Opened my first bottle of hibiscus mead. I think it needs longer to carbonate, or I might have not added enough carbonation sugar. Probably both.
It is pretty drinkable. This is reassuring given it was made using the cheapest available honey and is well under a month old. Voss Kveik yeast and good nutrients do wonders!
Definitely needs some refinement when it comes to sweeteners and acids. This was my first time using acids to balance a mead and I think I should have chosen citric acid or malic acid instead of tartaric acid.
8 Comments
reverendsteveii@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
How much sugar did you add to bottle carb? I've found about 1 oz/gallon of table sugar hits just about right.
areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
I used honey rather than sugar, I don't remember the exact amount but it was somewhere around 25 to 30 g into between 4 and 5 liters.
SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
Hmm, image does not seem to be loading for me.
areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
Have you actually clicked on it? It's a link to pasteboard as the image is too large to be hosted on lemmy.
SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
I'm using Jerboa and it just fails to load when clicking it, just appeared as an image in the app.
Tried the browser and it was a link, that worked. Jerboa is weird.
Nice colour ye got there!
RecaffeinatedDecaf@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
I for one tried it and it didn't work. Any chance you have an alternate link? I'm now curious and fully invested in your hibiscus experiment.
areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
The link works fine. Are you using Jerboa or another mobile app like the other guy?
RecaffeinatedDecaf@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
I'm on Eternity. But after using SpiderShoe's tip I saw the image in the web browser. Looking good. Nice color!