This is my first attempt at a braggot (which my buddy and I have affectionately named "Groundskeeper Willie's I was Mead for Loving You (everything else is CRAP!)). I'm brewing it tomorrow, and we'll have to see how the fermentation and flavor come out. Anyway, here's the recipe:
6.6 pounds light LME
.5 pound honey malt
.25 pound crystal 60L malt
.25 pound biscuit malt
10 pounds wildflower honey
2 ounces Amarillo hop pellets (60 minutes)
1 ounce Willamette hop pellets (20 minute)
1 ounce Willamette hop pellets (1 minute)
Wyeast 1278- Scottish Ale yeast, 1 gallon starter made the night before
2 tsp yeast nutrient
2 tsp yeast energizer
Process:
Steep all specialty grains in 4 gallons of water at around 165* F for 30 minutes
Remove specialty grains, bring to a boil
Remove from heat, stir in LME, return wort to boil for 60 minutes
Hop schedule: add 2 ounces Amarillo hops when wort is first brought to boil
add 1 ounce Willamette hops after 40 minutes of boiling (20 minutes to go)
add 1 ounce Willamette hops in the last minute of boil
Remove wort from heat, bring wort temp to ~170* F
Add honey, stirring wort as added
Keep wort at ~170* F for 10 minutes to help dissolve honey
Reduce wort temp to 70* F as quickly as possible
Aerate wort
Add yeast nutrient and energizer, pour in the yeast starter
If necessary, add clean water to bring wort to 5 gallon mark
Then wait. I don't know how long this is going to take to ferment. I'm expecting a final gravity of around 1.028 and a 12% ABV, so I'll have to keep checking on it to see how long it takes me to get there. I plan on putting into secondary for 2-3 weeks after the primary fermentation has stopped, then adding corn sugar and bottling this bad boy. Then
This is the first recipe I've ever made up, so any and all criticisms and suggestions are gladly accepted.
6.6 pounds light LME
.5 pound honey malt
.25 pound crystal 60L malt
.25 pound biscuit malt
10 pounds wildflower honey
2 ounces Amarillo hop pellets (60 minutes)
1 ounce Willamette hop pellets (20 minute)
1 ounce Willamette hop pellets (1 minute)
Wyeast 1278- Scottish Ale yeast, 1 gallon starter made the night before
2 tsp yeast nutrient
2 tsp yeast energizer
Process:
Steep all specialty grains in 4 gallons of water at around 165* F for 30 minutes
Remove specialty grains, bring to a boil
Remove from heat, stir in LME, return wort to boil for 60 minutes
Hop schedule: add 2 ounces Amarillo hops when wort is first brought to boil
add 1 ounce Willamette hops after 40 minutes of boiling (20 minutes to go)
add 1 ounce Willamette hops in the last minute of boil
Remove wort from heat, bring wort temp to ~170* F
Add honey, stirring wort as added
Keep wort at ~170* F for 10 minutes to help dissolve honey
Reduce wort temp to 70* F as quickly as possible
Aerate wort
Add yeast nutrient and energizer, pour in the yeast starter
If necessary, add clean water to bring wort to 5 gallon mark
Then wait. I don't know how long this is going to take to ferment. I'm expecting a final gravity of around 1.028 and a 12% ABV, so I'll have to keep checking on it to see how long it takes me to get there. I plan on putting into secondary for 2-3 weeks after the primary fermentation has stopped, then adding corn sugar and bottling this bad boy. Then
This is the first recipe I've ever made up, so any and all criticisms and suggestions are gladly accepted.