Ginger-Elderberry mead

Method: All Grain
Style: Semi-Sweet Mead
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 28 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30 liters
Post Boil Size: 28 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.037 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.040 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 118 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 6.3 g (Per 330ml)

Created: Sunday November 1st 2020

Original Gravity:

1.040

Final Gravity:

1.001

ABV (standard):

5.2%

IBU (tinseth):

7.6

SRM (morey):

6.1

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

n/a

Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
1.50 kg	Brown Sugar1.5 kg Brown Sugar	45	15	34.9%
1.80 kg	Honey1.8 kg Honey	35	2	41.9%
1 kg	Elderberry1 kg Elderberry	2.75	0	23.3%
4.30 kg / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
20 g	Hallertau Mittelfruh20 g Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops	Pellet	3.75	Boil	60 min	7.63	66.7%
10 g	Columbus10 g Columbus Hops	Pellet	15	Dry Hop at 20 °C	14 days		33.3%
30 g / $ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
20 g	Hallertau Mittelfruh (Pellet)	7.63	66.7%
10 g	Columbus (Pellet) 10 g Columbus (Pellet) Hops		33.3%
30 g / $ 0.00

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
120 g	Ginger Root		Flavor	Boil	1 hr.

Yeast

Mangrove Jack - Mead M05

Amount:	10 Grams	Cost:
Attenuation (avg):	97.5%	Flocculation:	Med-High
Optimum Temp:	15 - 30 °C	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	20 °C	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 98 B cells required

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Priming

Method: sucrose Amount: 172.3 g Temp: 20 °C CO₂ Level: 2.4 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Helsinki - Finland

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	0	0	0	0
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Quick Water Requirements

Water	Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 L/kg
Mash volume with grains
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 31.5 L)	27.7
Mash Lauter Tun losses	-0.9
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions)	3.2
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 33.8 L)	30
Boil off losses	-5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma)	-0.1
Post boil Volume	28
Going into fermentor	28
Total:	27.7
Equipment Profile Used:	System Default

Batch Performance

Efficiency:

N/A

Recipe does not have mashable fermentables, so efficiency can't be calculated (efficiency is 100% for sugars and extracts).

Wort Volume:

28 Liters

Expected 28 Liters of fermentable wort.
Expected OG: 1.040
Actual OG: 1.042

Alcohol and Attenuation:

ABV: 5.12%

Apparent Attenuation: 92.9%
Actual FG: 1.003
Calories per 330ml 118 calories
Carbohydrates per 330ml 6.3 g

Amount Packaged:

Pending - N/A

Requires Packaged log entry with a volume reading.

Latest Brew Log

Date	Days	Event	Gravity	Volume	pH	Temp	Updated	Comment
11/1/2020 6:27 PM over 4 years ago	+0	Boil Complete	1.042	28 Liters		25 °C	11/1/2020 6:27 PM over 4 years ago	boiled about 6 liters of water, mixed sugar and half of the ginger root, added boil hops. Boiled for 60 minutes and then I cooled the kettle to 60 degree of celsius and added the honey (to keep all the aromas). Then mixed the kettle stuff with cool water, hitting temp of 25 degree celsius. Added rest of the ginger roots, hops and approximately 400g of brewing sugar (OG was 1.034 so I had to raise it a bit)
11/1/2020 6:28 PM over 4 years ago	+0	Brew Day Complete	1.042	28 Liters		25 °C	11/1/2020 6:28 PM over 4 years ago
11/29/2020 10:53 AM over 4 years ago	+28	Fermentation Complete	1.003	28 Liters	3	23 °C	11/29/2020 10:53 AM over 4 years ago	The fermentor seemed to have a leak somewhere, but so far it seemed not to have affected the mead

Notes

The focus of this recipe is not to create a honey wine, but instead a semi-sweet, hard ciderish mead.

The elderberry is actually in form of juice mixture (0,5l mixture worth of 3 liter of juice)
added some erithrythol (artifical sweetener) to add up sweetness

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Ginger-Elderberry mead