I'm looking to starting brewing my first mead later today and wanted a quick look over of the recipe.
15lbs Honey
4 Gallons Spring Water
1 Quart Maple syrup
1 gallon of Celestial Seasonings Cider made from their herbal mix.
then either a Montrachet or Lalvin# EC-1118 for the yeast.
I notice acid added to a lot of meads with the recipe would i need to add that?
From what I can tell the using the Montrachet should give me a really high ABV so it will have to age for a bit to mellow out some of the tones.
Would it be better to use 5 gallons of water, and then when i move it to secondary rack it over the herbal mixture?
15lbs Honey
4 Gallons Spring Water
1 Quart Maple syrup
1 gallon of Celestial Seasonings Cider made from their herbal mix.
then either a Montrachet or Lalvin# EC-1118 for the yeast.
I notice acid added to a lot of meads with the recipe would i need to add that?
From what I can tell the using the Montrachet should give me a really high ABV so it will have to age for a bit to mellow out some of the tones.
Would it be better to use 5 gallons of water, and then when i move it to secondary rack it over the herbal mixture?