Joe Mattioli's Ancient Orange and spice Mead recipe

[Her Lushness]

What the heck is a 'sub-heroic' treatment?

I have visions of a weedy little man wearing his Y- fronts over his trousers, his string vest revealing not a six pack but a bony rib cage. He is cowering behind a chair whilst dealing out the treatment at arms length and shaking in his tweed slippers.

Am I right?

...erm, just what were you drinking last night?????

[lockwood1956]

Never heard of it...

Whats Delestage ?
and how do you pronounce it

deli - stage or d - lest - age ?

day-les-tarj



caps of skins removed, placed in another fermenter and juice racked onto them, leaving seeds behind (is how I do it)

makwes a softer, earlier drinking wine.

[lockwood1956]

...erm, just what were you drinking last night?????

my money is on Ribena wine

(happy hangover Jan)

[Mamgiowl]

Nah - yummy mead

[alan66]

Both mine started at 1080, ended at 0990 which gives them an ABV of 12.2%

They're both still clearing (this is after 5 months) but I'll back sweeten them before I bottle them, probably to about 1015.

I'm still hoping they may be ready for Xmas or New Year as I began them in May, but I'm not holding my breath.

Many thanks Her Lushness

[Her Lushness]

yes

leave em be!


step AWAY from the DJ

I just went to the cupboard where they are stashed, and touched one as if to lift it out... and then I heard a ghostly voice echoing in my head....

"STEP AWAY FROM THE DJ" it said.... so I did....

Aren't I a good girl?

[lockwood1956]

[spritzer]

What the heck is a 'sub-heroic' treatment?

I have visions of a weedy little man wearing his Y- fronts over his trousers, his string vest revealing not a six pack but a bony rib cage. He is cowering behind a chair whilst dealing out the treatment at arms length and shaking in his tweed slippers.
Am I right?

I feel sick now

I think we need some sort of early warning system for such posts

[Mamgiowl]

It's all right for you, Spritzer - you only had to read about it. I had the vision and it wasn't nice

[goldseal]

I would see a doctor if I were you

[spritzer]

It's all right for you, Spritzer - you only had to read about it. I had the vision and it wasn't nice

No Mamgi... I had "the vision" too after reading it

Just think happy thoughts Mamgi...
Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, William Baldwin, and my very favourite Vernon Kay before he got that silly haircut

Sorry

[Her Lushness]

I wish I'd read this before I went to bed and had weird dreams about men in slippers and string vests...

Now all I can see is Johnny Depp in slippers and a string vest....

[Darren]

Right got the mead going on Saturday but not a quick ferment not as active as i would of thought used a D47 yeast as i would like it to be a little bit dry then again none of my wines recently have been very active i think that its due to the cold weather. Just topped it up today no pics can't get the bloody camera to work darn digital things you need a degree to work some of them. will try again later and have put in storage will keep a check on it .

[magicaardvark]

On Its Way

I started some mead at the weekend. It's bubbling away nicely. I opted for wine yeast in the end, since my preference is for a drier wine. I'll see how it goes, and sweeten if necessary at the end of the process. I still need to get some pics up. I'm free this weekend so I'll try and pull off an arty shot of my DJs

Mike.

[magicaardvark]

As arty as I can make DJs

Mead looking good, fermenting like the clappers.



Garden grown grape wine in the background, clearing nicely.

M.