM »
I didn't take hydrometer readings since the JAO recipe was a small batch.  Anecdotally, one bottle did produce a warm glow!
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