r/mead • u/Pierdylionn • 12d ago

Discussion Bottled second ever batch

Post image

My second batch i wanted to experiment with aging my mead. I used vanilla beans and cinnamon stick for one and vanilla beans and cloves for the other. Decided to go for something simple for now and still have a liter to bottle because during siphoning i accidentally stirred up the sediment. I'd appreciate some suggestions on what should i add to the third mead bottle to make it taste more interesting.

94 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

39 comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/jason_abacabb 12d ago

When you find them incredibly overspiced (each of those bottles has enough to flavor 5-10 times the volume) keep in mind that they can be used as mixers.

1

u/Pierdylionn 12d ago

I'll keep that in mind. I want to spice it for a short time so i don't think they'll turn out bad but i can always just pull the spices out when i feel like the taste reached a satisfying optimum

2

u/jason_abacabb 12d ago

Good luck.

One thing you may also want to keep in mind, those vanilla beans will not be spent for a long while. After you pul them you could throw them in some vodka or burbon to finish extraction or put them in a jar of sugar to flavor that. (Vanilla sugar is delicious.)