Sack Mead
"Golden Rod Honey Mead"
Recipe:
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17.40 lb Wild Flower Honey (1.5 gal @ 11.625 lbs/gal)
Yeast:
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2.00 pkg Lalvin 71B-1122 Yeast (direct pitch after hydration)
6.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient
1.00 tsp calcium carbonate
1.00 tsp cream of tartar
Notes:
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5.5 gal
OG: 1.119
FG: 1.001
Raw honey from John Behrens' fall honey flow. Aroma of goldenrod.
Added 4 gal of water to 1.5 gal of honey.
Added yeast that had been hydrated first.
Yeast pitched at 85F.
2012/10/4
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Temperature at 1800 is cool... 70 F.
Strong fermenation.
Strong CO2.
"Golden Rod Honey Mead"
Recipe:
*******
17.40 lb Wild Flower Honey (1.5 gal @ 11.625 lbs/gal)
Yeast:
******
2.00 pkg Lalvin 71B-1122 Yeast (direct pitch after hydration)
6.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient
1.00 tsp calcium carbonate
1.00 tsp cream of tartar
Notes:
******
5.5 gal
OG: 1.119
FG: 1.001
Raw honey from John Behrens' fall honey flow. Aroma of goldenrod.
Added 4 gal of water to 1.5 gal of honey.
Added yeast that had been hydrated first.
Yeast pitched at 85F.
2012/10/4
**********
Temperature at 1800 is cool... 70 F.
Strong fermenation.
Strong CO2.