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Orange-Apple mead

428 calories 38.8 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Sweet Mead
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.094 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.128 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (brew house)
Source: canis187
Calories: 428 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 38.8 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday January 26th 2017
1.128
1.026
13.3%
0.0
16.2
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
15 lb Honey15 lb Honey 35 2 50.8%
128 oz US - Apple juice128 oz Apple juice 5.8 1 27.1%
64 oz Maple Syrup64 oz Maple Syrup 30 35 13.6%
2.50 lb Orange2.5 lb Orange 4.1 0 8.5%
29.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
3 each Cinnamon Stick Spice Primary 0 min.
3 each Clove Spice Primary 0 min.
3 tsp Nutmeg Spice Primary 0 min.
2 oz rasin Spice Primary 0 min.
4 each vanilla bean Spice Primary 0 min.
1 each Whirlfloc Fining Primary 0 min.
2 tsp Irish Moss Fining Primary 0 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Sweet Mead 4184
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
65 - 75 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
70 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 217 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 3.3 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.3 qt/lb    
Mash volume with grains    
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.42 g | 17.7 qt) 4.92 19.7  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 2.83 11.3  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7 g | 28 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 4.92 19.7
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

1 gallon of organic apple juice, and 2 cans of organic apple juice concentrate. 5 large oranges (Japaneese Mandarins in this batch) but I didn't get a weight. The oranges were sliced into 1/8ths rind and all and shoved in the carboy.

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