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mead one

399 calories 18.1 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Semi-Sweet Mead
Boil Time: 5 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.123 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 100% (steeping grains only)
Calories: 399 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 18.1 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday September 6th 2015
1.123
1.000
16.1%
0.0
5.0
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
14.70 lb Honey14.7 lb Honey 42 2 100%
14.70 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
- -
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
92%
Flocculation:
Med
Optimum Temp:
66 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
62 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Boil water added to kettle (equipment estimates 3.98 g | 15.9 qt) 3.86 15.4  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 1.14 4.6  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 5.13 g | 20.5 qt) 5 20  
Boil off losses -0.13 -0.5  
Post boil volume 5 20  
Going into fermentor 5 20  
Total: 3.86 15.4
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Brew Day August 6.
Lalvin 71B two packs
1.25 gallon local orange blossom honey
Well water
Pitch at 60F
Aerate with O2 for 20 seconds. Added 1/2 nutrient in one cup water
staggered nutrient every other day to complete additions.
fermenting at 62F
August 21- airlock still showing activity ~ 3 bubbles per minute

Sept 20 SG = 1.022. No airlock activity. Taste is still very sweet. strong alcohol notes. Needs more time. After opening bucket, flooded it with CO2 prior to reclosure

Oct 11. SG = 1.020 transfered ~ 2 g to cabroy containing 3 # raspberry puree

remainder transfered to secondary. Still too sweet.

1/7/17 The raspberry batch SG dropped to 1.010 but still tasted too sweet (other wise good!)

The main batch was about 1.018 and too sweet. (otherwise good) Made a 100 mL slurry of champagne yeast and added ca65 mL to the big batch and 35 mL to the raspberry batch.


2/24/17 tested the raspberry mead: SG = 1.004 Tastes good! Bottle time! CAP label M2

4/1/17 The main batch is stuck at 1.018. Taste is good. Bottled. 13.7% ABV cap label is M1

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