hist-brewing: ageing mead

[Jean-Paul Blaquiere]

> On Dec 12, Richard Ayotte illuminated :

> .......Anyone out there got a clue as to how long iI should age my black 
> raspberry mead?...It took me way too long to pick the berries,with way too 
> many 'skeeter bites, to waste a bottle to see if it's ready!
> 
depends really on how much fruit you have in it.  .....
Plain meads (with no fruit) can be drunk at bottling time but they do
improve with age, 1-2 years.  100% fruit wines IMHO, should be left for at
least a year before drinking.  I have two batches of mulberry wine which
I'm waiting on.  Once i've opened one, I'll tell you!  :P


./jp
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