mcfire12
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Well guys, I have years of beer brews under my belt but want to try a mead. I thought I saw some simple recipes before I ordered some things but can't find them back. Looking this evening, some people get pretty wild with some of this mead making. I suppose kind of the extract to all grain kind of thing. Anyway...
What I have is
2 - one gallon glass vessels.
6 - pounds of local made honey from a friend.
Spring water
Yeast nutrient
8 pounds of frozen strawberries
A few packs of lalvin ec-1118
Originally I thought I could just dump 3-4 pounds of honey into a gallon jug, add some berries, top with water, shake the hell out of it, then pitch in some yeast (do I even have to hydrate it. I never do with beer) cap it with an airlock and wait it out a few weeks.
Then the plan was to rack to a secondary and add more strawberries to that. Then just rack that off a few times until it was semi clear at least.
I want a sweet result. Sweet to semi sweet.
Really wanted to toss it together tomorrow, should I be doing some more research or should I give it a go?
What I have is
2 - one gallon glass vessels.
6 - pounds of local made honey from a friend.
Spring water
Yeast nutrient
8 pounds of frozen strawberries
A few packs of lalvin ec-1118
Originally I thought I could just dump 3-4 pounds of honey into a gallon jug, add some berries, top with water, shake the hell out of it, then pitch in some yeast (do I even have to hydrate it. I never do with beer) cap it with an airlock and wait it out a few weeks.
Then the plan was to rack to a secondary and add more strawberries to that. Then just rack that off a few times until it was semi clear at least.
I want a sweet result. Sweet to semi sweet.
Really wanted to toss it together tomorrow, should I be doing some more research or should I give it a go?