Blueberry on sale! Time for blueberry melomel with wildflower honey.
Posted Jan 19, 2020, 4:28 PM UTC
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Well...time to hit Aldi’s...
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IME, cultivated blueberries don't have enough flavor for a really fruit-forward mead. I would recommend adding some frozen wild blueberries to the mix.
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Interesting, the only blueberry melomel I’ve made was more floral than fruit forward. I’ve seen frozen wild blueberries before, always assumed they were a gimmick or something
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No gimmick. Wyman's of Maine is the brand I buy. They are smaller and pack quite a bit more flavor than the cultivated grocery store varieties, I think.
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In that case, I probably will add frozen type into secondary. Pending taste results after racking.
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ALDI has blueberry sale for 1 pint = $1.50.
Thinking.... 12 pounds of blueberries, 17 pounds of honey. OG 1.12. D47 yeast. Should be about 14% abv and semi-sweet.
well...lesson learned. 1 pint doesn't equal to pound. 12 pints = 8 pounds of blueberries.