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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

A gallon of mead is always an option. I will have 2 soon. Hoping the second will be ready for Christmas but I don't think it will clear up in time. Might just have it hazy.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wow, you forgot to mention you use Arch, btw

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

She is, but I meant the other MTG

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I made mead ages ago and it was incredible. It didn't last very long though. The demijohns the mead was ageing in came with me across 4 house moves in 2 years.

I'd love to do it again if I ever have the space, but also, I only made that first batch of mead because I tutored a beekeepers son

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I started making mead when I was renting a single bedroom, doesn't require that much space really.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're right — I think it's more the frequent moving home that's holding me back. I just want stability

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You don't have to age it, mine are usually ready to drink a month or two from when I start making it.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's super interesting, because with mine, it definitely made a huge difference. It honestly tasted pretty bad before it had aged at all, and it didn't taste much better after 3 months. It was drinkable after a year, but still not great. After 2 years though, it was one of the nicest alcoholic beverages I've ever tasted.

I wonder what caused such significant differences between our experiences. Do you have a particular recipe you use? Not because I want to compare methods — I wouldn't be able to find whatever guide I followed. Rather, it sounds like whatever strategy you used gets drinkable mead far quicker than whatever I did

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

Perhaps we have different standards, after all I will happily drink a pint of scrumpy