Seeking a proven Raspberry Mead recipe

I’m looking to attempt my first batch of Mead.  Does anyone have a proven Raspberry mead recipe?  None of the ones I’ve found online have any feedback or follow up talking about how well it turned out.

Thanks!

I made a raspberry mead (melomel) once. I lost the recipe due to a hard drive crash and several moves since I made it but off the top of my head I think it was 12lbs of local honey and about 4lb of raspberries added in the secondary. It took an extremely long time (1 year+) to clear and should have gone another 6+ months to be honest. It also tasted like a shot of vodka and then some sweetness for the first year after bottling. The raspberries added a ton more sugar so the ABV shot up and I didn’t adjust my initial honey addition accordingly. After about 3 years from originally being made it did come together and was something along the lines of a raspberry like wine…sorta.

If I was to do it again I would:

  • Try several small batches before a 5 gallon batch
  • Adjust the initial honey addition to compensate for the raspberry addition
  • Learn to back sweeten mead (same as wine I think) since I like a sweeter mead
  • Let the mead go until it’s ready to bottle…not when I feel the need to bottle it

Maybe not the greatest of help but hopefully it helps some.

Cheers,
Casey