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Uses for stalled mead? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/homebrewing@sopuli.xyz
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Got a few demijohns of mead that stalled, it's like cola for sweetness and if mixed with rum its pretty nice but otherwise it is probably like 3-4%.

What else could I use it for? I think if I drank it all I would get diabetes before I got drunk.

Some things I have tried so far: splash some in a frying pan while frying onions, along with some soy sauce. Soak sultanas in the mead and use them in a steamed syrup pudding.

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[–] [S] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Tried and didn't get far. I do wonder what type of sugars it has, it was the cheapest Lidl honey I could get. So not sure on the quality of the honey. Also used quite a lot of it. IIRC the previous batch that fermented dry in a couple of weeks or so was targeting 7.5% and this was 15%. So that is also a likely reason for it.

Want to try an apple mead again, but sweeten it a little after it's finished. Maybe berry meads too. Seems to ferment a lot easier which is also a benefit.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    the cheapest Lidl honey

    Yeah, that was probably high fructose corn syrup....

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Could be, or at least blended with it. The previous batch at a lower target ABV did work with the same Lidl own brand of honey but each batch they sell could be different too, or HFCS still ferments up to a point.

    Either way its a lesson for next brew, just a matter of what to do with all I have left.

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