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jlw

As background, my wife doesn't like beer. Can't stand the taste of any type of beer. Which has always worked out well for me since I have a built in DD.

Tuesday night I ordered a beer that I thought was a IPA but ended up being a Mead (I didn't read the description). I didn't discover the error until the server brought the mead. At that time my wife and I both thought the server brought a glass of white zin. It looked, smelled and even tasted like white zin. My wife took a sip and really liked it and now she wants me to make a mead.

I really don't know anything about them. I don't know if that a typical flavor profile? I've read through the mead section but thought I would ask here if anyone has a recipe that might fit that description?

Fuzzy

take a bottle of white zin, rip the label off and tape a honeycomb to it.

Fuzzy

or @frydogbrews could give you some real advice.

frydogbrews

FromZwolle said:
take a bottle of white zin, rip the label off and tape a honeycomb to it.

This way seems legit to me. But....

If you want to make mead taste like that you use that Wyeast sweet mead strain and also hard water. The rest is all in the honey you use....but the yeast and hard water will get you most of the way there.

CurlyFat

frydogbrews said:

FromZwolle said:
take a bottle of white zin, rip the label off and tape a honeycomb to it.

This way seems legit to me. But....

If you want to make mead taste like that you use that Wyeast sweet mead strain and also hard water. The rest is all in the honey you use....but the yeast and hard water will get you most of the way there.

Hard water makes good mead?!?! I need to make some mead!

frydogbrews

DrCurly said:

frydogbrews said:

FromZwolle said:
take a bottle of white zin, rip the label off and tape a honeycomb to it.

This way seems legit to me. But....

If you want to make mead taste like that you use that Wyeast sweet mead strain and also hard water. The rest is all in the honey you use....but the yeast and hard water will get you most of the way there.

Hard water makes good mead?!?! I need to make some mead!

I didn't say that.
I think it depends on if you think white zinfandel tastes good.

CurlyFat

frydogbrews said:

DrCurly said:

frydogbrews said:

FromZwolle said:
take a bottle of white zin, rip the label off and tape a honeycomb to it.

This way seems legit to me. But....

If you want to make mead taste like that you use that Wyeast sweet mead strain and also hard water. The rest is all in the honey you use....but the yeast and hard water will get you most of the way there.

Hard water makes good mead?!?! I need to make some mead!

I didn't say that.
I think it depends on if you think white zinfandel tastes good.

I've had one or two that I liked, and never had one that was undrinkable...

CurlyFat

Really, I should just make a doamn mead already.

Thym

DrCurly said:
Really, I should just make a doamn mead already.

do you have a lot of honey?

CurlyFat

Lakewood said:

DrCurly said:
Really, I should just make a doamn mead already.

do you have a lot of honey?

I can get it relatively inexpensively from some local sources.

Thym

DrCurly said:

Lakewood said:

DrCurly said:
Really, I should just make a doamn mead already.

do you have a lot of honey?

I can get it relatively inexpensively from some local sources.

then get your mead on.