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== Overview == | |||
==Overview== | |||
* Style: Dry Mead with | * Style: Dry Mead with Raspberry and Hops | ||
* Codename: I didn't mead it that way | * Codename: I didn't mead it that way | ||
* Brewmaster: Eric Stein | * Brewmaster: Eric Stein | ||
* Type: Boiled honey, with light hopping | * Type: Boiled honey, with light hopping | ||
* Initial Gravity: 1.050 | * Initial Gravity: 1.050 | ||
* Initial pH: 4.3 | |||
* Racked Gravity: 1.??? | * Racked Gravity: 1.??? | ||
* Final Gravity: 1.??? | * Final Gravity: 1.??? | ||
* ABV: ?% - projected 5.8% if 5gal, but yield was 4.6gal | * ABV: ?% - projected 5.8% if 5gal, but yield was 4.6gal | ||
* Brewed: | * Brewed: 11/11/2012 | ||
* | * Bottled: 12/18/2012 | ||
* First served: 12/21/2012 | |||
* First served: | |||
* Last served: | * Last served: | ||
* How much the brewmaster made this recipe up the night before the brew: 100% | * How much the brewmaster made this recipe up the night before the brew: 100% | ||
== | == Label == | ||
{{Template:BeerLabel|brewmaster=Eric Stein|abv_percentage=~6.8|name=I Didn't Mead it That Way|team=Ryan Pierce, Tucker Tomlinson|blurb=A session mead, boiled with hops and crushed fresh raspberries. Notes of peach & beer, with a bit of a beery, winey undertone.}} | |||
== Brewing == | |||
Based on a recipe from Jason Betts. Heavily modified. | Based on a recipe from Jason Betts. Heavily modified. | ||
* boil 4.5 gal water | * boil 4.5 gal water. | ||
* 6.5 lbs of honey ( | * Add 6.5 lbs of honey (Clover type). This assumes 1.36 grav honey. | ||
* Boiled crushed raspberries for 13 minutes. | * Boiled 6 oz crushed raspberries for 13 minutes. | ||
* Add honey and hops. | * Add honey and hops. Boil another 7 minutes. | ||
* Chill with wort chiller to 70F. | * Chill with wort chiller to 70F. | ||
Top up to 5gal with distilled water. | Top up to 5gal with distilled water. | ||
Pitched with Montrechet yeast. It should be able to go fully dry. | |||
Expected starting gravity: 1.043 | Expected starting gravity: 1.043 | ||
Expected final ABV: 5.8% | Expected final ABV: 5.8% | ||
== Fermenting == | |||
==Fermenting== | |||
* Primary ferment: Plastic tub | * Primary ferment: Plastic tub | ||
* Temperature set point: 60F | |||
== | == Bottling == | ||
Add | * Add another pound of honey | ||
* Pasteurized to 138F | |||
* Transferred to sterilized growlers. Not carbonated. | |||
== | == Tasting Notes == | ||
Tastes middling between beer, wine, and mead. It's got a vague cidery flavor. A little sweet. Most people very much enjoy it. The hops stand out more than the Raspberry does. | |||
== | == Photos == | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:15, 17 March 2014
Overview
- Style: Dry Mead with Raspberry and Hops
- Codename: I didn't mead it that way
- Brewmaster: Eric Stein
- Type: Boiled honey, with light hopping
- Initial Gravity: 1.050
- Initial pH: 4.3
- Racked Gravity: 1.???
- Final Gravity: 1.???
- ABV: ?% - projected 5.8% if 5gal, but yield was 4.6gal
- Brewed: 11/11/2012
- Bottled: 12/18/2012
- First served: 12/21/2012
- Last served:
- How much the brewmaster made this recipe up the night before the brew: 100%
Label
Brewing
Based on a recipe from Jason Betts. Heavily modified.
- boil 4.5 gal water.
- Add 6.5 lbs of honey (Clover type). This assumes 1.36 grav honey.
- Boiled 6 oz crushed raspberries for 13 minutes.
- Add honey and hops. Boil another 7 minutes.
- Chill with wort chiller to 70F.
Top up to 5gal with distilled water.
Pitched with Montrechet yeast. It should be able to go fully dry.
Expected starting gravity: 1.043 Expected final ABV: 5.8%
Fermenting
- Primary ferment: Plastic tub
- Temperature set point: 60F
Bottling
- Add another pound of honey
- Pasteurized to 138F
- Transferred to sterilized growlers. Not carbonated.
Tasting Notes
Tastes middling between beer, wine, and mead. It's got a vague cidery flavor. A little sweet. Most people very much enjoy it. The hops stand out more than the Raspberry does.
