Blackberry Melomel (Fruit Mead)

Total timeline: 215 days (35 fermentation + 180 aging)

  1. Day 0

    Mix must

    Dissolve honey in warm water; cool to 70°F.

  2. Day 0

    Add fruit

    Place blackberries in straining bag in primary.

  3. Day 0

    Pitch yeast

    Add nutrient, pectic enzyme, yeast. Aerate well.

  4. Day 0-10

    Primary on fruit

    Punch fruit cap daily; ferment 7-10 days.

  5. Day 10

    Press + rack

    Squeeze fruit bag gently; rack to secondary.

  6. Day 10-35

    Secondary

    Continue ferment to dryness (3-4 weeks).

  7. Day 35-180

    Bulk age

    Rack off lees; age 2-6 months.

  8. Day 180

    Bottle

    Bottle and rest 60+ days. Improves over a year.