SKBugs
Well-Known Member
I have a passion fruit vine that just keeps on giving, so I figured about making a mead with it.
At bottling in Aug 2018 it tasted really bloody awful. But I had a bottle a couple of weeks ago and it was fantastic.
1 gal batch made in April 2018
31/3 pounds honey (bush honey from local beekeeper)
Mangrove Jacks M05 yeast
nutrient
All dumped in together
OG 1.08
Racked at 1.002 and added 1/2 pound of passion fruit pulp defrosted to the secondary. Also added half a vanilla seed.
After a month in secondary i added about 3 grams of oak chips.
At bottling (3 months after racking), it was all hot and oaky with strong passion fruit flavors. I didn't give i much hope at all.
FG was around 1.000 but not sure what the fruit would do with the gravity readings. So maybe around the %10 mark. Don't know, not too concerned.
Anyway, 5 months on and it was really nice - no esters, passion fruit and the oak made for a really nice mouth feel. It was a bit cloudy but that could easily be taken care of next time. I think it will only get better too, which is very endearing.
I will carbonate the next batch as i think the bubbles will really add a zing to the flavor.
At bottling in Aug 2018 it tasted really bloody awful. But I had a bottle a couple of weeks ago and it was fantastic.
1 gal batch made in April 2018
31/3 pounds honey (bush honey from local beekeeper)
Mangrove Jacks M05 yeast
nutrient
All dumped in together
OG 1.08
Racked at 1.002 and added 1/2 pound of passion fruit pulp defrosted to the secondary. Also added half a vanilla seed.
After a month in secondary i added about 3 grams of oak chips.
At bottling (3 months after racking), it was all hot and oaky with strong passion fruit flavors. I didn't give i much hope at all.
FG was around 1.000 but not sure what the fruit would do with the gravity readings. So maybe around the %10 mark. Don't know, not too concerned.
Anyway, 5 months on and it was really nice - no esters, passion fruit and the oak made for a really nice mouth feel. It was a bit cloudy but that could easily be taken care of next time. I think it will only get better too, which is very endearing.
I will carbonate the next batch as i think the bubbles will really add a zing to the flavor.