OK, this one may be a little odd but here's what happened.
I have a batch of never-ending mead going. Mary B read that redbud flowers are edible in salads and such. So we took some flowers and put them in a glass for a week with some of the raw mead and viola! It had a very nice slightly floral taste. Very summer tasting. So I decided a 3 gallon batch would be a good thing to try.
- A half gallon of petals
- Around 2 gallons of water
- 4 lbs of honey
- Yeast nutrient since there's no fruit for the yeast
- KV1116 yeas (as usual)
Mix it all up and it's bubbling in a day. Not sure how to get the petals immersed, tried a little stirring which didn't help. After a while I'll see if they get saturated and start churning with the rest of the mixture.
May 5 - It stopped bubbling pretty quickly, probably because of the high temps this early spring. Tasted it a few times to see what was going on, to see if the flower flavor increased. when it stopped increasing I racked. It has a very light floral taste and the flowers seem to have mellowed the raw mead flavor. Nice experiment so far.
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