Hello,
First of all: great resource, this forum. I’ve been reading old posts and hopefully won’t ask questions which have been answered before.
Next: Greetings from a newBee in the Netherlands. I’ve started my first succesful mead in 2005 and bottled it in April 2006 and now find it fairly drinkable but somewhat boring after the first few sips.
I’m not an experienced drinker of mead or any other alcoholic beverage, unfortunately. This is not because I’m too young (at 38) or because I don’t like it (I do!!), but because alcohol often causes a funny reaction in my face making it itch :sad10:. Hence I can’t really comment on quality, don’t know about ‘nose’ and all that. I know there are other Dutch people on this forum, so if anyone knows an opportunity to meet other Dutch or Flemish mead makers and taste some different meads I’d be grateful to hear about that. Not much commercial mead sold in shops here.
My second batch of mead was started just a couple of months ago and has already cleared. So much faster than my first batch, I’m amazed. This time it didn’t boil the must and I did use a bucket and whisked air for primary fermentation.
Also currently fermenting: a mix of plum and apple and honey. Not a clue how that is going to turn out. SG measurement failed (didn’t know how to do that with the fruit and all).
Anyway, after starting this third batch I decided to buy Ken Schramm’s book and hopefully learn more. I did. Read it like a novel and am now rereading it more slowly.
All this has inspired me to Make More Mead
.
Right, I’ll post some questions too, but thought to introduce myself first.
Regards, Jandra
First of all: great resource, this forum. I’ve been reading old posts and hopefully won’t ask questions which have been answered before.
Next: Greetings from a newBee in the Netherlands. I’ve started my first succesful mead in 2005 and bottled it in April 2006 and now find it fairly drinkable but somewhat boring after the first few sips.
I’m not an experienced drinker of mead or any other alcoholic beverage, unfortunately. This is not because I’m too young (at 38) or because I don’t like it (I do!!), but because alcohol often causes a funny reaction in my face making it itch :sad10:. Hence I can’t really comment on quality, don’t know about ‘nose’ and all that. I know there are other Dutch people on this forum, so if anyone knows an opportunity to meet other Dutch or Flemish mead makers and taste some different meads I’d be grateful to hear about that. Not much commercial mead sold in shops here.
My second batch of mead was started just a couple of months ago and has already cleared. So much faster than my first batch, I’m amazed. This time it didn’t boil the must and I did use a bucket and whisked air for primary fermentation.
Also currently fermenting: a mix of plum and apple and honey. Not a clue how that is going to turn out. SG measurement failed (didn’t know how to do that with the fruit and all).
Anyway, after starting this third batch I decided to buy Ken Schramm’s book and hopefully learn more. I did. Read it like a novel and am now rereading it more slowly.
All this has inspired me to Make More Mead
. Right, I’ll post some questions too, but thought to introduce myself first.
Regards, Jandra
