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Brace yourself. It's probably going to stink to high heaven, but the end product is well worth it.

Did you ever get this started? I'm curious to see how it turns out. I think it would be an excellent candidate for a short mead in the spring/summer. Also, here is a link to the orange blossom water I use. https://www.olivenation.com/orange-flower-water-by-malandel-french.html I love Olive...

I was just wondering about this the other day. I've got about 5 meads that I have to get going this winter but this is going on my list of items to try. @Deezil do you think bulk aging it for a year, then bottling it and letting it finish out would work as well?

Oh that sounds downright heavenly. If you can get your hands on some orange blossom water, I'd imagine a little bit of that added at the finish would be pretty nice as well

I do it with Dragon's Blood. We can tell the difference and prefer it over using regular sugar. I've not done it with skeeter pee but I would think lemon and honey would pair nicely.

Lol...welcome to the wonderful world of meadmaking! Won't be long and you'll have 60 some odd gallons of mead going. After we made our first batch of mead, I never looked back.

And I can't say you didn't warn me! I'm just glad I'm stopping at 6 gallons.

It's such a shame, since persimmon pudding is one of my favorite things in the whole world. I'm going to attempt to save this one by adding a bunch of things that would taste good paired with "bread." So lots of spices and vanilla. If worst comes to worst, I'll get some flavoring extracts...

I need to taste mine again and see where it is at. Last time, it was terrible. All yeast. No honey, no persimmon, nothing. Tasted like bread. I added a cinnamon stick to it a couple of months ago. If it still has zero persimmon taste to it, then I will spice it up and finish it off and bottle.

I have a similar mead planned using cucumber, lime, lemonbalm, and basil. I wouldn't use brown sugar, or corn syrup in it, but everything else sounds good. Also I second doing zest only for citrus additions. ETA: Do freeze the cucumbers first, then thaw. Also, make sure this is something...

Same here. It's very good but mostly pomegranate. Very rich though, and I assuem that is the date contribution.

oh man, I need to pop open a bottle of this and see how it has aged. I've been so into mead the last couple of years, I've completely forgotten about this one and the Mosaic. I'm betting they are both pretty good by now.

Pork Adobada Soak half a bag, or 5oz of NM red chile pods in hot water. When they have softened, pop the stems off them and put them in a blender or food processor and add enough water to cover the pods. Chop/puree until it is a thick paste. Add 2 garlic cloves and 1/4 cup apple cider...

yeah, different name but it's the same thing! We ate it last night. It went into the crockpot around 11 am.

Pork Adobada This is happening tonight! And I've got red cabbage slaw, tortillas, and feta cheese (seriously, feta on mexican food is AMAZING) is going to equal a great supper.

You will want to use the same items (stems, leaves, roots, etc) that you would use in making a cup of herbal tea. In this case, a small bit of green probably won't matter too much, but I don't think I would use any leaves or stems.

Are you wanting to do wine or mead? I've found a good rule of thumb to be anywhere from 1 to 2 pints of fresh flowers per gallon. Fresh chamomile tends to be fairly strong imo, so I would start with 1 pint of flowers in primary and see where that gets you. eta: As you have an abundance of the...

You can add things to secondary (or tertiary) at pretty much any time. I've added fruit, spices, etc, to bulk ageing meads that were over a year old. Depending on where he deploys to, he may be able to pick up some interesting dried fruit and spices and bring it home for experimentation...

Oh man, it's a toss up. I did Cactus Flower wine one month for WOTM experiment. It turned into pink, fragrant, alcoholic snot. It was just like the goo we used to play with back in the 80s. Smelled lovely though. Manthing had to dump it onto the compost bin because I couldn't even see it...

Also, I wouldn't bottle any time sooner than 9 months, but that's just me. If you are impatient you can make some Dragon's Blood in the meantime and that should last you a bit.