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Racking & Tasting 12 Months Later:    • Tasting 2023 Blaand - Whey & Honey Beverage  

A Blaand is a traditional fermented whey product, aka milk mead. Made and used by farmers in Scotland, Iceland, the Faroes and Norway for centuries, although any notable production ended around WWII. Prior to the introduction of tea & coffee, it was the most common daily drink in those cultures.

As I'm of Scottish descent with Viking ancestry, once I heard of this beast, it was a have to make situation.

1.14kg (2.5lbs) of honey
4L of whey
½tsp yeast nutrients
½tsp yeast energizer
150ml of stewed tea for tannins
5g D47 yeast.

It’s a Romano whey, fwiw.

The color is better than I’d thought it’d be. I thought there’d be a milky opaqueness, but not only is that not true, the light caramel color is really attractive, imo.

The aroma from the airlock, gotta say, pleasant and intriguing. I’m pretty sure I haven’t ever been around a fermented whey product, so my baseline is non-existent.

It’s clearly sweet, but there’s bit of acidic sharpness there. It reminds me a bit of fresh pineapple, with dairy, almost cereal milk like smell hiding behind that tropical fruit note. Kinda freaky from a milk product.

I’m even more curious now.