Zaffo
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I've been reading through the several threads on cyser, and watched the cool video from the CrAzY Mead Co., and decided to give it a shot myself.
Recipe as follows:
I chopped the apples and put them right in the pot with the honey. I boiled the honey until it started to smell burned and had a nice dark color to it. (This was done outside). I had to try a couple of the apple bits...they were like apple candy. Delicious.
Once I added the apple juice and dissolved the burnt honey, I brought it all in and chilled in the sink until I got it down to room temperature. Dumped the whole mixture, including the cinnamon, nutmeg, enzyme and nutrient into a Mr. Beer fermenter. I then pitched the yeast (1 packet of D47).
The OG was higher than my hydrometer would read, so I added a quart of water and got it down to 1.132. I'm not sure if this is still too much for D47, or if I even got an accurate reading (the apples I left in while I was boiling the honey might have left a thin applesauce in the must.)
Pictures below. I'll post updates.
Recipe as follows:
- 5 lb. Clover Honey
- 4 apples (Jonathan and Cortland)
- 1 gal Giant Eagle Apple Juice
- 1 cinnamon stick
- pinch of nutmeg
- pectic enzyme
- Fermaid-K and DAP (Staggered addition per Gotmead.com)
I chopped the apples and put them right in the pot with the honey. I boiled the honey until it started to smell burned and had a nice dark color to it. (This was done outside). I had to try a couple of the apple bits...they were like apple candy. Delicious.
Once I added the apple juice and dissolved the burnt honey, I brought it all in and chilled in the sink until I got it down to room temperature. Dumped the whole mixture, including the cinnamon, nutmeg, enzyme and nutrient into a Mr. Beer fermenter. I then pitched the yeast (1 packet of D47).
The OG was higher than my hydrometer would read, so I added a quart of water and got it down to 1.132. I'm not sure if this is still too much for D47, or if I even got an accurate reading (the apples I left in while I was boiling the honey might have left a thin applesauce in the must.)
Pictures below. I'll post updates.