โฒ 73 โผ Gatormead ๐ (lemmy.ca) submitted 1 year ago by Bonsoir@lemmy.ca to c/homebrewing@sopuli.xyz 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments An other mead aberration, for science!
[โ] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (5 children) This looks either tasty or abhorrent. What's the recipe? permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [โ] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca [S] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children) Bought some gatorade powder you can see in the photo. The recommended serving is 4 tablespoons for 750 mL of gatorade. I used around half of that, which is 10 spoons for 4 L (orange) and 10 spoons for 3 L (blue). ChatGPT recommended a quarter, but I was afraid it wouldn't taste anything. I'm also pretty confident he never tried it anyway, so who cares about the computer's opinion. Then it's a standard 1 kg of honey each and EC-1118 yeast with some nutrient for the road (I realize now that I might have put way too much of it, but I think they'll manage). Both were extremely sweet before the fermentation. I have doubts about the blue one, but high hopes for the orange one (this is no political statement btw). I actually have no idea how it will come out, but right now they're both bubbling nicely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (3 children) I'll be curious how it turns out. I've never made mead, so I'm intrigued. Have you looked into "skeeter pee" recipe? I've got ~22L of that fermenting currently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca [S] 5 points 1 year ago Never heard of it, but it sounds fun. I like mead because you can turn pretty much any drink into alcohol with it and the only specialized ingredient you need is yeast and sometimes nutrients. Everything else can be found at the grocery store. Turned some sodas (mountain dew being a classic, but also root beer), and fruit juices into mead, with mostly good results. Whereas ciders and wine requires the right kind of fruits, and I'm sure I'll never do better than what is already on the market. The future is in weird drinks. But lemonade wine seems nice, maybe I'll try it next. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Actually, due to recent events I opened some orange bottles I had left and I was surprised with how the taste changed. I couldn't discern the gatorade anymore. It is good, maybe better in some way, but I have a really hard time describing it. I really need to be more patient with what I brew. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago As long as you enjoy it, ain't nothing wrong with rushing it. :) It sounds intriguing. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca [S] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children) Bought some gatorade powder you can see in the photo. The recommended serving is 4 tablespoons for 750 mL of gatorade. I used around half of that, which is 10 spoons for 4 L (orange) and 10 spoons for 3 L (blue). ChatGPT recommended a quarter, but I was afraid it wouldn't taste anything. I'm also pretty confident he never tried it anyway, so who cares about the computer's opinion. Then it's a standard 1 kg of honey each and EC-1118 yeast with some nutrient for the road (I realize now that I might have put way too much of it, but I think they'll manage). Both were extremely sweet before the fermentation. I have doubts about the blue one, but high hopes for the orange one (this is no political statement btw). I actually have no idea how it will come out, but right now they're both bubbling nicely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (3 children) I'll be curious how it turns out. I've never made mead, so I'm intrigued. Have you looked into "skeeter pee" recipe? I've got ~22L of that fermenting currently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca [S] 5 points 1 year ago Never heard of it, but it sounds fun. I like mead because you can turn pretty much any drink into alcohol with it and the only specialized ingredient you need is yeast and sometimes nutrients. Everything else can be found at the grocery store. Turned some sodas (mountain dew being a classic, but also root beer), and fruit juices into mead, with mostly good results. Whereas ciders and wine requires the right kind of fruits, and I'm sure I'll never do better than what is already on the market. The future is in weird drinks. But lemonade wine seems nice, maybe I'll try it next. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Actually, due to recent events I opened some orange bottles I had left and I was surprised with how the taste changed. I couldn't discern the gatorade anymore. It is good, maybe better in some way, but I have a really hard time describing it. I really need to be more patient with what I brew. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago As long as you enjoy it, ain't nothing wrong with rushing it. :) It sounds intriguing. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (3 children) I'll be curious how it turns out. I've never made mead, so I'm intrigued. Have you looked into "skeeter pee" recipe? I've got ~22L of that fermenting currently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca [S] 5 points 1 year ago Never heard of it, but it sounds fun. I like mead because you can turn pretty much any drink into alcohol with it and the only specialized ingredient you need is yeast and sometimes nutrients. Everything else can be found at the grocery store. Turned some sodas (mountain dew being a classic, but also root beer), and fruit juices into mead, with mostly good results. Whereas ciders and wine requires the right kind of fruits, and I'm sure I'll never do better than what is already on the market. The future is in weird drinks. But lemonade wine seems nice, maybe I'll try it next. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Actually, due to recent events I opened some orange bottles I had left and I was surprised with how the taste changed. I couldn't discern the gatorade anymore. It is good, maybe better in some way, but I have a really hard time describing it. I really need to be more patient with what I brew. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago As long as you enjoy it, ain't nothing wrong with rushing it. :) It sounds intriguing. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca [S] 5 points 1 year ago Never heard of it, but it sounds fun. I like mead because you can turn pretty much any drink into alcohol with it and the only specialized ingredient you need is yeast and sometimes nutrients. Everything else can be found at the grocery store. Turned some sodas (mountain dew being a classic, but also root beer), and fruit juices into mead, with mostly good results. Whereas ciders and wine requires the right kind of fruits, and I'm sure I'll never do better than what is already on the market. The future is in weird drinks. But lemonade wine seems nice, maybe I'll try it next. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Actually, due to recent events I opened some orange bottles I had left and I was surprised with how the taste changed. I couldn't discern the gatorade anymore. It is good, maybe better in some way, but I have a really hard time describing it. I really need to be more patient with what I brew. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago As long as you enjoy it, ain't nothing wrong with rushing it. :) It sounds intriguing. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Mnem667@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago As long as you enjoy it, ain't nothing wrong with rushing it. :) It sounds intriguing. permalink fedilink source parent