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=== Eric & Donna === | === Eric & Donna === | ||
Blueberry, Blackberry, Raspberry Mead | |||
* 7oz blueberries | |||
* 7oz blackberries | |||
* 7oz raspberries | |||
* 1 cup water | |||
smash up all the berries and simmer all of above ingredients for a few minutes until largely liquefied. strain through cheesecloth, keep only liquid. | |||
* 46 oz unpasteurized honey | |||
add all of the above to a pot with the berry juice and top up to 1 gallon with water. Heat while continaully stirring to 150F. You want to pasteurize and also dissolve all the honey without burning it at all. | |||
* Add 1 tsp LD carlson yeast nutrient and stir until dissolved. | |||
Cool to 100F or below with an ice bath or other method and pour into a sterilized glass 1 gallon jug. (sterilize using Star San) | |||
* Add 1/2 tsp raspberry extract. | |||
Cool to 75F and add yeast - 4184 sweet mead wyyeast, use 1/6th of a smackpack. | |||
=== Michael === | === Michael === | ||
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* 48oz Sunny Hill Honey | * 48oz Sunny Hill Honey | ||
* Enough tap water to bring it up to a gallon | * Enough tap water to bring it up to a gallon | ||
* Heat mixture to | * Heat mixture to 161 °F while stirring to pasteurize | ||
* Remove from Heat | * Remove from Heat | ||
* Add 1tbsp Blueberry Extract | * Add 1tbsp Blueberry Extract | ||
* Add 2tbsp Raspberry Extract | * Add 2tbsp Raspberry Extract | ||
* Cool mixture to | * Cool mixture to 80 °F | ||
* Transfer to 1 gallon jug | * Transfer to 1 gallon jug | ||
* Add 1tsp Yeast Nutrient (Diammonium phosphate) | * Add 1tsp Yeast Nutrient (Diammonium phosphate) | ||
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=== Ryan === | === Ryan === | ||
Ginger and Nutmeg Mead | |||
* 3 lbs Honey | |||
* 3/4 oz grated fresh ginger | |||
* Some ground nutmeg (mistake, didn't realize we had whole nutmeg) | |||
* Some whole nutmeg | |||
* Added cold water to jug to top up to near 1 gal | |||
* 1 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Diammonium Phosphate) | |||
* 1/2 tsp Yeast Nutrient (B Vitamin Complex & Thiamine) | |||
Fermenting notes: | |||
* Initial Gravity: 1.074 | |||
* Racking Gravity: ??? | |||
* Final Gravity: ??? | |||
== Fermenting == | == Fermenting == | ||
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== Tasting Notes == | == Tasting Notes == | ||
[[Category:Beer Church Beers]] | [[Category:Beer Church Beers]] | ||
