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Bluebery Mead

246 calories 14.5 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Other Fruit Melomel
Boil Time: 0 min
Batch Size: 6 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.091 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.076 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (steeping grains only)
Source: John Nafziger
Calories: 246 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday October 4th 2024
1.076
1.004
9.5%
0.0
4.1
n/a
34.71
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
13 lb Honey13 lb Honey $ 2.67 / lb
$ 34.71 		35 2 100%
13 lbs / $ 34.71
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
4 lb Blueberry Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - kv1116
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
95%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
50 - 95 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 146 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Bloomington Illinois Home Filtered
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Water siting in container overnight for chlorine mitigation. Consider adding chemicals for water treatment on next batch.
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Boil water added to kettle (equipment estimates 4.9 g | 19.6 qt) 3.9 15.6  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 1.1 4.4  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6 g | 24 qt) 5 20  
Boil off losses    
Post boil volume 6 24  
Going into fermentor 6 24  
Total: 3.9 15.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

1000 ml starter evening before. 1/2 cup honey, 1/2 tsp FermAid O and top of with water. stir well with frother. Stir plate approx 12 hours. Starter OG 1.045
Mix water & honey, 1 and aerate with large wisk on drill.
Bucket fermenter with single air lock.
Initially wanted only 5 gal batch but didn't allow for volume of honey being about 1 1/4 gallon. OG calculation was off by about 10 points.

Yeast nutrient schedule:
24 hrs add 1 tsp Ferm O and wisk to degas
48 hrs add 1 tsp Ferm O

Kill yeast with Potassium Sorbate 3-6 grams 1-2 days prior to back-sweeten and adding blueberry puree.

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