Currants for mead

In our garden we have a few currant bushes. One red currant and three black currant. The yeald from these bushes are quite big so once we had our share of fresh berries I “confiscated” the rest for mead making. Several hours of picking later I had about 1.7 kg og red currant … and about 3 kg of black currant. I figured I would mix the berries so I get the sweetness of the black currant and the acidity og the red currant. Since I will not start up any mead making untill the fall, I decided to juice the berries and then freeze the juice. For that purpose […]