Advertise Here
Main · BrewSpace · Recipes · Wiki · Groups · Clubs · Gallery · Reviews · Store · Video · Links · Chat · Blogs


Go Back   Home Brew Forums > Recipe Database > HomeBrewTalk.com Recipe Database > Mead
Leap Year Mead Leap Year Mead
Register FAQ Mark Forums Read Home Brew Forum Twitter Home Brew Forum Facebook


Reply
Page 1 of 2 1 2
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 06-09-2008, 03:13 AM   #1
BigKahuna
Senior Member
 
BigKahuna's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Eastern Colorado
Posts: 5,780
Default Leap Year Mead

This recipe was intended to be scaled up and down as needed to fit your needs and capability. This is the 1 gallon Recipe. Make what you will. The origional was brewed on 2-29-2008 and once bottled, will be saved for celebration of coming Leap Year's.

3# of the Best Local Honey you can get.
1 tsp Yeast Nutrient.
HOT Water to make 1 gallon
Pasteur Champagne Yeast.
You will need to have 2 vanilla beans ready when you rack to secondary.

Put this mead together using no more heat than you get from the Hot Water Tap. You will need to make sure to oxygenate your must by shaking or by oxygen bubbler.

When Fermentation is complete, you rack onto 2 vanilla beans. When mead drops clear, and beans are lighter brown, you can rack again until very clear and bulk age or bottle.
__________________
Seriously. I'm here for BEER
It's Not The Size Of Your Rig That Counts....It's How Often You Use It.

Quote:
Originally Posted by TxBrew View Post
This forum is like America's money spread. 90% of the posts were created by 1% of the community.
BigKahuna is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2008, 11:37 PM   #2
Loweface
Formerly rmck1
 
Loweface's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Limerick, Ireland
Posts: 1,015
Default

The only bad thing about this recipe is the waiting...
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Me
In the process of buying a bar... One drink at a time...
Quote:
Originally Posted by chortly View Post
...homebrew contains more satisfactrons per serving, so you don't have to drink as much as you would a commercial beer to get to your satisfactron saturation.
Loweface is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-06-2009, 11:54 PM   #3
Frost
Member
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 71
Default

Am I crazy or were there not dozens of posts on this thread?
Frost is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-03-2010, 04:47 PM   #4
LinuxPoser
Junior Member
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Maine
Posts: 2
Default

just wondering, but about how long did it take for fermentation to "complete"?
LinuxPoser is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-03-2010, 05:53 PM   #5
Nurmey
I love making Beer
 
Nurmey's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Omaha, NE
Posts: 3,553
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by LinuxPoser View Post
just wondering, but about how long did it take for fermentation to "complete"?
Welcome to HBT!

It varied a lot between all of us doing it. Mine took about 2.5 to 3 months but I didn't bottle it until it was 14 months old. When I bottled, it was very smooth and vanilla-y. By far the best mead I've made so far but we have until 2012 leap day before we "officially" drink it.
__________________
Batch 1 Brewing
The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.
Nurmey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-03-2010, 05:55 PM   #6
LinuxPoser
Junior Member
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Maine
Posts: 2
Default

oh man, that long?! Well thanks for the quick reply, I made it at home while i'm on break from college so i guess i can leave it alone for a while.
LinuxPoser is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-03-2010, 06:42 PM   #7
homebrewer_99
Senior Member
 
homebrewer_99's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Atkinson, IL (near Moline)
Posts: 17,021
Default

I still have about 12 bottles left...sorry, been sampling...

I think I used too much vanilla, but who knows what it'll taste like in 3 more years?
__________________
HB Bill
homebrewer_99 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-03-2010, 06:48 PM   #8
Nurmey
I love making Beer
 
Nurmey's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Omaha, NE
Posts: 3,553
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by homebrewer_99 View Post
I still have about 12 bottles left...sorry, been sampling...
You and everyone else!
__________________
Batch 1 Brewing
The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.
Nurmey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-03-2010, 07:08 PM   #9
homebrewer_99
Senior Member
 
homebrewer_99's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Atkinson, IL (near Moline)
Posts: 17,021
Default

Yeah, but I WILL have bottles left when the time comes...
__________________
HB Bill
homebrewer_99 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-06-2010, 01:37 PM   #10
nealf
Senior Member
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Cartersville, GA
Posts: 1,189
Default

Haha I only have about 5 bottles left, I think. I only did a 1 gallon batch. I plan on saving them until 2012, sampling at each 1 year mark. I bottled 2 in brown bottles for BJCP competitions in the future, hopefully they will make it to competition some day!
nealf is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 1 of 2 1 2
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Leap Year Mead 2 BuffaloSabresBrewer Mead Forum 267 02-26-2010 07:26 PM
How Many Gallons of Leap Year Mead Have Been Made? BuffaloSabresBrewer Mead Forum 33 01-07-2010 10:02 PM
leap year mead 3 pulpfiction32 Mead Forum 29 02-10-2009 03:07 PM
Leap year mead pulpfiction32 Mead Forum 2 11-23-2008 12:55 AM
Leap Year Mead? Gavzilla Mead Forum 29 02-08-2008 03:49 AM


« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Contact Us - Top - Privacy - All times are GMT. The time now is 02:56 AM.
House Repair & Improvement Forum - Firearm & Gun Forum - Airsoft Forum - Homesteading and Survival Forum - Tractor Forum - Jeep Forum - Bike & Cycling Forum - Plumbing Forum