{"id":971,"date":"2024-07-05T12:57:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T16:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/?p=971"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:57:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T16:57:49","slug":"mrm-goodmans-a-viking-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.mrice.net\/?p=971","title":{"rendered":"MRM ~ Goodman&#8217;s a Viking Too"},"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%2F971&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%2F971&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>5\/2\/25 (Day 1)<\/strong><br \/>\n1 Gallon Spring Water<br \/>\n32 oz Knudsen Black Cherry juice<br \/>\n32 oz Knudsen Tart Cherry juice<br \/>\n12 oz frozen raspberries<br \/>\n24 oz Frozen Sweet Cherries<br \/>\n2 Black Tea bags<br \/>\n1 oz Mexican Hibiscus<br \/>\n1 oz TeaJitsu Cherry Tea<br \/>\n2 lbs honey (I forget what I used)<br \/>\nMangrove Jacks Mead yeast<\/p>\n<p>Brewed the black tea, hibiscus and cherry tea in coffee pot with 6 cups of water.\u00a0 Then I poured it back in and ran it through again so it&#8217;s double brewed tea.\u00a0 I was strong.<br \/>\nThawed the fruit and added to mesh bag for easy removal.\u00a0 NOT DOWN THE DRAIN!!!!<br \/>\nMixed the ingredients in bucket and pitched dry yeast.<br \/>\nSomehow I failed to get a starting gravity reading.\u00a0 I think it was 1.080 so it won&#8217;t be super strong.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/10\/24 (Day 8)<\/strong><br \/>\nS.G. = 1.002.\u00a0 It&#8217;s thin but very tasty.\u00a0 Not hot at all.\u00a0 This one isn&#8217;t going to last long at all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/24\/24 (Day 23)<\/strong><br \/>\nRacked off berries and yeast to 2 gallon carboy.<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp metabisulphite<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp sorbate<br \/>\n<strong>It&#8217;s stable!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6\/19\/24 (Day 49)<\/strong><br \/>\nRacked into single gallon carboys.\u00a0 I got just a little over 1 1\/2 gallons.\u00a0 Added 6oz (weight) of honey to back sweeten to 1.018.\u00a0 It&#8217;s perfect!!\u00a0 I mean really really good.\u00a0 I added 1 campden tablet per gallon.\u00a0 Gonna let that set for a week then bottle this bad boy!!!\u00a0 This will be about a <strong>10.6% ABV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>7\/5\/24<br \/>\nBottled this beast today and already can&#8217;t wait to start drinking it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5\/2\/25 (Day 1) 1 Gallon Spring Water 32 oz Knudsen Black Cherry juice 32 oz Knudsen Tart Cherry juice 12 oz frozen raspberries 24 oz Frozen Sweet Cherries 2 Black Tea bags 1 oz Mexican Hibiscus 1 oz TeaJitsu Cherry Tea 2 lbs honey (I forget what I used) Mangrove Jacks Mead yeast Brewed the &hellip; 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