Recipe 1,2 and 3: Time for bottling :o)

Sunday, it was time to bottle the meads. I had purchased 1L flasks and stoppers in Ikea since this was the cheapest I could find. The volume is somewhat large, but it keeps the number of bottles to a minimum.

All bottles was rinsed in hot water before use. Notice the bottle in front. You can see the mark from the sticker Ikea uses. The glue does not come off easily. I usually manage by soaking the glue in dish-washing soap and then I can easily wash off the glue. But for some reason I had to rub with frying oil to get the glue off and then wash the oil off with soap.

I put the mead on the table to keep them elevated for the filling of bottles. Recipe 1-3 is seen from right to left.

Recipe 1, the cyser, has a beautifully red color and considering the trouble I had clearing it, it is now crystal clear.

Artistically clear :o). Notice the reflection of the table in the surface of the mead. 

I filled one bottle with 1 kg of water as a 1L mark and then I was ready to start filling bottles with just a simple siphon. But a little bit of precipitate was found on the bottom, and I was very careful not to disturb this layer. 

When getting close to bottom of the carboy I need a bit of help with the bottle filling, which my wife did with utmost scrutiny and care

The final result: 40 bottles of 3 different meads

It is going to be a great summer

Recipe 1: The cyser (apple mead): Beautiful rosé/brownish color. 

Recipe 2: The sack mead (just honey): Clear yellow color

Recipe 3: The melomel of elderberries: Deep red color - almost not allowing light to pass