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need help reducing a recipe to 1 gallon

Discussion in 'Mead Forum' started by lutinplunder, Apr 15, 2009.

 

  1. #1
    lutinplunder

    Active Member

    Posted Apr 15, 2009
    I wanna try this recipe to see if i'll like it I think it's one of Wayneb's

    Here's what you need to get started:
    12 lbs (1 gallon) of "fruit" varietal honey - these days I prefer to use
    Blackberry or Orange Blossom, but back when I created the original
    recipe I used readily available clover.
    3 lbs "wildflower" honey - added originally to enhance the flavor profile;
    these days with good varietal honey you could substitute more of the
    fruit honey, or whatever you choose -
    allow yourself to be creative!
    3-4 Valencia oranges - juice these to get 2 cups of fresh squeezed OJ, also
    use a peeler to get the "zest," the outer skin, off of each. Throw away
    the white pith.
    1/2 gal fresh or frozen apple juice or apple cider - IMPORTANT: Only use
    NO PRESERVATIVES ADDED juice. Pasteurized is OK, but NO sorbate or
    benzoate!
    2 bags Celestial Seasonings "Morning Thunder" tea
    2 long sticks cinnamon - use the true, Ceylon cinnamon, if you can get it.
    10 corns allspice
    2 whole cloves
    12 juniper berries
    1 whole nutmeg
    1 packet Red Star Montrachet Wine Yeast
    Fermaid-K yeast nutrient (9.5 g, about 2-1/2 tsp)
    Diammonium Phosphate (9.5 g, about 2-1/2 tsp)
    Go_Ferm yeast rehydration energizer (6.25 g, about 2-1/2 tsp)
    1/2 TBS bentonite, rehydrated in 1 cup boiling water, left to stand covered
    for 24 hrs.

    my guesses would be...

    2 1/2# of "fruit" varietal honey - these days I prefer to use Blackberry or Orange Blossom, but back when I created the original recipe I used readily available clover.
    1/2# "wildflower" honey - added originally to enhance the flavor profile; these days with good varietal honey you could substitute more of the fruit honey, or whatever you choose - allow yourself to be creative!
    2 Valencia oranges - juice these to get 1/2 cup of fresh squeezed OJ, also use a peeler to get the "zest," the outer skin, off of each. Throw away the white pith.
    12 ounces fresh or frozen apple juice or apple cider - IMPORTANT: Only use NO PRESERVATIVES ADDED juice. Pasteurized is OK, but NO sorbate or benzoate!
    1 bags Celestial Seasonings "Morning Thunder" tea
    1/2 long stick cinnamon - use the true, Ceylon cinnamon, if you can get it.
    2 corns allspice
    1 whole cloves
    2 juniper berries
    1/5 whole nutmeg
    1 packet Red Star Montrachet Wine Yeast

    I've never used nutrients/energizers so not really sure what to reduce them to.

    This will be my second mead ever, currently got a gallon of JAOM I started 4/10/09. Figured I'd make a bunch of gallons to try spaced out so I continuously have something to drink, and so stop making my wife think I'm crazy by staring at the JAOM bubble.
     
  2. #2
    CBBaron

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 15, 2009
    The original recipe looks like a 5 gallon recipe. In that use 1/5 of everything in the recipe except the yeast for a 1 gal recipe. You may need to round to convenient sizes for some ingredients.

    Craig
     
  3. #3
    Thor the Mighty

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Apr 15, 2009
    hahahaha sorry i couldnt help the question, then the simplicity of the answer....
     
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