Cherry Wine
I am thinking of making a cherry melomel this year, but it has been a very
long time since I have done so and I don't remember the best type of cherries to buy and when they are in season. Also, I really don't know the best honey to buy for this purpose. Can anybody set me on the right track? Thanks! -- Thomas T. Veldhouse Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1 |
Cherry Wine
Ken Schramm has a whole chapter on cherry melomels in the Compleat
Meadmaker. IIRC he prefers sour cherry varieites...and there is a recipe for Oblacinska cherry melomel in it. I make mine with cherries off of my grandma's Morello cherry tree spiked with some dried Bings and fresh raniers Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > I am thinking of making a cherry melomel this year, but it has been a very > long time since I have done so and I don't remember the best type of cherries > to buy and when they are in season. Also, I really don't know the best honey > to buy for this purpose. Can anybody set me on the right track? > > Thanks! > > -- > Thomas T. Veldhouse > Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1 |
Cherry Wine
As you are interested in a melomel you might post on the sister group:
rec.crafts.meadmaking Supposedly, sour cherries are best if you can get them. Living in south Texas cherries are not readily available but for about 2 weeks a year sweet eating cherries drop down to about a $100 a pound. I have made several batches of cherry wine (6-8 lbs per gallon) with these and they came out great. They blend very nicely with a robust red grape wine. But when making melomels I generally cut the fruit at least in half and sometimes down to 20% of the fruit I would use in regular wine so the fruit does not completely overpower the honey. I would not use a real mild honey. Probably something with a little bite so it can compete with the cherries, but nothing too dark. You do not want a caramel taste. Droopy's recommendation is a good one. Pick up a copy of Ken Schramm's book. I like it because he give an excellent discussion of the character and advantages of many different kinds of honey and he really covers methodology rather than recipes. Ray "Droopy" > wrote in message ups.com... > Ken Schramm has a whole chapter on cherry melomels in the Compleat > Meadmaker. > > IIRC he prefers sour cherry varieites...and there is a recipe for > Oblacinska cherry melomel in it. > > I make mine with cherries off of my grandma's Morello cherry tree > spiked with some dried Bings and fresh raniers > > > Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: >> I am thinking of making a cherry melomel this year, but it has been a >> very >> long time since I have done so and I don't remember the best type of >> cherries >> to buy and when they are in season. Also, I really don't know the best >> honey >> to buy for this purpose. Can anybody set me on the right track? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> Thomas T. Veldhouse >> Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1 > |
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