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To: Nepeta
I made the Cranberry Mead in November 2011 using 1 gallon (12 Lbs) of honey and 4 gallons of spring water, about 12 lbs of fresh cranberries (frozen then lightly crushed) then used a wine yeast for the fermentation. This is a photo of it after it stopped fermenting.

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This is the first glass I poured after a month or two of aging.

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I bottled the mead after six months and let it age a further six months in the bottles. I bottled it using a carbonation sugar so it would be a sparkling wine.

My oh my! The mead pours like a champagne - lots of quick disappearing bubbles and then the typical bubbles rising until it is gone from the glass.

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It is quite tasty! It is like a fine wine!

89 posted on 12/07/2012 7:08:18 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Pour yourself another glass, Red...see post #87.


92 posted on 12/07/2012 7:12:37 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Nutritious, too, I suspect. :)


132 posted on 12/08/2012 8:07:08 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Red_Devil 232

I don’t partake but that sure does look purdy.


157 posted on 12/08/2012 7:05:41 PM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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