Recipe Type: Extract Yeast: Lavlin D47 Yeast Starter: No Batch Size (Gallons): 1 Original Gravity: ? Final Gravity: ? Boiling Time (Minutes): None Color: Yellow Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 2 weeks Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 8 weeks Tasting Notes: Comparable in color and flavor to a Riesling.
I am sharing my first experiment with Mead, which was a simple and successful recipe of my own design. (Although it is so simple "design" seems to be too generous of a word).
Experienced mazers will be able to tell that this was the experiment of someone transitioning from beer brewing. In hindsight, the heating and subsequent chilling was unnecessary.
Method:
Heat 1 gal of water to 160f and add 24 oz of honey that was purchased from a farmer's market.
Mixed for about 20 minutes and then chilled. Put into primary with yeast. Racked to secondary after 2 weeks. Could read through the carboy after another week or two. Altogether it was in the secondary for 8 weeks.
I intentionally used less honey than most recipes called for and a yeast that would not require any additional nutrients or energizer.
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"I have had more beer on accident after moving to Wisconsin, than any other place I lived."
How soon was this drinkable? You said 2 weeks in primary and 8 weeks in secondary, so was it drinkable out of the secondary, or is more aging needed in bottle? Thanks for sharing this simple recipe. I've been looking for one. Plus, my wife loves Riesling so she would probably like this.
If I remember it was drinkable at bottling. If I were trying to impress someone, or convince my spouse that this was an endeavour worth repeating... I'd use more honey.
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"I have had more beer on accident after moving to Wisconsin, than any other place I lived."
If I remember it was drinkable at bottling. If I were trying to impress someone, or convince my spouse that this was an endeavour worth repeating... I'd use more honey.
Did they say if it was Wild Flower, Orange Blossom, Clover, Buckwheat or any other flower?
Uncomplicated Mead
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