Heads Up On Honey

[chappo1970]

Page 1, post 10. you may have missed it cause i edited the post 3 times. Im thinking:

Melanie Mead
4L honey diluted to 17L
3L water for steeping of grain
300g choc grain
50g black patent.
200g Melanoidin malt
5 cinanmon quills in the boil.
10 cloves in the boil.

i'll have to do some more thinking on it.

OOOOooo! Love the grain additions BTW :icon_drool2:
Cloves yum! Cinnamon yep!
Quick one why the 200g Melanoidin Malt?

 

[brettprevans]

Quick one why the 200g Melanoidin Malt?

NFI really! buiscuity flavours. I like throwing bit of grain in my brews. I used it in my last caseswap batch and it turned out great. It was just a thought. I like to experiment. And it always makes me think of my missus' name - melanie.

 

[chappo1970]

Fair enough... No criticism from me mate, I like experimenting too but thought it curious to use.

 

[Ronin]

Damn it you guys are in Melbourne... Qlders we are just too lazy to organise a BB. I would be keen to give it a go regardless. Anyone else interested in having a run at a mead at the same time to compare notes?

I'll be interested in comparing notes. I've ordered 3kg of stringy bark, 3kg of yellow box and 3kg of orange blossom through CM2. Thinking of doing 3 10L batches, and fermenting it with the Wyeast dry mead yeast. Not going to do anything to fancy first time out, spices etc. Anyone have any idea what O.G. 3kg of honey in 10L final volume will be. Beersmith says about 1.086, but not sure how different honeys behave.

Once I have an idea of what I'm doing (a years time I guess from what I'm reading), and what flavours the different honeys give I'll get a bit more adventurous with blending honey and spices etc.

I can feel another itch coming on. Now where was that sake thread...

 

[chappo1970]

I'll be interested in comparing notes. I've ordered 3kg of stringy bark, 3kg of yellow box and 3kg of orange blossom through CM2. Thinking of doing 3 10L batches, and fermenting it with the Wyeast dry mead yeast. Not going to do anything to fancy first time out, spices etc. Anyone have any idea what O.G. 3kg of honey in 10L final volume will be. Beersmith says about 1.086, but not sure how different honeys behave.

Once I have an idea of what I'm doing (a years time I guess from what I'm reading), and what flavours the different honeys give I'll get a bit more adventurous with blending honey and spices etc.

I can feel another itch coming on. Now where was that sake thread...

FFS this is where the thread is. I've been looking for it all morning! Cheers Ronin

Count me in Ronin soounds like a very good idea.

Perhaps start a new thread "Noob Mead Makers Wanted - Apply within?"

CM2 will be into I am sure as for w few others that have shown interest. It would be great to swap notes and no doubt a few more experienced would jump in with advice etc...

 

[brettprevans]

yup im in.

Chappo - in 'options' tag this thread and track it. then you can always fine it.

Well Chappo, i dont see any thread "Noob Mead Makers"...get your act together!

the honeys shouldnt differ too much in their OG. mainly is should be flavour that changes. I guess there will be a small amount of change in OF but I wouldnt think it would be great enough to make much of a differance. I guess you'll be taking an OG reading once you do the brews anyway.

OT - Sake. yum. but a little too much of a PITA by what ive read. im prob being lazy.

 

[Ronin]

yup im in.

Chappo - in 'options' tag this thread and track it. then you can always fine it.

Well Chappo, i dont see any thread "Noob Mead Makers"...get your act together!

the honeys shouldnt differ too much in their OG. mainly is should be flavour that changes. I guess there will be a small amount of change in OF but I wouldnt think it would be great enough to make much of a differance. I guess you'll be taking an OG reading once you do the brews anyway.

OT - Sake. yum. but a little too much of a PITA by what ive read. im prob being lazy.

I was reading the archibald honey website, the red gum honey is one of the densest they say. So it should have a higher gravity reading than the others. I don't know how much denser it is and what effect it'll have when diluted to 10L, but it should have a small difference.

OT - I'm pretty sure I remember reading a sake thread and it was really complicated. But if I'm going to let something sit for ages (mead takes 6-12 months from what I've read), I don't mind a complicated process. Makes me feel like I'm doing something. Not just dump honey and stir.

 

[brettprevans]

sorry i shouldnt have been so general. some would have differant densitites. esp if they ahve been creamed or something. 'running' honey shouldnt be too far off the mark from each other though. all this posting about making it driving me crazy. I just want to brew it!

 

[chappo1970]

Done guys! Try [topic="30389"]here[/topic]

 

[Bribie G]

could be a nice braggot mate.here is the recipe that we went with on the braggot big brew day
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...st&p=374039

Thanks, I had a good read of that but with that %ABV I'd need a liver transplant fairly quickly I was thinking of something more Stella Artois strength as a summer quaffer at the moment. Also I don't want to be ordering in anything except the honey, this is more of an experiment using the malt, hops and yeast that I've got on hand.
If I like the result I'll certainly consider something far stronger for winter warmers.

 

[Ronin]

sorry i shouldnt have been so general. some would have differant densitites. esp if they ahve been creamed or something. 'running' honey shouldnt be too far off the mark from each other though. all this posting about making it driving me crazy. I just want to brew it!

Yeah I'm getting itchy to brew too. I know it's going to be a long wait for them to mature so I just want to get started.

Maybe I can start by contacting grain and grape and seeing if they can get the mead yeasts.

 

[chappo1970]

Yeah I'm getting itchy to brew too. I know it's going to be a long wait for them to mature so I just want to get started.

Maybe I can start by contacting grain and grape and seeing if they can get the mead yeasts.

Did someone mention BULK BUY?

 

[Ronin]

Did someone mention BULK BUY?

Yeah but at least it'd be from the LHBS, not wyeast.

I won't be getting any hate mail :lol: