I took readings and tastings from (almost) all of my meads. I now have a digital thermometer so I'm taking temperature reading of the musts too. Most seem to be in the low 80'sF and I'm not sure if that's going to be a problem or not.
Mead No. 1
Temp: 82.4F
Gravity: 0.993
There was a slight alcohol burn to the taste of it, but considering all the fruit in it, there was a surprising chocolatey taste. It has a seemingly dark brown color to it though it's probably more of a deep purple.
Mead No. 2
Temp: 82.6F
Gravity: 1.006
Quite sweet tasting. Very clear, golden color.
Mead No. 3
Temp: 82.6F
Gravity: 1.000
Dry, white wine taste with a hint of honey
Mead No. 4
Temp: 82.9F
Gravity: 0.992
Well that tastes god awful. My worst batch. This is the one I made with the dehydrated orange slices. Blech. I'll keep it and hopefully the long term aging will smooth out the taste and then I'll be able to back sweeten it.
Mead No. 5
Temp: 83.8F
Gravity: 0.994
I racked it to a secondary. I had been watching the water jug all week as it was well over 30 days from pitching the yeast and where this morning the balloon was still erect, suddenly tonight it deflated. I figured since I was in the middle of racking and measuring my meads I may as well rack it to a secondary.
It has a nice amber color, has a slight honey smell to it, and is surprisingly sweet though not overpoweringly.
Mead No. 6
Temp: 82.9F
Gravity: 0.995
Reddish pink in color (bright!) and there is only a slight raspberry taste. That's surprising because last week it had a very pleasant raspberry taste to it. I racked it off the fruit into a tertiary carboy.
Mead No. 7
Temp: 82.9F
Gravity: 1.110
Very sweet tasting and the must had a definite carbonation to it.
I forgot to take readings/tastings of Meads No. 8 and 9, so I may do them tomorrow.
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