Jan 18 2016
OG 1.101
FG 1.004
Unplanned experimental recipe. Goal, to achieve a brew somewhere on the spectrum of saison-mead-ale
22 navel oranges juiced through Breville juicer. Est. 23grams sugar per orange (1.11 lbs), 46oz in volume.
Juice added at 10min to pasteurize
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7days: transfer to secondary
2lbs raw unprocessed honey added
Champagne yeast added
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14days:
1lb raw unprocessed honey added
(bubble 5sec intervals within 24hrs, so yeast still firing)
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1month:
Bottled using 1/2cup of raw cane sugar
Tastes pretty good. Fairly sour beer, but not funky at all. Fair amount of residual flavor and tongue tingling from the orange peel and ginger.
As original gravity was not taken due to multiple additions of honey, the estimate above is 1.101
Final gravity 1.004, and it certainly feels boozy after a few drinks.
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April 3 2016 update
very nice head, very nice flavor other than being a little harsh. Cant wait to drink this in several more months and years.
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12/26/16 opened a bottle at Christmas, all the flavor still there..maybe a little dryer...really drinks like a hopped champaign