chickabeelane
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Wanted to make a straight cherry mead, but I didn't have enough cherries in the freezer, so this is the result. Started this on Thursday. Any comments, queries or conundrums welcome.
3 gallon batch
3 lbs. 8 oz. dark cherries
14 oz. wild blackberry juice that was squeezed through a jelly bag
1/2 cup tart cherry juice concentrate
6.6 lbs. clover honey from a local producer
4.4 lbs caramelized clover honey
2.5 gallons water
3 bags black tea, 2 bags vanilla black tea steeped in 0.5 gallons boiling water
2 tsp. pectic enzyme
Combine the lot and dose with 3 campden tablets. Wait 24 hours then pitch with yeast (k1-v1116).
OG 1.100
24 brix
Potential alcohol 13%-13.5%
Pic of happy must roughly 18 hours in:
3 gallon batch
3 lbs. 8 oz. dark cherries
14 oz. wild blackberry juice that was squeezed through a jelly bag
1/2 cup tart cherry juice concentrate
6.6 lbs. clover honey from a local producer
4.4 lbs caramelized clover honey
2.5 gallons water
3 bags black tea, 2 bags vanilla black tea steeped in 0.5 gallons boiling water
2 tsp. pectic enzyme
Combine the lot and dose with 3 campden tablets. Wait 24 hours then pitch with yeast (k1-v1116).
OG 1.100
24 brix
Potential alcohol 13%-13.5%
Pic of happy must roughly 18 hours in: