{"id":883,"date":"2024-04-11T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/?p=883"},"modified":"2024-04-11T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T14:45:00","slug":"mrm-coltranes-ascension-currant-blueberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/?p=883","title":{"rendered":"MRM ~ Coltrane&#8217;s Ascension Currant Blueberry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F883&print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F883&print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-440\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MattRiceMead.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2\/16\/24 (Day 1)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is take 2 of the blueberry that was such a hit we almost drank it all quick.\u00a0 Not <em>many<\/em> changes made to the recipe.\u00a0 Here we go!<\/p>\n<p>6 lbs Golden Lake Honey<br \/>\n6 lbs G.V. frozen blueberries (thawed and mashed)<br \/>\n1 1\/2 tsp Pectic Enzyme<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp acid blend<br \/>\n8 oz Ribena Black Currant Concentrate<br \/>\nLalvin QA23 yeast (This is one of the changes for the recipe*)<br \/>\nS.G. = 1.104 (14.2% ABV if goes dry)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2\/17\/24 (Day 2)<\/strong><br \/>\n1 Tblsp DAP<\/p>\n<p><strong>2\/19\/24 (Day 4)<\/strong><br \/>\n1 Tblsp DAP<\/p>\n<p><strong>2\/23\/24 (Day 8)<\/strong><br \/>\nS.G. = 1.020\u00a0 It&#8217;s almost time to rack this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3\/2\/24 (Day 16) Stabilized<\/strong><br \/>\nS.G. = 1.000 IT&#8221;S DONE!!!!!!\u00a0 STABILIZED<br \/>\n1 tsp Sorbate<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp Metabisulphite<br \/>\nRacked into 2 gallon clear carboy.\u00a0 The rest went into Frakenstein Bottle<br \/>\n<strong>14.5% ABV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3\/29\/24 (Day 43 )<\/strong><br \/>\nRacked off oak chips.\u00a0 It&#8217;s been more than 16 days and it&#8217;s really oaky.\u00a0 I back sweetened to <strong>1.024<\/strong>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not super sweet but it is super oaky.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll let it set in the bucket for a week or two and then bottle.\u00a0 I&#8217;m in no hurry with this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4\/6\/24 (Day 51)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It went into bottles today.\u00a0 I&#8217;m happy with the yield and I&#8217;m happy with the taste.\u00a0 It is a bit more oakier than the last batch but it&#8217;s got a LOT of character.\u00a0 Mouthfeel is good, blueberries shine through and it&#8217;s really not to sweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2\/16\/24 (Day 1) This is take 2 of the blueberry that was such a hit we almost drank it all quick.\u00a0 Not many changes made to the recipe.\u00a0 Here we go! 6 lbs Golden Lake Honey 6 lbs G.V. frozen blueberries (thawed and mashed) 1 1\/2 tsp Pectic Enzyme 1\/2 tsp acid blend 8 oz &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/?p=883\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MRM ~ Coltrane&#8217;s Ascension Currant Blueberry&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brewing","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=883"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":930,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions\/930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}