I can announce that after four months of aging in the cellar the mead I brewed last autumn is becoming drinkable.
Around Christmas it was way too unripe to be of any pleasure, but now the improvements are evident. I remember reading that mead takes at least six months of aging to turn smooth and good and rich, in any case.
What's your mead recipe then?
RispondiEliminaA short description of how I made it is here: http://secondversion.blogspot.com/2009/09/project-mead.html
RispondiEliminaMore deatailed explantions (in Italian) here: http://www.maxbeer.org/ita/idromele.htm
Then there is a forum of black metallers from the south with many stories about homemade mead. But Maxbeer seems the most professional.
Thank you. Too bad I don't have a place to age it, or I'd try myself at that.
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