"Sneaky"

Just popped the cork on a bottle of "Sneaky Mead".  Bottled this up back in 09.  It got the name because when I gave a friend a couple bottles, she asked me what it was like (never having had mead) and the only accurate descriptor I could come up with was "Sneaky". 

I am very happy with the way this mead has aged, the oak flavor mellowed out quite nicely.  Good subtle clover honey flavor with a hint of oak, semi dry and big legs.  Better look over your shoulder, because a bottle is all it takes to sneak up on you.

It puts the wort in the carboy or else....

Busy week!

Very happy I got to get some work done this week!  A few days ago I started off a "Rose Mead" using a combination of organic rose petals and southern wild honey.

And just today Pops and I started a Braggot.  That is a cross between a beer and a mead, using both malt grains and honey for the fermenting base.  I used a wild flower honey that is native to the Houston Texas area that I picked up on my travels.  It has a very strong flavor to it that I think will compliment the malt and hopps well.

And this is a batch of Brochet I started on nearly 2 months ago.  It is made buy burning the honey and is very strong in a flavor resembling something like roasted marshmallows.

Just got her cranked up today, y'all bare with me while I get some posts and pics up over the next few days.