Cherry Mead

[Rasp_Brewer]

Hi All,

today I made a cherry mead using this recipe below:

1700g neutral honey
Mug of strong tea
2L cherry juice
Zest of a lemon
Juice of half a lemon
1 tsp nutrient
1 tsp pectolase
1 tsp yeast

I’ll update this thread how it turns out.

 

[Rasp_Brewer]

Is this normal? The honey I used was crystallised and I heated it up in a pan of warm water (I kept checking to make sure it wasn’t too hot or too cold) and it melted back into a runny liquid which was very cloudy but the consistency of honey and I shook it vigorously to mix it into the water but overnight it seems fo have settled into clouds?

 

[ColinF]

How did this turn out ? I'm keen to try some cherry mead.

 

[Rasp_Brewer]

How did this turn out ? I'm keen to try some cherry mead.

As I mentioned on the metheglin post I had to leave my brews for a few weeks just had a look this one it’s clear but has a lot of whispy lees at the bottom I haven’t racked it into secondary yet so that’s what I’ll be doing soon to get it off but I currently have a cold so can’t really do a taste test I’ll update once I’ve had a proper look at this