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loveofrose said:
Here's to Amber!
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I am drinking a Midas Touch beer by Dogfish Head to Amber. Very sorry for you loss Bray.

Dan
 
I've been drinking cider I got from my trip to Burlington, VT. A couple of the ones we bought came in grolsch swing top bottles, something I am probably way too excited about.

Also lots of tea ( with honey of course) cuz I have a sore throat.

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Last weekend I was in London. To visit some friends and go to a concert.
Of course, I had to try all the real ale I could get my hands on. And, more importantly, mead.
Gosnells mead.

Their bar is outside of the meadery, at the moment installed in a garage in the Peckham district, outside of the city, and it only opens on Saturdays.
Unfortunately the mead maker wasn't there at the time, so I couldn't get all the details about the process.
I was mostly interested because I've been trying to make light alcohol sparkling meads, which most of the times end up with little body and flavor, since they're dry and naturally carbonated.
This one is on the sweet side, with a bit of acidity and slightly sparkling. According to the buckets I saw outside, it has orange blossom honey (I'm not sure if it's the only one). In their website they mention that it's fermented for 10 days, bottled and pasteurized (I guess it's back-sweetened before bottling, as opposed to bottled before fermentation is complete, but that's not specified).
On tap they had a few variations of their basic mead, including one with American oak and another one with French oak, which was my favorite.
I brought back a couple of bottles, so I have to check how different they get in the bottled version. Maybe I'll write a proper review then. :)
 
Wow. 10 day mead! I would love to get my hands on that recipe! I would quickly have three kegs full of mead!


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Also not very long, I guess.
It doesn't mention anything in the website now, I think. I remember reading somewhere that it was fermented with a lager yeast. Now I'm not sure.
In any case it's done with a beer yeast, it's low gravity, it's sweet, so it shouldn't require much aging, I guess.
 
Wow. Sorry to hear you had to force it down! What was unpleasant?


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Had an elderberry mel from Honeyrun Meadery. Wow! It was amazing. I can't say I've ever had a mead that good before. Dark and jammy, semisweet, and round, and a bit tart like a cab. I loved it! I suspected it was a pyment, but it specifically said no grapes were used. A new bar has been set for my mels! Incredible. And best of all, it was only $16!
 
I pitched in mid July. Used one large orange wedged as instructed. Fruit is all dropped except for a couple stubborn raisins, its clear but not crystal. I will siphon off the golden nectar tomorrow and put it up for a while.
 
Yeah maybe the orange had a thick pith or was extra bitter. I find that i like it much better with tangerines. With about a year on it the flavor starts turning into liquid Jolly Rancher orange. Just forget about it until next summer after you rack it and top it off.


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mannye said:
Yeah maybe the orange had a thick pith or was extra bitter. I find that i like it much better with tangerines. With about a year on it the flavor starts turning into liquid Jolly Rancher orange. Just forget about it until next summer after you rack it and top it off.


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give it time. Make something else. You'll be surprised.
 
Mazer828 said:
Had an elderberry mel from Honeyrun Meadery. Wow! It was amazing. I can't say I've ever had a mead that good before. Dark and jammy, semisweet, and round, and a bit tart like a cab. I loved it! I suspected it was a pyment, but it specifically said no grapes were used. A new bar has been set for my mels! Incredible. And best of all, it was only $16!
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I have one of those in my bar that traveled all the way across the country with me in the move from CA to NY. I don't remember if I've had it yet, but I don't want to drink it yet because I don't know if I can find more around here. I did find the Blackberry Honeyrun in one of the local liquor shops (I think it was $13). Maybe I can ask them if they can get the Elderberry... I tried an Elderberry at Yellowstone, and I remember I liked it, but don't remember it being pyment-like. I can't really say I've had a pyment before other than the one I have fermenting now, though.

I've been drinking ciders lately. I've been slowly drinking the one I got from Vermont Boyden Valley Winery during the past two days. Double Burbon Cider... aged in French Oak Barrels. 6.9% I rather like this cider. I got it for the grolsh top bottle, to be honest (also my husband loves burbon). We have another cider from the same company with black currants that I may need to drink soon because I want to reuse the bottles.

I also had Groennfell Meadery's Chaos Cyser, which was okay. I don't really enjoy carbonation or dry, but I knew even before going to their meadery that most of their meads would be like this. I had hoped the cyser would be a bit sweeter, but this was not the case. The autumn seasonal they had striked me in a similar way. Not really my thing, but I will drink it. The spices do something nice for it though.
 
I think I just found my absolute favorite wine - Gascon Colosal Red Blend 2012. WOW! I love Malbecs and this one has the "big" Malbec edge with a softer finish. I will be buying whatever my liquor store has on Monday (I live in Indiana so can't buy on Sunday).

If you like a strong wine try this one. Momma I'm home.
 
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