Thanksgiving celebration

[The_Dutch]

So I know the holidays have passed, but I’m thinking of doing a mead to be ready for thanksgiving. Let me know what you all think.

3.5 lbs wildflower honey
2 lbs of cranberries boiled
Zest of one orange
71B yeast

Staggered nutrient additions

Once fermented rack to secondary and clear.

Age on a long sprig of fresh rosemary until desired taste and/or aroma achieved

 

[Blacksmith1]

Sounds good. Be careful with the cranberries. I do cranberry/other fruit wines and have to dilute the juice by 50%. Haven't used anything else that needs this so far. They are stronger than you would think.
This is for a gallon?

 

[JimRausch]

I wouldn't boil the cranberries- they have a lot of pectin and boiling will set it making it difficult to clear. You could use pectinase I suppose.
I do a Cranberry wine which is really a melomel using 2 lb of cranberries for a 1gallon batch. I freeze, thaw, smush and refreeze them and add them in a mesh bag at the beginning of the fermentation. After a week or so, remove the mushy berries.Then proceed as usual.