#3 - Grapefruit Mead (Paradisi)

Went ahead and made a mead tonight. This was a good one gallon one to try from a cost standpoint. The 3 lbs of honey I used cost almost $14. Compare that to some recipes that call for 15-20 lbs for 5 gallons. That would cost almost $1,000 (joking)!

Recipe formulated after reading Papazian's Home Brewer's Companion section towards the end on meads. As anyone else who's read it knows - apparently he likes them.

I liked the darker color of the buckwheat honey and read that it has more of a molasses type character to it. Thought that it would balance the sweet, fruitiness of the orange blossom (tastes like the honey I remember dipping my McDonald's nuggets into as a kid). And grapefruit, because well, why not? I wanted to add some sort of fruit and thought the sour/tart and sweet would go well together. Champagne yeast used for fermentation. 

Never made a mead and it didn't smell great in the pot, but as always, we'll just have to wait and see. Link to recipe below:

OG - 1.088

http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/64534/paradisi-mead