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Strong stuff.
Made with granny smith apples from the backyard, and 3 pounds of blackberry honey.
It's dry, sour, and still a little sweet. Perfectly carbonated.
I'm sure it's at least 10%. This summer when our red apple tree grows we're gonna make more, and that tree makes about 4x as many apples.
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sweet==dry
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I like Dickens brand.
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You didn't take gravity readings?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqRRW9lKmEQ
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-Ronsac- posted:
You didn't take gravity readings?
never have.
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OG_Loki posted:
sweet==dry
Ily
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Technically, that's a mead. A cyser, to be specific.
Did you just make one gallon? 3 lbs of honey shouldn't be dry or sweet. This should equal a balanced mead.
What kind of yeast did you use?
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Cao_Ren posted:
What kind of yeast did you use?
Ehh, she probably has a culture growing.
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3 lbs of honey shouldn't be dry or sweet. This should equal a balanced mead.
That depends on the yeast and how long it's left to ferment.
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apple cider is good stuff
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Cao_Ren posted:
Technically, that's a mead. A cyser, to be specific.
Did you just make one gallon? 3 lbs of honey shouldn't be dry or sweet. This should equal a balanced mead.
What kind of yeast did you use?
Lol wut. Yeah it's a cyser technically. I made about 3.5 gallons.
And honey ferments completely because it's a simple sugar, just raising the alcohol % and barely adds flavor.
I used cotes de blancs wine yeast. It makes it dry but still leaves a lot of fruity flavor.
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Can I have some?
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winga posted:
Can I have some?
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TickyAtack posted:
Cao_Ren posted:
Technically, that's a mead. A cyser, to be specific.
Did you just make one gallon? 3 lbs of honey shouldn't be dry or sweet. This should equal a balanced mead.
What kind of yeast did you use?
Lol wut. Yeah it's a cyser technically. I made about 3.5 gallons.
And honey ferments completely because it's a simple sugar, just raising the alcohol % and barely adds flavor.
I used cotes de blancs wine yeast. It makes it dry but still leaves a lot of fruity flavor.
The amount honey used will dictate the residual sugar of a mead even more than the strain of yeast used. You didn't use much honey at all, so it ferments completely. The more honey you use, the sweeter and stronger it will be. If you would have used about 12.5 lbs of honey in that batch, you'd have a sweet mead with about 14-15% alchohol, using that Cote de Blancs yeast.
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I wanted more of cider than a mead though, but just wanted to up the alcohol and volume a bit.
Tastes like apple cider, no honey flavor at all.
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Taking bets if Ticky drank a gallon and passed out.
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she drank a gallon and did NOT pass out
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Ill take that bet
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Soooo.... can I?
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used to drink some local stuff when I lived in maine.
good stuff.
a few times I traveled through england i loved the hard cider they served in pubs.
it was 14% and it was just savory. 
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