loveofrose
Well-Known Member
This is a test batch for a wedding mead I plan to give to some friends. I'm hoping to make something that is good for the honeymoon, 1 year, and 5 year anniversaries.
Wedding Dwojniak BOMM
1 gallon batch
Make a quart of strong tea with the spices below by adding off boil water and allow to stand until cool.
1 Vanilla bean
1 Clove
1 star anise
1 TBSP dry china Ginger
1 TBSP dry galangal
1/2 TBSP Marshmallow Root
Add 3.05 lbs of Orange Blossom honey to carboy (SG ~1.12)
Add 1 TBSP Fermaid O (~10 grams) and 1/2 tsp K2CO3.
-Add another TBSP of Fermaid O at 1.08 & 1.04.
Add spiced tea.
Add water to 1/2 cup shy of gallon.
Stir vigorously to aerate/mix honey.
Add a starter of Wyeast 1388.
Post ferment
Step feed honey until the yeast give up, then FG is adjusted to balance to spices. Also, add the following:
1 vanilla bean
0.25 ounce Citra hops (dry hop)
3 cubes Med American Oak
3 cubes Med Hungarian Oak
Better brewing through science!
See my brewing site at www.denardbrewing.com
See my Current Mead Making Techniques article here:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/current-mead-making-techniques.html
Wedding Dwojniak BOMM
1 gallon batch
Make a quart of strong tea with the spices below by adding off boil water and allow to stand until cool.
1 Vanilla bean
1 Clove
1 star anise
1 TBSP dry china Ginger
1 TBSP dry galangal
1/2 TBSP Marshmallow Root
Add 3.05 lbs of Orange Blossom honey to carboy (SG ~1.12)
Add 1 TBSP Fermaid O (~10 grams) and 1/2 tsp K2CO3.
-Add another TBSP of Fermaid O at 1.08 & 1.04.
Add spiced tea.
Add water to 1/2 cup shy of gallon.
Stir vigorously to aerate/mix honey.
Add a starter of Wyeast 1388.
Post ferment
Step feed honey until the yeast give up, then FG is adjusted to balance to spices. Also, add the following:
1 vanilla bean
0.25 ounce Citra hops (dry hop)
3 cubes Med American Oak
3 cubes Med Hungarian Oak
Better brewing through science!
See my brewing site at www.denardbrewing.com
See my Current Mead Making Techniques article here:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/current-mead-making-techniques.html