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 …
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MRM ~ Herbie’s Red Raspberry
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 …
MRM ~ Baise’s Pear/Blueberry cider
Baise’s Pear/Blueberry cider 1 Gallon G.V. Apple Juice 64 oz G.V. Pear Juice 2 cups blueberry crumble tea 12 oz Brown Sugar 1 tsp acid blend 2 tsp Diammonium Phosphate 1/2 pack Lalvin 71B yeast (it was a little old so I don’t know about this one) O.G. = …
MRM ~ Django the Viking
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 …
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 …