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2-4-23<\/strong>
\nEarl’s Pineapple Mead:
\n2 Gallons Purified Drinking water (from Dollar Tree)
\n2 hand fulls raisins (not measure, not chopped)
\n2 tspn yeast nutrient
\n1 tspn pectic enzyme
\n5 lbs honey (2.5 Walmart honey & 2.5 local honey from Glenn)
\n15 oz Hot black Earl Grey tea
\n3 cans of Great Value Pineapple in syrup
\nLalvin 71B yeast
\nSo I sanitized everything.\u00a0 I’m using the Killwin’s 3 Gallon buckets for this recipe.
\nI started by adding 1 full gallon of the water to the bucket.\u00a0 I’m rehydrating the yeast in some warm water (not from the purified water) at about 94 degrees.\u00a0 I added the raisins to the water and 1 tspn of the yeast nutrient.\u00a0 I added the OTHER 1 tspn of nutrient to the yeast during rehydration.\u00a0 I added 1 tspn of the pectic enzyme to the bucket.\u00a0 I poured 2.5 lbs of honey in the bucket and poured another 2.5 lbs of the local honey in the bucket.\u00a0 I used the hot tea to get ALL of the honey out of the 2.5 lb vessel.\u00a0 I added that to the bucket. I added the next gallon of water to the bucket.\u00a0 Somehow I’m very close to the top of the bucket with the ingredients.\u00a0 It should’ve only been a little over 2 gallons but it’s looking more like a full 3 gallons.\u00a0 That’s OK but the gravity reading will be a little off.
\nThe must was cold so I let it warm to about 65 degrees before I pitched the yeast.\u00a0 I took a gravity reading and got 1.074.\u00a0 This has the potential of 10% ABV if yeast gets to work.\u00a0 I’m NOT using the pineapple until I rack this off so the pineapple will be put in AFTER primary fermentation.<\/p>\n

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2-5-23
\nI didn’t see any activity in the airlock until late today.\u00a0 It was working pretty well.\u00a0 I’m using the heating pad to try and keep this a little warmer.\u00a0 It’s setting in the piano room at room temp which is about 65 degrees.\u00a0 I’m hoping that this yeast can stay working.<\/p>\n

2-6-23 (Monday)
\nDegassed by lifting lid off the bucket.\u00a0 Not a ton of activity in the airlock.<\/p>\n

2-15-23 (Wednesday)<\/strong>
\nThe air lock has been working very well.\u00a0 This stuff is still going I believe.\u00a0 I’m not ready to take a reading just yet.<\/p>\n

2-24-23 (Friday)<\/strong>
\nReading = 1.006. I racked the mead into a clean bucket with 5 cans of pineapple.\u00a0 1.4oz in each can.\u00a0 Pretty clear after 3 week.\u00a0 1\/4 tsp potassium metabisolfite 1 1\/2 tsp potassium sorbate to STOP the yeast.\u00a0 I don’t want it to go any dryer than what it is.<\/p>\n

SG = 1.074
\nRG = 1.006 = 9.35% ABV<\/p>\n

I will take a FINAL gravity reading in a couple of weeks but because I stabilized the mead it shouldn’t go any<\/em> lower.<\/p>\n

3-9-23<\/strong>
\nI’m pulling off the pineapple today and going to let this cold crash over night outside at about 30 degrees.
\nI took a gravity reading.\u00a0 I also added 3\/4 cup of brown sugar to sweeten just a bit.\u00a0 I think this may be perfect.\u00a0 Delaney tried it and agreed.\u00a0 I will bottle this either Friday morning or Saturday.\u00a0 I have 2 growlers 1\/2 gallon each and I will bottle the rest.<\/p>\n

FG = 1.006 or 9.35% ABV<\/p>\n

4-7-23<\/strong>
\nI’m really liking this mead.\u00a0 It will continue to mellow with time.<\/p>\n

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2-4-23 Earl’s Pineapple Mead: 2 Gallons Purified Drinking water (from Dollar Tree) 2 hand fulls raisins (not measure, not chopped) 2 tspn yeast nutrient 1 tspn pectic enzyme 5 lbs honey (2.5 Walmart honey & 2.5 local honey from Glenn) 15 oz Hot black Earl Grey tea 3 cans of Great Value Pineapple in syrup … <\/p>\n

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