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[thebrewersgrimm44]

Does anyone know where I could get a beginners 2.5 gal mead recipe from???

 

[jackfrost]

7 1/2 honey (pure raw)

30 copped raisins

1 cup brown sugar.

1 clove. Optional

1 orancge sliced

Heat. 1 gallon water honey clove sugar and orange to 110°f till sugar is dissolved. Cool down 75° pour inti bucket or carboy pitch yeast lock away 30 days...then rack to secondary. Taste let age. Make sure you take a sg....and you read up on the yeast strain you going to use for temp and way not if you use a bucket then just ferment 5-8 days before you air lock it. Good luck....

 

[thebrewersgrimm44]

Do you have to use honey in the raw? Or can you use just normal honey from the super market for any recepie.

 

[DaveVanO]

You can use super market honey. It's what I've been using. Don't think people will complain

 

[Yooper]

Remember that any good 5 gallon recipe can be used- just cut the ingredients in half (except for yeast).

I assume you'll make a 2.5 gallon batch so that you have two gallons to age in jugs? Otherwise, I'd recommend going with a 3.5 gallon batch so you can use a three gallon carboy. Mead must be topped up, so you need the appropriate sized container, and I've never seen a 2 gallon carboy.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f80/ for recipes.

 

[Onihige]

What I love about mead, is that you don't really need a recipe.