Four questions about making a bochet?

[kudapucat]

In the patrons section, you can find my brewlog on a spiced chai Bochet. It just won best in show.
It has cook times and photographs of before and after, though I do like the look of that white plate method.
http://www.gotmead.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25182

 

[Marshmallow Blue]

do you guys skim the foam off and discard?


Edit: last time I made a bochet I didn't skim the foam off and I had a bitter flavor. but I also went 90 mins on a cook top with constant stirring.

I do not. The burnt bitter flavor comes form cooking your honey too long IMO. Bochets are finicky and everyone likes them a different way. Find the cooking time and method that works best for you via experimentation.

 

[McJeff]

I do not. The burnt bitter flavor comes form cooking your honey too long IMO. Bochets are finicky and everyone likes them a different way. Find the cooking time and method that works best for you via experimentation.

Awesome thank you

side question, where you at in northern NH? Im in western Maine, Want to trade some meads?

 

[Marshmallow Blue]

Bethlehem, it's north of the Franconia Notch.

 

[McJeff]

I had to google that!

 

[Marshmallow Blue]

Whereabouts are you? I find myself in north conway sometimes.

 

[McJeff]

I'm in Farmington maine, I would head straight west and hit Gorham nh easy enough