What’s a Party Without Potion?

If you read my previous post about the latest homebrew batch of mead, you’ll remember that it was called Alchemist’s Gold so that it could be drank at a medieval themed bachelor party. We had a lot of mead in the bucket. Enough, in fact, to make 22 bottles. That’s a case and a half for the bacholor party and 6 for me to take to events or drink at home.

We did a little product photoshoot at home to show the final product in detail.

I’m very proud of how these photos turned out.

Patience is a Virtue (that I do not possess)

In my previous post, I mentioned that the yeast that I used (EC-1118) could theoretically achieve very robust fermentation at high ABV. I also mentioned that it wasn’t 100% clear that the stabilizers I added were working since there was still additional gas in the airlock. Pasteurization could have possibly helped at the risk of changing up the flavor profile.

I bottled it up anyways.

If there was continued fermentation, then I’ve just gifted Sam a case full of exploding bottles. On the other hand, if the stabilizers worked, then no problem, and the residual sugars left in the mead would taste pretty good.

Thankfully, nothing exploded in transit to the West Coast and the bottles arrived safely for their last adventure.

My Cup Runneth Over

From what I heard, the mead was well received… very well received. The bachelor enjoyed the mead and it looks like they made some new friends too.

Truly a bachelor party fit for royalty.

Did I mention they had hatchets? Nobody was harmed during this process, which is pretty impressive when you consider bachelor parties’ normal track records

I think I can consider myself pretty fortunate that my friends appreciate my unusual hobbies.