MRM ~ Nelson’s Chocolate Orange

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 shook.

12/22/23 (Day 21) Stabilized
1/2 tsp metabisulfite
1/2 tsp Sorbate
1/2 cup Nibs toasted at 350 for 10 minutes
1 campden tablet
Racked

12/28/23 (Day 27)
Chocolate comes through nice.  Needs more orange flavor and sweetening.  Added 1/2 oz more sweet orange peels.

1/4/24 (Day 34)
Racked off orange peels and nibs.  Added about 1 cup orange juice and 1 pound of Trader Joe’s Organic Unfiltered Honey from Uraguay.  Gonna let it oak for about a week.  F.G. = 1.041 after back sweetening.  9.8% ABV.
1/17/24 (Day 47)
Bottled today.  I got 3 full bottles and 5/8 of a small bottle.  Labels printing at work and will label tonight.