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Prickly Pear Mead

587 calories 61.9 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Other Fruit Melomel
Boil Time: 0 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.156 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 100% (brew house)
Calories: 587 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 61.9 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday July 24th 2017
1.172
1.048
16.3%
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
20 lb Honey20 lb Honey 42 0 83.3%
4 lb Prickly Pear4 lb Prickly Pear 4.95 0 16.7%
24 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
- -
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Med
Optimum Temp:
66 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 7.5 30  
Mash volume with grains 9.1 36.4  
Grain absorption losses -2.5 -10  
Remaining sparge water volume 0.29 1.2  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.46 1.8  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 5 g | 20 qt) 5.5 22  
Boil off losses    
Post boil Volume 5 20  
Going into fermentor 5 20  
Total: 7.79 31.2
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Prickly Pear Preparation

singe off needles<br />
rinse<br />
cut in half<br />
boil in 2 gal of water for 2 hours<br />
mash it up near the end of boil<br />
strain through dish towel<br />


mix juice and honey in fermentor
add 1 pkg Lalvin Champagne yeast EC-1118

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  • Last Updated: 2017-07-24 04:55 UTC