/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>5957014
I just cracked open a batch of 2 year old home brewed mead. Queen Anne's Lace mead. Well, 2 years on the 19th anyway. I'm taste testing to see if this is a failure brew or genius brew. If it passes I'll bottle it in the coming week or so. I've been refraining from even looking at it for all this time, letting the carboy collect dust.

This is made from Honeydew Honey imported from New Zealand and Queen Anne's Lace flowers (Daucus carota).

I've been letting the mead decant while I've been typing and trying to find the original recipe (HDD failure probably took it to the grave.) I'll have to leave the carboy sit where it is for a week before racking into bottles to make sure nothing disturbed in the move end up in the bottles.

Odor: Sweet, slightly floral, strong Honeydew Honey, and strong alcohol.
Color: See images and it is crystal clear; no gas bubbles clinging to the side of the glass either.
Taste: Smooth, warm, floral, sweet, slightly fruity, a bit of a caramel flavor, not much tannic mouthfeel.
Legs: None (oh, well)
Verdict: Success!

I can see getting drunk off this rather easily.