Dark Braggot

[Muggus]

Yum! Dark mead!
Why didn't I notice this thread earlier on!? (wasn't in the country...)

If it's anything like Thorgoods Dark Cider Beer, it should be awesome. Even though it was a cider based beer, it still had an awesome rich dark chocolate, roast malt character underneath the tart farmhouse cider taste.
Is the honey detectable?

 

[barls]

lightly in the back ground is the blood wood honey. just as i wanted it. you have had my normal braggot this is very similar but with the dark and chocolate notes.
ill bring a bottle to the xmas swap if its ready by then.

 

[pdilley]

You are making me thirsty barls Good work!

I have my main 40 litres of Mead ageing out in room temperature at the moment and TempMate tied up in Sake rice production and dwindling supplies of my last beer I made so I need to get my second TempMate up and running soon.


Cheers,
Brewer Pete

 

[barls]

thats what i intended to to mate. you definitely should get the other one running, ive got 3 going.

 

[pdilley]

I use a case from Bunnings and my local is all out of non-destroyed or defective made cases. They only have ones left with broken glue joints or large gaps in the joints.

This weekend I might head out on a tip to finding some proper Pizza Flour so I will be close enough to drive another 10 minutes from there to get to a second Bunnings. Fingers crossed I'll get the second TempMate running end of this up coming weekend.

I'm starting to get a need to do something more advanced than TempMate in its current form. A programmed fermentation with different set points and a smoothed curve between the points to design a perfect incubation environment. If TempMate MkII doesn't come out I'll have to get out my embedded micro-controller book and start programming my own embedded CPUs to run my own version of a TempMate but with full programmable option available along with the super simple dumb option that TempMate has as its only function.

Cheers,
Brewer Pete

 

[barls]

opened a bottle the other night, even as a young braggot. its smooth. the choc note it has dropped off a bit now. this is really going to age up nicely.
i just acquired another 4kg of blood wood honey to remake this one.

 

[pdilley]

Top job, I need to get a weekend free and build up a list of this years meads and get cracking. Braggot is one for sure


Cheers,
Brewer Pete

 

[barls]

im happy to swap a bottle of both braggots i make for a couple of meads pete if your interested

 

[pdilley]

The canberra brewers drank all my current stock of mead

I'll be making more but can swap in future for sure!


Cheers,
Brewer Pete

 

[barls]

not a problem mate, i keep mine hidden so the isb boys havent found them yet. let me know when your ready and we can do it.

 

[Edgecliff Brewer]

Not so fast Barls. You've been found out now.

 

[pdilley]

hehe

Mead does not last long around brew clubs

Been doing lots of croatian fruit mixes, the sour cherry one is yum. Wondering if I could incorporate some of those if I can not source some fruit.


Cheers,
Brewer Pete

 

[Airgead]

Some trivia for you - The middle Sunday in lent (last Sunday) used to be known as Braggot Sunday in Wales around the late 1600s. Your opening of a bottle was very timely.

Apparently the word Braggot is derived from two welsh words - Brag (malt) and Gots (honeycomb).

There you go.

 

[barls]

can i get a bit of feed back from the boy and girls that were at the special case swap as to this braggot

 

[Stuster]

Yeah, why so much choc chit. h34r:





Only joking. The chocolate flavours worked well with the honey. It probably did because the honey had a strong aroma. Very drinkable, especially on a night like tonight. :beerbang:

 

[barls]

cheers stu, i might bring out a bottle at the xmas in july swap if they are lucky.
i agree with the drinkability of this it definitely doesnt seem that strong. but give me a weekend and ill give that a damn good try.

 

[Gulpa]

can i get a bit of feed back from the boy and girls that were at the special case swap as to this braggot

Cant really give much critical feedback as its a long way from anything Ive experienced. All I know, it was delicious. Couldnt really pick the strength. Thought it had a very nice balance of honey and malt flavours.


cheers
Andrew