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So I tried the mead thing today and I'm curious as to any feedback. I slightly modified one of the raspberry melamel recipes from this board.
I heated one gallon of spring water to 115*F; added 7.5 lbs of clover honey and stirred to dissolve. Added 5g pack of D-47 to 100mL 105*F water to bloom. Added 24 oz. fresh raspberries to a 3 gallon carboy, along with 0.5 cup earl grey tea, and the strained juice from 4 lemons and 4 limes. I added 1 tsp. yeast nutriet to the honey mix, and added the honey mix to the carboy. I topped off the carboy to ~3 gallons with spring water (almost 1 more gallon); mixed well and took a temp. Right at 80*F so I grabbed a sample for OG and pitched the yeast.
The OG (temp corrected) is 1.105. I'm excited for my first mead...errrr....melamel! :rockin:
I heated one gallon of spring water to 115*F; added 7.5 lbs of clover honey and stirred to dissolve. Added 5g pack of D-47 to 100mL 105*F water to bloom. Added 24 oz. fresh raspberries to a 3 gallon carboy, along with 0.5 cup earl grey tea, and the strained juice from 4 lemons and 4 limes. I added 1 tsp. yeast nutriet to the honey mix, and added the honey mix to the carboy. I topped off the carboy to ~3 gallons with spring water (almost 1 more gallon); mixed well and took a temp. Right at 80*F so I grabbed a sample for OG and pitched the yeast.
The OG (temp corrected) is 1.105. I'm excited for my first mead...errrr....melamel! :rockin: