Deafmeadmaker
Deafmeadmaker
Back to brewing after a hiatus involving remodeling and selling my house. First up was a dandelion mead based off of a dandelion wine recipe I found.
2 gal. batch
4 lbs. of local honey from Holdman honey
1 gal. Ozarka water
Lalvin QA 23 (LHBS was out of my go-to Lav D)
6 cups of dandelions bought from LHBS
Brought the water to a simmer, Steeped the dandelion overnight using a muslin bag, removed petals the next day.
Added the 4 lb. honey
Q23 mixed with half of mashed banana/ one cup of Ozarka water as a starter. Added yeast nutrient to must.
Pitched yeast and step fed over the next two days, degassed.
SG:1.16
FG: 1.05
Pitched on 8/29/19
Bottled on 10/5/19
No sulphites used.
Tasting notes:
Carmal brown color, citrus like nose
Crisp dry taste between a lemon and orange flavor.
Now I'm going to bump this up to a 5 gallon recipe and use Lav D. for my next batch. Any suggestions on this work in progress? Picture added for showing off.
2 gal. batch
4 lbs. of local honey from Holdman honey
1 gal. Ozarka water
Lalvin QA 23 (LHBS was out of my go-to Lav D)
6 cups of dandelions bought from LHBS
Brought the water to a simmer, Steeped the dandelion overnight using a muslin bag, removed petals the next day.
Added the 4 lb. honey
Q23 mixed with half of mashed banana/ one cup of Ozarka water as a starter. Added yeast nutrient to must.
Pitched yeast and step fed over the next two days, degassed.
SG:1.16
FG: 1.05
Pitched on 8/29/19
Bottled on 10/5/19
No sulphites used.
Tasting notes:
Carmal brown color, citrus like nose
Crisp dry taste between a lemon and orange flavor.
Now I'm going to bump this up to a 5 gallon recipe and use Lav D. for my next batch. Any suggestions on this work in progress? Picture added for showing off.