Hmm, an entire bucket of unripe #honey from a hive removal today. I think that means we are brewing #mead. (otherwise, it ferments...) #homebrew#beekeeping
It was frustrating for me to talk about different kinds of #mead using their English name when speaking in French, so I decided to progressively translate them.
The first on my list was cyser. I went back to its Latin root sīcera and evolved it back to Modern French.
French speakers, say hello to the word cicère!
Next on my list are metheglin, bochet, and pyment.
#blackberry#mead, Day 2. Yeast is active. Smells pleasantly like... yeast. Made with #honey (not quite ripe) that we removed from an outside cabinet. Currently exposed to air, will probably air lock this today since the yeast has started up now.
The #sound of #mead brewing. Glup..... glup.... glup......glup... (4 gallons now, 2 gallons of blackberry mead, another 2 gallons of straight...err.... pollen-filled mead) #beekeeping#homebrew
Today, I started a gallon (3.8 l) batch of brombær mjød and a gallon batch of solbær mjød.
For each batch, I used 1.36 kg of honey, 25 g of raisins, 4.2 l of water, and a 5 g packet of Lalvin D-47 yeast. For the fruit, I used 1.4 kg of brombær and 290 g of solbær (I would have liked to use more solbær but that's all I could harvest).
In about a week or so, I will strain and rack these into glass jugs and let them continue to ferment.
Came home with a good haul of #mead and a pretty cool mirror that we're going to repaint for the hall bathroom when we redo it in the next couple weeks (as soon as we find a vanity we like).
Yum. Fresh raspberries. I don’t get them often because they don’t last. I should get them more often. Hm. Raspberry mead? It would have to be a small batch or I’ll go broke buying raspberries.
Differences between process for mead and cider?
Hello, I have made several batches of mead and I really enjoyed it. How much of a difference is there with mead vs cider?