bottled mead
Last night I bottled a batch of mead with help from coreblue and harlequinmayhem. We bottled it into 27 x 22oz bottles, with a #8 tapered cork in each. I read the gravity at 1.014 at approximately 70F, making it around 13% alcohol. I still need to make some labels, and I'll officially name this batch then.
Later last night lauraleanalle joined us and we all had a glass. It could certainly benefit from more time to age, but I think it's nicely drinkable already.
For the record, I started this batch in March, racked it in April, and racked it again on June 4 according to my calendar. I didn't log the second racking, but did record the gravity at 1.012 at whatever temperature Coreblue was keeping his house at then. The second racking left behind lots of sediment; after that there was hardly any, which influenced my decision to bottle now rather than rack again.
Later last night lauraleanalle joined us and we all had a glass. It could certainly benefit from more time to age, but I think it's nicely drinkable already.
For the record, I started this batch in March, racked it in April, and racked it again on June 4 according to my calendar. I didn't log the second racking, but did record the gravity at 1.012 at whatever temperature Coreblue was keeping his house at then. The second racking left behind lots of sediment; after that there was hardly any, which influenced my decision to bottle now rather than rack again.