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10/16/23 MRM ~ Tatum’s Black Currant Masterpiece #5 1 Gallon batch recipe: 28 oz Rebina Black Currant concentrate 1 tsp acid blend 1/2 tsp wine tannin 3 lbs plain white sugar Lalvin RC212 yeast (16% tolerance) Crystal Gyser water Mixed all ingredients and topped to 1 gallon with water. O.G. = 1.140 (potentially 18.8 if …
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12/1/23 (Day 1) 4 lbs Frozen Strawberries 1/2 tsp Pectic Enzyme 1/2 tsp Wine Tannin 1/2 tsp Acid Blend 10 grams Fermaid O 5 lbs Golden Lake Honey 2 tsp Bentonite clay 1 packet D47 yeast O.G. = 1.080 10.6% ABV (possible if goes dry) Mixed all ingredients. It’s a little more than 2 gallons …
12/1/23 (Day 1) 2 lbs Golden Lake Honey 2 tsp Sweet orange peel 4 g Fermaid O DV10 yeast O.G. = 1.074 9.8% possible Spring water up to (a little more) a gallon Mixed all ingredients, shook the bejesus out of it and pitched yeast. 12/4/23 (Day 3) I added 1/2 tsp yeast nutrient and …
Original creation day is 10/16/23. This is a split from John Handy Traditional 11/5/23 (Day 1 of split) 1 gallon yield This is the split mead. I used Lahua honey for a traditional mead and separated a gallon off of it. I added 2lb frozen black berries and 1 oz American Oak and .5oz whiskey …
10/26/23 (Day 1) 3lbs Menards Honey 3 lbs Sam’s club Honey 2 Navel Oranges 2 Cinnamon Sticks 3/4 tsp Ginger 3/4 tsp Clove 2 tsp bread yeas 2 Gallons Spring water I mixed all the ingredients. In the original JAOM recipe it says mix and let sit. No gravity, no swirling, nothing…That’s what I did, …
MRM ~ John Handy Traditional 10/16/23 2 Gallon recipe: 6 lbs Lehua Honey 1/2 tsp Fermaid O 2 Tsp Bentonite Mangrove Jacks yeast 2 Gallons Crystal Gyser water from dollar tree Mixed all ingredients. O.G. = 1.102 My plan is to split this batch and do 1 gallon traditional and 1 gallon blackberry. Blackberries will …
9/21/23 (day 1) Coleman’s Sweet Bochet 2 lbs Golden Lake honey (Bochet for 110 minutes on high in crock pot. See chart above) 1 Gallon Niagara Water (dollar tree) 3 grams Fermaid-O 1/4 tsp Wine tannin DV10 Yeast (1/2 packet) Lt. Dan said this one …
9/10/23 (day 1) 3 lbs Honey (Kendra’s work honey) (Enough honey left for back sweetening) 2 12 oz Jars Apricot Preserves 1 tsp Fermaid O Red Star Premier Classique yeast O.G. = 1.104 Possible 13% if ferments out! Mixed all ingredients and pitched yeast at 80 degrees. After a …
2 lbs Menards honey 1 lbs Electric Works honey 3 lbs frozen / thawed / mushed Kroger blueberries 4 oz Black Currant concentrate 1 package Kveik Ale Yeast reconstituted with 1/2 cup water, dash of honey and Fermaid O 1 Gallon Dollar Tree spring water 9/1/23 (day 1) Mixed all ingredients in Kilwins bucket. Pitched …
8/24/23 (Day 1) 2 lbs Menards honey 24 oz Red Raspberries (frozen and thawed) Mangrove Jacks M05 1/2 packet yeast Fermaid-O for reconstituting yeast 1/2 tsp S.G. = 1.092 Possible 13% ABV if it goes dry. 9/10/23 (18 days) (Stabilized) S.G. = 1.000 and fruit lost all color. Racked off into clean carboy. 1/2 …