7/19/23 Recipe for 1 Gallon: 2 lbs Palermo Bolssom Honey (From Menards) 3 cups Black Current Concentrate 2 oz cacoa nibs toasted for 10 minutes on burner level 5 1 cup Utopian coffee grounds (finely ground) and French Pressed in luke warm water for 15 minutes. Makes 3 cups of coffee Top …
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MRM – Summer Berry Mead
4/21/23 3 lbs Glenns Honey 3 lbs Classic Fruit Medley from Kroger 1 Gallon water (from tap) 1 tsp Fermaid O 1/2 tsp Pectic Enzyme Juice of 1 lime Peel of 1 lime (used peeler for just the peel) 100 raisins (for mouthfeel) SG = 1.092 5-8-23 Took a reading. SG = .009. It’s done …
MRM ~ The “Young” Hopped Mead
6/19/23 .20 Ounce Cascade hops boiled for 15 minutes (in purified water) 3 lbs Orange Blossom honey from Meijer 2 gallons purified water EC-118 yeast rehydrated with 1Tblsp sugar and warm purified water S.G. 1.046 Pitched yeast at 94 degrees 6/20/23 2 grams Wine Tannin 4 grams Fermaid – O It’s starting to be active. …
MRM ~ The kind of cider that “Breckers” you
6/24/23 2 Gallons Kroger 100% apple juice 2 lbs dark brown sugar Lalvin D47 yeast S.G. = 1.086 ~ 10% 2tsp yeast nutrient (Not fermaid) 2 cinnamon sticks I will be step feeding this with more brown sugar and fermaid – O on 6/26. I want to push this yeast to the very max. D47 …
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MRM ~ Kind of Blue-Berry Cider
6/1/2023 Blueberry Cider. 2 96 oz Great Value apple juice 2 12 oz Frozen Old Orchard apple juice 2 lbs frozen blue berries 2 tsp Pectic Enzyme 2.5 grams Fermaid O Lalvin 71B yeast Mixed all ingredients and let it warm to 72 degrees. Added yeast. Blueberries are in a straining bag. S.G. = 1.060 …
MRM ~ Kendra’s Christmas Chai Mead
5/25/2023 So I followed the City Steading Brews recipe for this one. Here it is. 3.02 lbs Meijer clover honey 2 Containers Tazo Classic Chai Latte Concentrate, 32 oz each 1.5 grams Fermaid O 1 package Mangrove Jacks MO5 mead yeast S.G. = 1.144 (yes 1.144) If it goes dry that would be about 18% …
MRM ~ Late summer / Earl-y Fall Mead
5/12/23 2 lemons peeled 1/2 orange peeled 4 oz ginger (peeled and sliced) 4 cups water 2 bags Earl Grey Boiled the peels for 10 minutes. Steeped the tea bags for 10 minutes while cooling 1 Gallon Niagara Filtered Water (From Dollar tree) 1 Gallon tap water (using empty filtered bottle) About 5 lbs honey …
Earl’s Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Cider
3/21/23 2 96 oz jugs of Great Value apple juice 2 cups brown sugar 8 cinnamon sticks Red Star Monte-Blanc (.99 from Do It Best) Added all ingredients to a 3 gallon Kilwin’s jug except for the yeast. I have to let it come to room temp first. SG = 1.070 Potentially 9.51 if going …
Earl’s Cranny Hooch
3/4/23 Saw a recipe from Man Made Mead for fermenting store bought juices. Here is the recipe. 2 2 liter jugs of Ocean Spray Cran-Pineapple juice 1oz yeast That’s it. Mixed it and added an airlock. SG = 1.048 (possible 6.3% ABV) I will take a final reading on 3/18/23 and bottle (or drink it) …
Earl’s Old Lady
2/24/23 Earl’s old lady: 3 lbs honey (from Glenns) 15 Twinings Lady Grey black tea 1 gallon purified water Lalvin D47 (half packet) SG = 1.090 I started by steeping the 15 bags of tea in 4 quarts of the purified water. I added the honey to the carboy and added the warm tea. Pitched …