Re: Testing & tasting

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 02:55:37 +0000 (UTC), rdadams@xxxxxxxxx (***
Adams) wrote:

KingOfThou...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Phil <doggl...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
KingOfThou...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi, when racking my mead from primary to secondary i have a few
questions.

First, Is it a good idea to take a SG reading while the "proto-mead"
is still in the primary?

Second, Can you taste the "Proto-mead" to get an idea of what is going
on flavor-wise? Maybe get some ideas of where you want your batch to
go in conjunction with other flavors and so on.

You should do a starting gravity reading and then just let it go.
There's no reason test do another gravity reading after this until the
batch is done.

Tasting a young mead will only result in the same response of, "Gee,
this tastes like rocket fuel."

Mead takes patience. If you don't have it, then you should be making
it.

making what, patience? How does one go about making some patience
- I would truly like to know...

That's a typo in my part. It should've read: "Mead takes patience.
If you don't have it, then you SHOULDN'T be making it."



For some, it comes naturally. For others, it takes years of practice.
For me, it means brewing more than I consume.

Mr Adams there seems to disagree with you, Sir.

Whoa! If there's a difference between what I wrote and what Phil
wrote, it is a difference in how we interpreted your question. Phil
and I have never been in disagreement (that I can recall).

Because of the yeast nutrient, I take three hydrometer reading - two
are the OG and the FG, the other is to ballpark when it is time to add
more yeast nutrient.

Phil's correct that you are likely to get a whiff and a taste of fusel
alcohol.

I don't do gravity readings until the batch is clear and ready to
bottle. If I did it each time I racked, I'd probably lose three to
four cups of mead with each batch. Since I generally don't bottle
until it's a year old, I do a reading when I first make the batch, and
a year later.


Phil
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