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Wild Blackberry Mead

442 calories 44.3 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Other Fruit Melomel
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 15 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.74 liters
Post Boil Size: 3 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.303 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.702 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 50% (steeping grains only)
Calories: 442 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 44.3 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Saturday August 6th 2022
1.141
1.035
13.9%
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0.0
n/a
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7 kg US - Honey - Sweet Clover7 kg Honey - Sweet Clover 35 0 73.7%
2 kg Blackberry2 kg Blackberry - (late boil kettle addition) 3.6 0 21.1%
500 g Blackberry500 g Blackberry - (late fermenter addition) 3.6 0 5.3%
9.50 kg / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
White Labs - Sweet Mead/Wine Yeast WLP720
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
21 - 24 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 170 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Boil water added to kettle (equipment estimates 1.8 L) 1.8
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 5
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.8 L) 6.7
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 1.9
Boil off losses -5.7
Post boil volume 3
Top off amount 12
Going into fermentor 15
Total: 13.8  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Blackberries are picked from wild stock around the city. They are boiled, and reduced to a sugar-added syrup.

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  • Last Updated: 2022-08-06 11:42 UTC