ARittner
Well-Known Member
I'm about to start my first batch of mead, after brewing beer for a couple years. Because of the time it'll take before I know if it's any good I'm trying to collect all the advice I can starting out, since a year is a long time to wait to find out I made a headslap mistake.
One thing I've decided to do, at least on this first batch, is pasteurize the honey. When I'm more brave, I'll try the no heat method.
However, I'd like to avoid exposing the honey to direct heat. Is there a calculator out there, similar to what I'd use to calculate my strike water temp for doing a beer mash?
In other words, I want a target of 160*F, how hot does x volume of water need to be to come to the target temp when y volume of honey is added at z temp.
Does anything like that exist?
Thanks!
-Andy
One thing I've decided to do, at least on this first batch, is pasteurize the honey. When I'm more brave, I'll try the no heat method.
However, I'd like to avoid exposing the honey to direct heat. Is there a calculator out there, similar to what I'd use to calculate my strike water temp for doing a beer mash?
In other words, I want a target of 160*F, how hot does x volume of water need to be to come to the target temp when y volume of honey is added at z temp.
Does anything like that exist?
Thanks!
-Andy