1/3/25 - Started brew, initial gravity reading 1.094

Actually used 1.8lbs peaches though some of that might be syrup because they were added from cans.

That puts the potential ABV at ~12% which after sweetening would put it around ~10%, close to the 1.10 plan. Needed to increase the honey from the 2 1/4 lbs scaled down from the original recipe to 3lbs, initially with the lower honey amount I was sitting at a 1.048 or ~6%.

1/4/25 - Fermentation is very active, added 1/4 tsp of Fermaid-O nutrient, worried that it will bubble over so I’m glad I’ve set the carboy in a Rubbermaid bin.

1/5/25 - Added 1/4 tsp of fermaid-o, decided to try and stir it, absolutely should not have. The mixture foamed up and i lost maybe 1/4 cup of it in total.

1/6/25 - Added another 1/4 tsp of fermaid-o, just swirled it this time, i need to read up on degassing

1/7/25 - Added final nutrient addition, 1/4 tsp fermaid-o. Still haven’t read up on degassing.

1/9/25 - the sanitizing liquid in the airlock evaporated a bit so i put in more filtered water.

1/11/25 - fermentation has definitely slowed, only been fermenting a week so if the second attempt from the blackberry mead is anything to go off of it needs another 5 to 7 days.

After looking around more online I think I’m going to need to add more tanin in future batches, since the canned peaches don’t have skins, maybe just double the black tea.

1/15/25 - Racked the mead to another vessel and started stabilizing, ending gravity 0.996, which means as it stands right now the mead is at 12% ABV.

On tasting I didn’t really get much peach flavor, I’ve seen someone backsweeten their peach mead with Peach Nectar Jumex and I want to try that but I might boil out some of the water to try and get it down to a syrup.

1/18/25 - Backsweetened using 2.5 cups of honey and peach nectar, going to let it clear for another 2 days before bottling, Final ABV 11.12%

1/20/25 - Bottled the brew, and seperated out ~1 bottle with 1/2 stick of cinnamon, 6 Allspice berries, and 1/8 tsp of cardamom

1/21/25 - That was the best bottle I’ve made so far definitely need to make more like that.

2/23/25 - Just killed the spiced bottle and holy shit yes, amazing, maybe less sweet next time so the spices and the peach come through more.