vahallasbrew2
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I'm seeking a recipe for a fläder Berry mead if Anyone has one or of you could throw me some tips on making a good mead that would be awesome
3.5lb of Juniper Berries
.5lb of coriander
4 ½ tsp. Bitter orange peel
4 ½ tsp. dried licorice root
4 ½ tsp. star anise
2 ¼ tsp. of Cardamom
4 ½ tsp. of ground Cinnamon
2 ¼ tsp. Zest of sweet orange
4 ½ tsp. Zest of lemon
2 ¼ tsp. Zest of lime
5 whole Cloves
1 “pinch” of Rosemary leaves
Secondary once fermentation slows to a crawl:
10 juiced Lemons
1 cup sweet Basil
Once clear and all fermentation stops
Stabilize with Campden and Potassium Sorbate and back sweeten to a gravity of 1.02.
Dang it I put the wrong berry up I meant to put elder berry that's why I was thinking fläder ,juniper berry didn't seem right my bad I meant a recipe for elder berries mead
No I have not made this befor. Here is my reasoning on the plan I made. The primary ingreadiants are the common variety found in Gin. Those are usually infused at a second distilling proccess (which is not advised for home brewing to it being illegal tendencies.). So to translate to mead making I would consider that the primary fermentation. Once Gin is made there are several ways to prepare and drink the Gin. One of my favorite ways is lemon basil Gin. That drink also includes simple syrup to make it sweet. So the secondary fermentation & back sweetening represents the ingredients for preparing the Gin rather than making the Gin itself. I may be over thinking this but it sounded good when I typed it up.
A friend of mine is going to join me on my next mead project. She has elder flowers we will use.
Here in Sweden the flowers of elder is used for lemonade and mead.
Ps I'm Swedish
Arpolis said:Thanks vahalla now all that typing is worthless! :cross: lol.
Not worthless at all. This gin mead is going on the top of my list for next brews!
You may want to remember american elderberry and european elderberry are not the same amount of edible.I live in Idaho and we have a ton of elderberries in the forests.
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