jds
Well-Known Member
So, I put together my first mead last night. Based on some input from BigKahuna, I tweaked my original recipe to come up with this:
10# Colorado Clover honey
6# Colorado Palisade Peaches
3 Gal. Eldorado Springs water.
Lalvin 71b-1122
~1.123 OG
I put this together with the fruit in the primary, as per the recent BYO article. Pitched yeast about 11:00 PM last night with some energizer. I'll be punching down the fruit and aerating for the first 24-36 hours, then I'll seal it up for a couple of weeks. Making mead seems a lot less...intense than brewing. From breaking out the equipment to cleaning up was just about an hour.
10# Colorado Clover honey
6# Colorado Palisade Peaches
3 Gal. Eldorado Springs water.
Lalvin 71b-1122
~1.123 OG
I put this together with the fruit in the primary, as per the recent BYO article. Pitched yeast about 11:00 PM last night with some energizer. I'll be punching down the fruit and aerating for the first 24-36 hours, then I'll seal it up for a couple of weeks. Making mead seems a lot less...intense than brewing. From breaking out the equipment to cleaning up was just about an hour.