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Greybeards Ambrosia

486 calories 48.8 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Semi-Sweet Mead
Boil Time: 45 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 3 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.239 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 50% (steeping grains only)
Calories: 486 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 48.8 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday May 19th 2015
1.144
1.036
14.1%
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5.4
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
16 lb Honey16 lb Honey 42 2 94.1%
1 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose1 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose 46 0.5 5.9%
17 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 each Temple Orange Peel Flavor Boil --
1 tsp Irish Moss Fining Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
- -
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Med
Optimum Temp:
66 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
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Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Boil water added to kettle (equipment estimates 4.81 g | 19.2 qt) 1.68 6.7  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 1.32 5.3  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.13 g | 24.5 qt) 3 12  
Boil off losses -1.13 -4.5  
Post boil volume 5 20  
Going into fermentor 5 20  
Total: 1.68 6.7
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

In the brew pot add honey,corn sugar, 2 Temple orange peels, and 1 1/2 gallons water.Bring to a slow boil. As soon as boil starts, scoop out orange peel. Continue a slow boil for 30 minutes, skimming any "foam" that forms on the surface. After 30 minutes add 1tsp Irish Moss, continue to slow boil for 15 minutes. Add to primary and bring volume up to 5 gallons. Rehydrate 1 package of "Red Star Pasteur Champagne Yeast". Pitch yeast when temperature of must is 65F-75F. Secondary rack when necessary.
This is my late Fathers recipe. It has won many awards, both in the SCA and in the mundane world. We just opened the last bottle, 20 years old by the way, and it is wonderful! Hope you have fun brewing this one.

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  • Last Updated: 2015-05-19 19:13 UTC