The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[Nova]

I'm a homebrewer. Not just any homebrew, either. I brew meads. For those of you who aren't familiar with meads, they're a honey wine. Think wine, but use honey instead of grapes. Because of the different chemistry, it takes a good 12-18 months to brew a batch of mead, and even then, they only get better with age. A good 10-year old homebrewed mead is fantastic! I've made blackberry, blueberry, pinapple, vanilla meads and even a honeysuckle wine.

I started a couple gallons last fall, before I had decided to do MF. This weekend, one of my batches was due to be bottled. Unfortunately, there's no way to tell if a batch is worth bottling, or if it's done fermenting, except by tasting. There's no point in bottling it up if it skunked in the fermenter.

The batch I was doing today was a cinnamon sack mead, very spicy and moderately sweet. My favorite kind. I had the barest hint of a taste to see if it was ready to bottle and I was just about in heaven. Definitely one of my best batches to date. After I got the batch bottled, I was left with a half cup from the siphoning, and it smells just incredible. This stuff doesn't even need a 6 month cellaring to be drinkable now. I kept sticking my nose in the cup and inhaling, then I'd put the barest taste on my tongue. Oh my goodness, it's so delicious. Finally, I was able to put it aside before I drank the whole darn thing, and I immediately grabbed a bag of soy chips as a legal snack. Thank goodness those soy chips are so yummy.

*sigh* I'm gonna have to find a nice, dark, hidden, safe place for the bottles for the next few months. Emphasis on the hidden. I may even have my hubby hide them. I now know what my celebration's going to be when I reach my goal. MEAD! (in moderation)

The peril is when you make something that's just too good, and you know it's not out there anywhere else. I survived with just 4 tiny tastes, and now I have even more motivation to stick to MF. So I can drink my mead sooner!

[falisamarie]

Yeah it sounds really good and if I were you I would have to have hubby hide them!

Lisa

[guest]

I am a chef and I understand what it is like to have to taste your product. Is is great to be able to make something so amazing that sometimes you can't resist it? Yes it is, and you did well. My response is dopey,but I have been working all night...

[Tiolazz]

oooohhhhh, that sounds so good, when I reach goal will you send me some too????

I would love to taste it.

Terri

[Nova]

How about I bring some to a Texas MF get together in another year? I don't drink much, so I always make more than I'll ever drink, so that means I'm always looking for ways to get rid of it. Made my friends in Virginia very happy, but I haven't found a lot of homebrewing enthusiast friends here yet.

I brewed up a cherry mead today, and oh my goodness. It was so hard to cut up the cherries without licking my fingers or popping a few cherries in my mouth. They're my favorite fruit. I have a half pound left over in my frig, and every time I open it, I think I'll just have one or two. They're healthy. No! No! Danger!

They're going to work tomorrow to give to coworkers.

[DogMa]

Oh, we should SO have a maintenance get-together later on!!

[lifelovinaries]

Hmmmm...I've never heard of mead before but this sounds like a trip to the texas get together for me!! Sounds YUMMY!

[sidrah]

You said it:

MORE MOTIVATION

Good job

[Dayna]

Man oh man oh man, does that sound good. Hubby has brewed beer before (stinky! And I don't like beer ), and we've talked about trying wine or mead sometime. Let me know about that Texas get-together in a year or so; I may just have to make the trek out from Oregon to try some of that delectable stuff!