7/29/2023 I got some new honey at the GE farmers market. It tastes amazing. I’ve been reading recipes again and you know what that means. Got to get another batch going. (I now have 2 fermenting. This one makes 3) Here we go: 1/2 oz Paraoh’s Paradise (Loose leaf tea from teajutsu.com) 32 oz Just …
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MRM ~ Bix’s Banana Cream Pie Mead
7/9/23 (day 1) 4.2 lbs honey (some clover, some orange blossom) 2 gallons purified water Mangrove Jacks M05 yeast S.G. = 1.078 (if dry it will be ~ 10.88%) Secondary: 3 lbs bananas (Frozen and thawed) 1/2 tsp pectic enzyme 24 Graham Crackers 7/10/23 2 grams Wine Tannin 4 grams Fermaid – O I …
MRM ~ Kenton’s Coffee Currant Mead
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 …
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 …