explorermatt
New Member
Hi All, It's always fun to find other homebrewers. I've been making meads since 2019. During that time I've made 15 5gallon batches. Mostly melomels because I like those fruit flavors, tart cherry, mango, blueberry, peach, starfruit are some of the flavors I've tried. The only one I wasn't thrilled with was peach. It turned out way to sweet. The adventure continues.
I found this group when I Googled " how much Juniper Extract do I add per gallon to make Gin flavored mead?" You had a thread discussing that subject. I started what I was hoping to be a gin flavored mead mid-November. There's a juniper tree in my back yard the produces huge amounts of berries. One cup of fresh, crushed juniper berries per gallon in primary. When I racked it to secondary last week I sampled a small glass (of course). It's a nice tasting mead with just the tiniest (repeat tiniest) hint of juniper flavor. Not really the gin flavor I was looking for. This morning I received a bottle of juniper extract, thanks Amazon, with no clue of how much per gallon for a 5 gallon batch. Thank you for your discussion. I'm going to start with an ounce give it a swirl and let it sit for a couple of days then sample it. Then possibly repeat the process until it reaches the flavor I'm looking for. Then let it age in secondary. Ill' let you know. Cheers
I found this group when I Googled " how much Juniper Extract do I add per gallon to make Gin flavored mead?" You had a thread discussing that subject. I started what I was hoping to be a gin flavored mead mid-November. There's a juniper tree in my back yard the produces huge amounts of berries. One cup of fresh, crushed juniper berries per gallon in primary. When I racked it to secondary last week I sampled a small glass (of course). It's a nice tasting mead with just the tiniest (repeat tiniest) hint of juniper flavor. Not really the gin flavor I was looking for. This morning I received a bottle of juniper extract, thanks Amazon, with no clue of how much per gallon for a 5 gallon batch. Thank you for your discussion. I'm going to start with an ounce give it a swirl and let it sit for a couple of days then sample it. Then possibly repeat the process until it reaches the flavor I'm looking for. Then let it age in secondary. Ill' let you know. Cheers