Bramble melomel

[Woodland bees]

Does anyone have a simple bramble melomel recipe? I've made a fair bit of blackberry/bramble wine over the years and I'm planning on just swapping the sugar for honey. Will this work or is there anything special I need to do when making fruity honey wines?

 

[Rooster007]

Sorry, I've actually never heard of this before but it sounds different. If you need an experienced (broadly speaking) wine taster, then I'd be willing to help.

 

[Anduril]

4lb Blackberries
4lb Honey
3 tsp Citric acid
1 tsp Yeast nutrient
Yeast Sherry or Champagne

Boil fruit in 1 gallon of water for 5 - 10 minutes. Mash then strain, add honey and stir until dissolved. When lukewarm pour into demi-john and add yeast and ferment as usual. If using Sherry yeast, after the first racking, have the demi-john 7/8 th full and place cotton-wool in an empty air-lock to allow some oxidation and prevent the vinegar fly.

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[Woodland bees]

Thank you for the recipe Anduril. Does the Sherry yeast make much difference?

Funnily enough, my first go at making mead has turned out a little sherry like and I used a special mead yeast. It's rather nice and much better than some commercial ones I've tried and has encouraged me to try some other honey based fermentations.

 

[Anduril]

It's a high alcohol yeast imparting its own flavour, which is used to those conditions. Many years ago you could get the sherry yeast in liquid form and I think the technique with that one was to add gypsum to get a sherry flor on the surface, but I have never tried it.