We opened up one of the bottle of Mead today.
For those who came in late.... this was brewed in April (4+ weeks), and then bottled in early May.
After 7 months, it has lost most of the turps flavour it had 3 months ago, and there is some very minor bubble action, which I'm putting towards the champagne yeast I used. I'm hoping this won't mean the remaining bottles will start exploding in the months ahead.
It definitely needs to go for the whole 12 months, as the vast improvement in the last 4 months has been outstanding.
Tastes not as sweet as I would like, smells sweet (like honey), and we actually put the rest of the bottle to keep cold as we believe it will be quite nice chilled on a hot day.
It feels like a very low-carbonated cider now (except with honey, not apple). Would like to try warmed up to see if you get a hint of the spices.
Starting to plan a small 5Lt batch of Braggot....
Life is like a box of chocolates.... sometimes you get a hard one!