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Just kegged my 2nd 5 gallon batch of mead. It worked down from 1.085 to .002 in about a month. Tastes like it might be pretty good once it ages. I made a similar mead 2 years ago, and it tastes pretty good now I guess. It had zero gravity when kegged. Batch 1 was just honey, water, yeast and yeast nutrients. Batch 2 was honey, a couple quarts of concentrated black cherry juice, water, yeast and nutrients.
The honey is from a 60# tub from Brazil I bought a ways back, if that makes a difference. The mead does moastly taste like honey.
I was just wondering why they both taste so sweet to me, given their gravity. At that low a gravity, I would expect them to taste dry. Admittedly I'm not a experiaced mead drinker, so I don't know what is normal or what a "dry" mead is supposed to taste like, but I could not imagine wanting it any sweeter.
Anyway, I'm almost exclusivly a beer brewer/drinker. Would like opinions from mead experts. Also, what is an example of a dry mead for sale I could compare mine to?
The honey is from a 60# tub from Brazil I bought a ways back, if that makes a difference. The mead does moastly taste like honey.
I was just wondering why they both taste so sweet to me, given their gravity. At that low a gravity, I would expect them to taste dry. Admittedly I'm not a experiaced mead drinker, so I don't know what is normal or what a "dry" mead is supposed to taste like, but I could not imagine wanting it any sweeter.
Anyway, I'm almost exclusivly a beer brewer/drinker. Would like opinions from mead experts. Also, what is an example of a dry mead for sale I could compare mine to?