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== Overview == | |||
==Overview== | |||
* Style: Dry Mead with Raspberry and Hops | * Style: Dry Mead with Raspberry and Hops | ||
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* 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% | ||
==Brewing== | == 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 | * Temperature set point: 60F | ||
==Bottling== | == Bottling == | ||
* Add another pound of honey | * Add another pound of honey | ||
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* Transferred to sterilized growlers. Not carbonated. | * Transferred to sterilized growlers. Not carbonated. | ||
==Tasting Notes== | == 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. | 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== | == Photos == | ||
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