Hey guys,
I met a girl a while ago who loves mead. But she told me it's so hard to find mead in stores, and it's way too expensive. So i thought: I'm a brewer, I can solve that problem! Anyhow, i made my first 5L test batch of mead yesterday. But only I was not smart enough to check for recipes before i started, so I am now quite curious if I did well. Hereby I ask you fellow mead brewers to check my recipe and point out if there is something missing or done wrong! It's an apple-cinnamon mead.
My recipe:
1: I boiled 2L of water, steeping 2 bags of earl grey tea and 3 cinnamon sticks.
2: Removed the teabags.
3: Added 900 grams of flower honey.
4: Removed from heat and added 1.5L of pure apple juice, and 1.5L of apple juice with added vitamine C (I've read somewhere this improves the fermentation or something?)
5: Tossed the lot onto the yeastcake of an 11% tripple I kegged earlyer, including the 3 cinamon sticks.
6: Added about 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar and 1 teaspoon of yeast-nutrient.
7: Took a picture 1 day later.
OG: +/- 1.080
Thanks in advance!
I met a girl a while ago who loves mead. But she told me it's so hard to find mead in stores, and it's way too expensive. So i thought: I'm a brewer, I can solve that problem! Anyhow, i made my first 5L test batch of mead yesterday. But only I was not smart enough to check for recipes before i started, so I am now quite curious if I did well. Hereby I ask you fellow mead brewers to check my recipe and point out if there is something missing or done wrong! It's an apple-cinnamon mead.
My recipe:
1: I boiled 2L of water, steeping 2 bags of earl grey tea and 3 cinnamon sticks.
2: Removed the teabags.
3: Added 900 grams of flower honey.
4: Removed from heat and added 1.5L of pure apple juice, and 1.5L of apple juice with added vitamine C (I've read somewhere this improves the fermentation or something?)
5: Tossed the lot onto the yeastcake of an 11% tripple I kegged earlyer, including the 3 cinamon sticks.
6: Added about 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar and 1 teaspoon of yeast-nutrient.
7: Took a picture 1 day later.
OG: +/- 1.080
Thanks in advance!