Mead update: Lamfada (blackberry/blueberry/sweet corn/sage), aka the little mead that couldn’t wait. 5 full bottles, 4 small ones. Great purplish-red color, complex flavor. Not sure I could do this again if I tried.

MEAD UPDATE: 6 bottles of Chainbreaker (hibiscus/rosehip), hoping to salvage a 7th once the dregs settle again.

Lamfada (blackberry/blueberry) is in secondary after telling me it wanted to be MUCH different than I’d intended.

Starting on Imbas (hazelnut/oat chai).

Mead update: Raven’s Hope (cherry-cranberry) is bottled. Predicted 8 bottles on the dot.

Flavor is AGGRESSIVELY fruity. Hopefully aging smoothes the edges a bit; otherwise a little water works wonders.

Mead update: Scoundrel is all done, 7 bottles. Smoky, tannic, hint of vanilla.

I’m, uh, running out of bottles. 🤣🤣

5 bottles of the pomegranate-blood orange mead, and probably another half-bottle once the dregs settle out. Gonna call this a success.

Late-night taste-test led to emergency midnight bottling of the first batch of Newton’s Mead. May have left the vanilla and cinnamon in a *tad* too long, but it’s still tasty.

Oh. That *might* be a little bit more sediment than I’d expected. 🤣🤣

At this rate I’m going to lose a whole bottle’s worth.