Good afternoon constant readers-- remember back in October (you can check the archive) when we tested the specific gravity of the meade? You may recall that Petey & Rollo were not happy; so the big jug sat some more months and then I washed the recycled wine bottles, soaked off their tacky labels... and they sat in the middle of the kitchen floor. And then three more weeks went by and FINALLY today, Petey brought home a bag of corks and his Portuguese Corking machine. (of which he is very fond--and what we had great fun making silly names for, such as the porch o cheese monkeys machine etc) We attempted the wine thief method of transference but as we ended up with 16 bottles; I am pleased we ended up siphoning from the carboy (sp?) to fill them all. We did manage to get sticky honey wine all over our hands, drench three dish towels and the rug before we finished. Competent wine bottlers that we are. I am thinking that job would have been MUCH more fun had there not been two 11 year olds playing Sid Meier's Pirates in the next room.
This batch is very sweet and gingery. A little cloudy but we are pleased. Lovely all in all.
