SECOND BATCH AT MSR!
10/20/24
1 16.7 oz “Dryck Lingon” from Ikea (lingonberry drink mix)
1.37 lbs Rekeweg honey (This one is from Decatur)
1 packet 71B yeast
10 Grams Fermaid-O
1 gallon filtered water
S.G. = 1.080 (10% ABV possible)
I was surprised at the gravity reading with only 1.37 lbs of honey. The drink mix must be very sugary.
I will probably add tannin and some other flavor at the end of this depending on how it turns out once it’s done fermenting.
11/3/24
S.G. = .994 (He’s Done!) 11.3% ABV!!!!!
Racked and stabilized
Added Mexican Hibiscus (about 1 oz)
12/3/24
Racked off hibiscus. It’s way to much. Can’t taste lingonberry at all. It’s all hibiscus.
Back sweetened to 1.036 and added 1/8 tsp vanilla. It’s still hot and way to much hibiscus flavor. I may try to grab another bottle of lingonberry or try to add something else to this. The hibiscus is just way to much.
12/19/24
I had a small glass of this (still bulk aging) and it actually wasn’t bad. Going to bottle and let set for a while.
1/4/25
Bottled this today. The labels are wrong. They say it was bottled in 2024. It’s good. I got 4 bottles out of it.