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Author:

Brewcalyptus Ben

Boil Size: 2.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.084

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 67 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/7/2015 7:00 PM

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Author:

Worts & All

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.062

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/1/2020 8:08 PM

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Author:

mwpearce

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.061

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: DME

Priming Amount: 1.25 Cup

Creation Date: 3/6/2016 1:12 PM

Notes: 4 hour starter using 2c water, .5c amber DME on stir plate.

Author:

Boil Size: 3.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.5

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 75 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/28/2015 8:03 PM

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Author:

SpiffyRiffy

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.114

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 150 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/18/2015 3:10 PM

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Author:

JimD

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 50

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.5

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/22/2015 8:09 PM

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Author:

El Barto

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.018

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/17/2016 7:04 PM

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Author:

jonathanhook@gmail.com

Boil Size: 6 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.091

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/26/2016 12:04 PM

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Author:

Beer Artist

Boil Size: 1 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.063

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/21/2017 9:10 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.079

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/10/2018 3:10 AM

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Author:

Citra91

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.088

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/28/2014 6:49 PM

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Author:

Baz's

Boil Size: 6 Litres

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.199

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 22 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/15/2015 7:51 AM

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Author:

Jadietrich

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.026

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 2.0

Primary Temp: 51 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/26/2015 9:09 PM

Notes:
The steeping drop down list did not have *CaraVienna or *CaraMunich so I substituted CaraRed and CaraBohemian respectfully because the Lovibond degree matched closely.

Brew day - Feb 29, 2015

Author:

JB Brew BQ

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.061

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/3/2015 4:02 AM

Notes: A blow off tube is highly recommended!

Author:

Frosty Weasel

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.112

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

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Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/11/2015 3:57 AM

Notes: Heat 2 gallons of water to 170°F, and steep grains for 30 minutes. Use another .5 gallons of warm water to "sparge" the grains.

Stir in DME and LME and add enough water to bring the volume up to 3 gallons, and bring to a boil.

Once boil begins, add hops according to hopping schedule.

Cool the wort, and pour into fermenter with enough cold water to make 5.5 gallons.

Aerate and pitch yeast when temperature drops to 65°F. 2 slap packs is preferred.

Ferment at 65°-68° F for one week or until fermentation is complete. Age the beer in a secondary fermenter for one week at 65°F.

Carbonate to 1.5-2.5 volumes of CO2.

Author:

Mitchell

Boil Size: 1.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/7/2016 11:31 PM

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Author:

Antmuzic

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.095

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/20/2016 4:38 PM

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Author:

TravisFauteux

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.088

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/14/2018 6:11 PM

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Author:

Dustydust

Boil Size: 5.19 Gallons

Boil Time: N/A

Boil Gravity: 1.125

Efficiency: 100

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/30/2018 7:05 AM

Notes: OG 1.151
3.9 gallons cider (75%)
1.29 gallons honey (25%)

3 packages Lavlin 71B yeast - White wine yeast. Ferment at 62. Allow up to a 4 degree gain in temp during primary fermentation. Don't go too hot or you'll get fusel alcohols.

I'm using wildflower honey because it's what I have available. Hopefully the spices and apples will cover the muddled honey. I tasted the honey before buying. I liked the honey, but I can’t recall tasting a honey I didn’t like.

Process:

Warm honey to lukewarm temp so it's easier to pour. Add 1.5 gallons of must to carboy. Use 2 gallons of must to dissolve honey. Pour mixture into carboy. Rinse containers with remaining 0.5 gallon of must. Add 6 crushed campden tablets to must. Wait 24-48 hours to aerate must and pitch yeast. After a few hours, check gravity. It takes a few hours for fruit gravity to stabilize.

Pitching process:
It is important to follow these steps in order. Mix together 1/2 cup warm water with GoFerm addition at 104 F (lukewarm). Slowly mix in yeast. Then slowly add must to mixture until temp is within 10 F of must. Aerate must with pure O2. Use a slightly longer aeration duration due to the higher gravity and lower solubility of O2 into the must. Pitch GoFerm/yeast/must/water mixture. Pitch pectic enzyme. Aerate again at 12 hours with pure o2

Yeast nutrient process: Stagger yeast nutrients every 24 hours for the first 3 days and at day 7. Use 4 grams nutrient for each addition. May want to rehydrate nutrients before adding to the must. Otherwise it will create a nucleation point and the co2 could cause foam to spill.

PH: monitor the pH daily and add a tsp. of potassium bicarbonate (more if needed) if the pH drops below 3.5.

De-gas process: degas twice a day during primary fermentation (4 - 5 days). Use a wine whip or something similar.

Secondary process: Rack to secondary at 3 weeks. Monitor gravity periodically. When gravity has reached terminal, add spices(See "Spice process".) Wait until desired flavor has been achieved then rack again. Add super kleer, wait for mead to clear up then add potassium metabisulfite for it's antioxidant properties.

Spice process: Add spices after racking to secondary. High quality cinnamon and vanilla is super important. Michael Fairbrother recommends Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans and Vietnamese (saigon) cinnamon. This is real cinnamon. Michael doesn't give amounts so I'm starting light. Start with 1 bean and 1/4 tsp cinnamon, add more to taste.

Resources Used:
Moonlight Meadery episode on the Beersmith podcast as inspiration for this mead. Michael covers the honey/cider ratio along with Kurt's Apple pie ingredients and the processes he uses to create mead. http://beersmith.com/blog/2012/07/26/moonlight-meadery-with-michael-fairbrother-beersmith-podcast-43/

Used Brad Smith's article on Melomels in BYO magazine for staggered nutrient addition and de-gas schedule. Must be a member to view the article. Highly recommend becoming a member. https://byo.com/article/melomels-brewing-big-fruit-mead/