Another coffee solera mead, made alongside batch 205</span>. This one uses Stumptown cold-press instead of Chameleon brand, and contains less coffee (and, initially, honey) by volume. I'm calling it Man Without Conviction, riffing on the same joke from batch 205.

Ingredients in this batch

  • Approx. ¾ gallon fermented solera mead.
  • 24 fl. oz. Stumptown 2x cold-brew coffee concentrate.
  • 12 oz. wildflower honey from Georgia Honey Farm.
  • ½ vanilla bean, sliced vertically and dropped into the carboy on 2 August 2020.</span>

Procedure

Sanitized a one-gallon carboy. Poured coffee concentrate into the carboy, added twelve ounces of honey, and agitated to mix thoroughly. Pumped mead to fill the carboy to approx. 1 gallon. Popped in a stopper and airlock, then filled the airlock with vodka.

Secondary fermentation began: 30 June 2020.
Bottling date: 16 August 2020. (Thanks for bottling, Xenia!)

Yield:

  • 10 x 12 oz beer bottles
  • 1 x 187mL beer bottles

Total: Approx. 126 fl. oz., or just barely under a gallon.

</div>

Observations

  • 2020-07-08: There seems to be some slow carbox generation, since there are still bubbles on the top, and it's hard to believe they're still from agitating ten days ago. Still, I haven't seen the airlock leak a bubble yet.
  • 2020-08-06: Added half a vanilla bean to the carboy.
  • 2020-08-16: Xenia helpfully bottled while I was out of town.