the vanilla sticks i would make a slice cut on one side and scrape the contents out , this way they give the most flavour,, my two cents ,, good work keep on.
@HurtHomestead2 ай бұрын
I like that idea
@gthippie2 ай бұрын
Algorithm served this up for me, few notes if you're interested; Bleach is a fine sanitizer is small quantities, you can get test strips from restaurant supply places. Half the restaurants I've worked in use it to sanitize dishes etc. If you want to keep that lime flavor more pronounced, consider back sweetening after fermentation with a lime syrup, just make sure to use something to kill off the yeast so it doesn't cause a second ferment. May also want to rack the mead off the yeast/graham before initial ferment is done to keep off flavors from the dead yeast cake at the bottom. Love the im'a do what I want outlook on mead making, never gonna get something new/innovative if ya don't try!
@jonathangauthier35492 ай бұрын
❤ I concur! I'll also add that 1 or 2 tbsp of lime zest (added to the syrup mentioned above) would have add an extra depth of flavour. After all, that's how many cooks add flavour to their citrus pies. The oils in the zest will be broken down by the alcohol and add all the floral and herbaceous notes that are missing. As a boy of the Northeast, I have fond memories of lemon meringue pie - key lime's more sour and yellow cousin. Maybe you could give these suggestions a try in a lemon meringue variant of this experiment. I completely agree that bleach is a perfectly harmless disinfectant, as long people use common sense when using it. After all, 16 drops per gallon is perfectly safe for human consumption and is a very cheap and easy way to disinfect water to make it potable. Another suggestion, if you have some of sort of straw-like tube, you could use it like a pipette for your taste tests, by partially submerging it, then capping off the other end with the tip of your finger to create a small vacuum. That'll keep the germophobes from whining. It's your choice what you do though, and keep up the good work👍👍👍
@HurtHomestead2 ай бұрын
@@jonathangauthier3549 love the advice thank you so much! I’ll definitely being trying again in a future video
@HurtHomestead2 ай бұрын
@@gthippie thank you!
@pizekel2 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot, now I have ANOTHER delicious project to do, curses!
@HurtHomestead2 ай бұрын
@@pizekel here for the KZbin community
@NoahKainWhittington2 ай бұрын
Great recipe! Quick tip though, take some lime zest and add it to the recipe. It will make the lime flavor much better. Lime juice just seems a little weak for flavor but works well for acidity.
@Venikkk2 ай бұрын
Man, i'd love to try it! Actually never had real mead... but im in a mood of making a bunch of alchooholic stuff because of my mom, so i'd love to give it a try! Another thing that could help you in the long run is putting a amazon afilliate link, i dont even know what to buy in order to make mead. And you will recieve a comission from every purchase we made
@HurtHomestead2 ай бұрын
@@Venikkk interesting I’m gonna look into that thank you! Just put my application up for it
@Longsleevetanktop2 ай бұрын
My grampa died from bleach laced mead. Caused him to drive off a bridge doing 150mph.
@roweinnovation2 ай бұрын
New subscriber.
@HurtHomestead2 ай бұрын
@@roweinnovation thank you haha New KZbinr
@ducksound80232 ай бұрын
Even touching the outside of a bottle of bleach could be fatal.
@HurtHomestead2 ай бұрын
@@ducksound8023 do you know the spray of 50% water and bleach solution over chicken at the grocery store? Your food is poisoning
@aristotle292 ай бұрын
@@HurtHomestead No they don't. I worked at a grocery store's meat department. Being fired is the least that will happen to you if you did that.
@HurtHomestead2 ай бұрын
@@aristotle29 sorry I was wrong they use chlorine after more research. But the yeast wouldn’t be able to live and ferment if it was bad for us
@Venikkk2 ай бұрын
@@HurtHomestead you got solid point
@namfle49222 ай бұрын
@@HurtHomestead no they dont
@kylehayes64322 ай бұрын
Please take care of yourself man. Is saving a little money worth risking your life?
@HurtHomestead2 ай бұрын
Trust me, if you rinse twice you got nothing to worry about, if the yeast lives I will too. But thank you for your worries and when my channel grows I’ll be using different cleaners