I'd sent off a few pictures of my latest mead session to Oskaar, which also featured my 7 year old daughter helping out by stirring the must. I didn't say a word about what kind of mead it was, or any of my procedures.
Oskaar sent back a reply and, by looking over the background in the pictures showing all the bottles, buckets, etc., I'd been using, he accurately reproduced the recipe, even down to amounts of water, honey, Brix measurements. The figures he gave weren't quite the same as the recipe, but even though he didn't hit the bullseye, he was close enough to nick it. It sounded pretty elementary (pun intended ) as he went through the reconstruction of the recipe but nonetheless, I thought it was an impressive effort.
Oh yeah, the recipe (if I don't post it, I'll have Ancient Joe after me) -- 1 gallon, 1 quart of pomegranite juice, 15 lb.s honey, D-47 yeast, water to dilute to approx. 6 gallons for a SG of 1.11. The fermentation is happily underway, having been sufficiently O2'd and given enough nutrients to keep the yeasties happy.
Oskaar sent back a reply and, by looking over the background in the pictures showing all the bottles, buckets, etc., I'd been using, he accurately reproduced the recipe, even down to amounts of water, honey, Brix measurements. The figures he gave weren't quite the same as the recipe, but even though he didn't hit the bullseye, he was close enough to nick it. It sounded pretty elementary (pun intended ) as he went through the reconstruction of the recipe but nonetheless, I thought it was an impressive effort.
Oh yeah, the recipe (if I don't post it, I'll have Ancient Joe after me) -- 1 gallon, 1 quart of pomegranite juice, 15 lb.s honey, D-47 yeast, water to dilute to approx. 6 gallons for a SG of 1.11. The fermentation is happily underway, having been sufficiently O2'd and given enough nutrients to keep the yeasties happy.