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Boil Size: 200 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 70

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Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 4/18/2024 1:34 AM

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Author:

Agostino

Boil Size: 2 Litres

Boil Time: 20

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 70

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Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 11/25/2025 5:06 PM

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Author:

Delta Waldo

Boil Size: 2.5 Gallons

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Boil Gravity: 1.191

Efficiency: 80

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Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 11/14/2025 3:14 PM

Notes: 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/

Author:

Gerald Smith

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.066

Efficiency: 77

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Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 5/22/2025 2:03 PM

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Smith Farm Brewing Co.

Boil Size: 2.11 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.022

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 62 ° F

Priming Method: sucrose

Priming Amount: .9 oz

Creation Date: 5/2/2025 9:34 PM

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Boil Size: 7 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 70

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Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 1/11/2025 12:52 PM

Notes: pressurized fermentation around 14psi
xiii diluted with distilled water - 2:5

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Boil Size: 990 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 11

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 1/9/2025 2:04 PM

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Author:

Vullnet

Boil Size: 23 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.27

Efficiency: 70

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Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 10/10/2024 8:16 AM

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J.Bird

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 50

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Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 72 ° F

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Creation Date: 8/10/2024 5:05 PM

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Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.03

Efficiency: 35

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Creation Date: 10/8/2018 5:23 PM

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Author:

PECBrewtown

Boil Size: 66.51 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 70

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Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 4/11/2024 2:36 PM

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Author:

SOMA

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.048

Efficiency: 30

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Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 6/17/2023 6:07 AM

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Boil Size: 28.4 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.012

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

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Creation Date: 9/26/2022 11:29 PM

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Boil Size: 11 Litres

Boil Time: 40

Boil Gravity: 1.059

Efficiency: 35

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Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

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Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 9/26/2019 1:14 PM

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Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.148

Efficiency: 35

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Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

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Primary Temp: 62 ° F

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Creation Date: 11/4/2018 1:25 AM

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Boil Size: 2.8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.123

Efficiency: 70

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Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 11/6/2023 9:01 PM

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Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.116

Efficiency: 70

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Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 55 ° F

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Creation Date: 9/2/2023 3:06 PM

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Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 70

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Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 8/18/2023 5:29 PM

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Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.109

Efficiency: 75

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Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Priming Method: co2

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Creation Date: 10/19/2022 6:23 PM

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Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.02

Efficiency: 70

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Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

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Creation Date: 5/24/2025 3:13 AM

Notes: Brew date: 28/5/25
6:45 start 26L boil 750g grain 75g pride of ringwood
7:15 flame out
OG 1044