Drinking mead

[Silver Pie]

Meili, how did your root beer turn out? I really wish we had made the time to drink some when you were down here with it.

[Rose Garden]

Meili, how did your root beer turn out? I really wish we had made the time to drink some when you were down here with it.

It never got bubbly at all. It was a total flop. I dumped it out because it just turned sour. Now I've got water kefir so I've got some new root beer fermenting. It's already a little bubbly after one day so I think it'll work this time. Hallelujah! My root beer habit can now be satisfied!

[Rose Garden]

Honey, water and yeast seem pretty harmless to me.

I just tasted my mead a few minutes ago. It has the bite of homemade soda. Since I've never made it before, I can't tell you how long it will go before it is actually alcohol. I will probably drink most of it before it has a chance to have enough alcohol in it to be considered actual alcohol. I'll be letting some of it continue to ferment out of curiosity.

It is too sweet. Next time, I'll measure the sugar and adjust here and there. Who knew that mead would make a good soda?

I wonder if I would like it as a soda. I didn't like it as an alcoholic drink.

[Silver Pie]

Too sad it didn't work out. I'm glad the latest batch is working.
The mead just tastes like mild honey. You might like it. I expect that I would hate fully fermented mead as much as I've hated beer. Nasty stuff! No wonder they have flavored beers and ales. Now, the sodas that have "beer" or "ale" in their names are not nasty - and I understand the fermented versions have good stuff for the body in them.

[Rose Garden]

I can't remember for sure but I think I disliked the mead even more than beer. I just remember thinking that I never wanted any ever again. Of course, different meads will have different flavors so I probably shouldn't be too hasty.

I think I might like the soda if it tastes like mild honey. I'm not sure. I love honey on things and in things but not usually by itself because of the strong flavor. I'll have to try it sometime.

[Silver Pie]

Okay, I confess, the mead soda was so good, there's none left (I only made a quart).

I'll have to try the root beer recipe that was posted above after I can get the ingredients.



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[Rose Garden]

My first day's batch of root beer has also been consumed. It was also only one quart. I've repented and started making half a gallon per day. I want some for my kids which means I somehow need to produce more than I take in...

[butterfly]

My husband and I had a similar question when he made tepache, a traditional Mexican drink made with pineapple, brown sugar, and cinnamon.

If you drink it early in the fermentation process, like 1-2 days into it, there is little to no alcohol. The pineapple rinds, which you include with the fermentation, already have the necessary yeast so yeast does not have to be added.

If you let it ferment for too long, you'll get vinegar, which is basically the same way apple cider vinegar is made- I wonder if the health benefits of tepache or all these other fermented drinks that have been discussed, are available after 1 day of fermentation? Or do you need to wait for the drink to become vinegar to really get the benefits?

[Silver Pie]

I want some for my kids which means I somehow need to produce more than I take in...

:)) :))

[Silver Pie]

Butterfly, the directions for water kefir (fermented water) say to ferment it 24-48 hours, with some few people saying you could go as far as 3 days, so I would say that the benefits would be available after one day. Kombucha takes longer, but it is a different kind of thing than regular fermentation.