#metheglin

Flower Moon Mead

For the May Full Moon (called the Flower Moon by some) I decided to make a flower based mead. My goal is to make a Rose Mead, also known as a rhodomel. But having had rose soda before, and finding it particularly vile, I decided it would be a good idea to do something to keep it from being quite so unpleasantly floral.

My pottery teacher had a ton of oregano that had gone to flower and offered it up to me to use in my potions and so I have used half of what she gave me to make an oregano flower tea. It's not nearly as strong flavor-wise as a full on oregano leaf tea. And if you get enough honey in there it's actually quite pleasant. A bit medicinal feeling, but not in a gross way. It would be fabulous in the winter, all hot and sweet.

Anyway, I fixed the tea up and ran into a slight delay in the acquisition of rose petals. It's been very windy here and they petals have been stripped off my BFF's rose bushes. So the roses will go in after fermentation is done. Which, honestly, I think is for the best.

Meanwhile:

Rose & Oregano Flower Metheglin

1400ml flower tea (3.5oz oregano flowers & buds) 500ml water 1 lb honey 1/2 packet k1-v1116 yeast 1tsp fermaid o (staggered) (tbd) oz of dried rose petals

2024-05-21 prepared oregano flower tea: steeped tea for 20 minutes, strained into 2 quart mason jars, each with 800ml fluid, this will be the liquid base for the rhodomel

2024-05-26 Mixed tea 1400ml, water 500ml, 1lb honey, 1/4tsp fermaid o, & 1/2 packet k1-v1116 yeast. Put under airlock in half gallon jar, not sure if it's forming tight enough seal but whatever. it did start fermenting though, foam and krausen formed.

2024-05-27 performed minor surgery (used plumbers tape around the threads of the jar) to make the lid create an airtight seal, airlock now shows positive pressure.

And now it's fermenting merrily along: