First Mead bottled...

[Scots_Pagan]

So I've bottled my first mead (a simple honey mead, with just a little orange for acidity) as gifts for people...

Next time I will buy foils, but aside from that I'm rather chuffed with the result.

 

[MattN]

That looks great. Love the label too.

Nice one!
Ps is that an AG parrot? (I used to hsve one)

Matt.

 

[mattyhall22]

Looks great

 

[Scots_Pagan]

Haha, I was trying for ages to work out what the hell you were talking about...then i saw the reflection of my bat.
It's a huge toy bat plush hanging from my ceiling (because for some reason my fiancé won't let me have a giant Fruit Bat!).

Thanks...label is amazing...I tried designing one, it would have been OK i'm sure, but she is a much better designer than me. Got a peach wine I should post as well...

 

[syzygy]

I've done some blackberry mead, which I'm going to open tonight!!

 

[oldbloke]

I've done some blackberry mead, which I'm going to open tonight!!

How long's it been in the bottle? Takes a while to get really good, does mead, even flavoured ones.

 

[syzygy]

I've done some blackberry mead, which I'm going to open tonight!!

How long's it been in the bottle? Takes a while to get really good, does mead, even flavoured ones.

about 2 month. I know it's a bit early, but it's xmas eve so I'm going to have a go.

 

[oldbloke]

I've done some blackberry mead, which I'm going to open tonight!!

How long's it been in the bottle? Takes a while to get really good, does mead, even flavoured ones.

about 2 month. I know it's a bit early, but it's xmas eve so I'm going to have a go.

I always use small bottles for mead, so if it's not that great when I open one I can leave the rest. Mind you they tend to be nice enough, it's just they get even better if left

 

[syzygy]

I always use small bottles for mead, so if it's not that great when I open one I can leave the rest. Mind you they tend to be nice enough, it's just they get even better if left

'they' always recommend that blackberry wine is left for upto 6 months to mature. However I've cracked open a bottle not long after it's been bottled & always tasted fine. So while I'm sure it may be a bit better left for a while, I reckon it'll still be a decent drink.

 

[Welsh_Wizard]

Looks really professional.

How did you make the labels ?? On a computer program then print them off ???

 

[oldbloke]

I always use small bottles for mead, so if it's not that great when I open one I can leave the rest. Mind you they tend to be nice enough, it's just they get even better if left

'they' always recommend that blackberry wine is left for upto 6 months to mature. However I've cracked open a bottle not long after it's been bottled & always tasted fine. So while I'm sure it may be a bit better left for a while, I reckon it'll still be a decent drink.

Well... A few wines are rub when new, most are drinkable, a very few are great. Almost all are good enough after a couple of months, but some do like a bit longer. I make a judgement at bottling time from the siphon taste as to when to ope the first bottle, and judge from that when to really start on a batch. But I have a section of winerack set aside for aging stuff, and when we occasionally grab a bottle from there, the difference is definite

 

[Scots_Pagan]

Well... A few wines are rub when new, most are drinkable, a very few are great. Almost all are good enough after a couple of months, but some do like a bit longer. I make a judgement at bottling time from the siphon taste as to when to ope the first bottle, and judge from that when to really start on a batch. But I have a section of winerack set aside for aging stuff, and when we occasionally grab a bottle from there, the difference is definite

Oh I hear you there...
That peach wine I also just bottled...had a glass last night with Xmas dinner, and WOW the difference...only ben a couple of months but it's so much smoother and nicer. I regret taking a few glasses before now; I will have no bottled left once all those gifts are gone. Ah well, I can always make more..

 

[Scots_Pagan]

Looks really professional.

How did you make the labels ?? On a computer program then print them off ???

I'm a Graphics Designer and so's my partner (she's better than me tho!)...
We both had a go at designing a label; hers was far superior to me, and she took about half the time on it. Sigh.

Yeah, done in Adobe Illustrator, printed on my laser printer and cut to/sticked on. Surprisingly good looking...would maybe get in glossy paper next time, but aside from that...