Lime mead

[MNHazmat]

I'm considering doing a lime mead. A few questions:

Zest, juice or both? How much?

Does the acid from the juice come into play and hurt attenuation?

[Ozwald]

Can't say I've tried this, but I have done a couple beers with lime zest. You need way more than you think you do. It's been a few years, so I don't recall how many but I spent a decent amount of time zesting those little suckers. The best one was a spin off idea from a beer that was pouring at a local brewery. Saison-ish base, lime zest & grains of paradise.

For a mead, my first guess would be to use both zest & a little bit of juice, but that's nothing more than a guess. It sounds like an interesting brew & I'd love to hear more about it. My only other thought is you'd probably want to dry it out as much as possible.

[barls]

did a manderine one the at was 50g of zest and 250ml of juice in 5L of mead.

[EL TIZZO]

this sounds delicious!...please keep us updated

I would guess use both and you could probably use an extract at bottling/kegging if it didn't turn out limey enough

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the saison sounds awesome too

I might try this myself

[BDawg]

I bet Orange Blossom Honey would make a nice base honey for this melomel.
Thoughts?

[MNHazmat]

I mixed it up today. 17lbs of costco honey with water to 5G. Zest of 4 limes and 2 meyer lemons. Squeezed out the lemons and limes and then added an additional 2 cups of pure organic lime juice. Using the 71B yeast. OG was 1.127. Smells amazing!

[Ozwald]

I think you may have went a bit light on the zest, did you happen to weigh it by chance? If it does turn out amazing (like it probably will), I will require no less than 3 bottles to admit it.

Can't wait to hear the final report after she's ready.

[MNHazmat]

Didn't weigh it, but once fermentation is complete I'll sample and add more to replace those aromatics that were driven off during the ferment. At least that's the plan for now