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Author:

owenfi

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.113

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/16/2018 8:58 PM

Notes:

Author:

Dustydust

Boil Size: 5.19 Gallons

Boil Time: N/A

Boil Gravity: 1.125

Efficiency: 100

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/30/2018 7:05 AM

Notes: OG 1.151
3.9 gallons cider (75%)
1.29 gallons honey (25%)

3 packages Lavlin 71B yeast - White wine yeast. Ferment at 62. Allow up to a 4 degree gain in temp during primary fermentation. Don't go too hot or you'll get fusel alcohols.

I'm using wildflower honey because it's what I have available. Hopefully the spices and apples will cover the muddled honey. I tasted the honey before buying. I liked the honey, but I can’t recall tasting a honey I didn’t like.

Process:

Warm honey to lukewarm temp so it's easier to pour. Add 1.5 gallons of must to carboy. Use 2 gallons of must to dissolve honey. Pour mixture into carboy. Rinse containers with remaining 0.5 gallon of must. Add 6 crushed campden tablets to must. Wait 24-48 hours to aerate must and pitch yeast. After a few hours, check gravity. It takes a few hours for fruit gravity to stabilize.

Pitching process:
It is important to follow these steps in order. Mix together 1/2 cup warm water with GoFerm addition at 104 F (lukewarm). Slowly mix in yeast. Then slowly add must to mixture until temp is within 10 F of must. Aerate must with pure O2. Use a slightly longer aeration duration due to the higher gravity and lower solubility of O2 into the must. Pitch GoFerm/yeast/must/water mixture. Pitch pectic enzyme. Aerate again at 12 hours with pure o2

Yeast nutrient process: Stagger yeast nutrients every 24 hours for the first 3 days and at day 7. Use 4 grams nutrient for each addition. May want to rehydrate nutrients before adding to the must. Otherwise it will create a nucleation point and the co2 could cause foam to spill.

PH: monitor the pH daily and add a tsp. of potassium bicarbonate (more if needed) if the pH drops below 3.5.

De-gas process: degas twice a day during primary fermentation (4 - 5 days). Use a wine whip or something similar.

Secondary process: Rack to secondary at 3 weeks. Monitor gravity periodically. When gravity has reached terminal, add spices(See "Spice process".) Wait until desired flavor has been achieved then rack again. Add super kleer, wait for mead to clear up then add potassium metabisulfite for it's antioxidant properties.

Spice process: Add spices after racking to secondary. High quality cinnamon and vanilla is super important. Michael Fairbrother recommends Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans and Vietnamese (saigon) cinnamon. This is real cinnamon. Michael doesn't give amounts so I'm starting light. Start with 1 bean and 1/4 tsp cinnamon, add more to taste.

Resources Used:
Moonlight Meadery episode on the Beersmith podcast as inspiration for this mead. Michael covers the honey/cider ratio along with Kurt's Apple pie ingredients and the processes he uses to create mead. http://beersmith.com/blog/2012/07/26/moonlight-meadery-with-michael-fairbrother-beersmith-podcast-43/

Used Brad Smith's article on Melomels in BYO magazine for staggered nutrient addition and de-gas schedule. Must be a member to view the article. Highly recommend becoming a member. https://byo.com/article/melomels-brewing-big-fruit-mead/

Author:

MKJ

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.084

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/21/2015 1:17 PM

Notes: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=185487

Author:

RationalRebel

Boil Size: 9 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.081

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/14/2015 6:06 PM

Notes: 15 Ml Hopshot for 60 minutes
Split dry hops between secondary and keg
Use small beer left in mash tun for a small batch of something else.
Add sugars a few days into primary fermentation.

Author:

Michael Moore

Boil Size: 2 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.12

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Partial Mash

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/30/2016 9:22 AM

Notes: BREWED: 10/7/16
SECONDARY FERMENTATION: 10/14
This secondary was infused with mashed (pureed?) frozen blueberrys.

The cooking: the wheat and crystal converted its starches for 45min @ 170-150 degrees. Then sparged into spare pot and sat for the duration of the brew (about 1 more hour) in around 120F.

3 weeks old as of 10/29/16 gravity reading as of date 1.008 !

considering yeast starter next time.

BOTTLED: 11/05
This pup ended at an .08 og.

Author:

K4 Brewinator

Boil Size: 12.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.056

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 23.72 psi

Creation Date: 4/20/2020 8:05 PM

Notes:

Author:

foxchainman11@yahoo.com

Boil Size: 14 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 1

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 56 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/23/2018 4:17 PM

Notes: Split batch two 6.5 gallon boils
Hoppy Wheat like Gumball Head 3F/Belgium Single like Westy 6
Wy1010 and WLP530 Abbey Ale Westvleteren

Belgium Single Hop schedule
.75 oz Magnum at 60 min.
1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh at 20 min.
1 oz Saaz at 10 min.

Used pH 5.2 5star buffer in RO Water with 1 table spoon of CaCl to strike water.

Author:

imfraser

Boil Size: 5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/8/2018 8:47 PM

Notes:

Author:

Genus Brewing

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/4/2018 5:23 PM

Notes:

Author:

MashingPumpkins

Boil Size: 4 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.063

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 73 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/13/2017 3:32 PM

Notes:

Author:

b.fjord

Boil Size: 12 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.059

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/11/2017 6:22 PM

Notes: Going for less hoppy, more fruity, lighter color and less carbonation than the first iteration.

Author:

Cormhag

Boil Size: 26 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.059

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/22/2017 12:38 AM

Notes: Do the 50 degree whirlpool 30 minutes!

Author:

curtcicotte@gmail.com

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/4/2013 7:39 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 28.5 Litres

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 72

Mash Thickness: 5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/7/2016 1:23 AM

Notes:

Author:

vreejo

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.039

Efficiency: 55

Mash Thickness: 2.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/20/2016 10:37 PM

Notes: Mash - 4.5 Gallons Water
Sparge - 4.0 Gallons Water

Author:

shelbinator

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.05

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/28/2016 3:58 PM

Notes:

Author:

spencycle

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 79

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/28/2015 2:38 PM

Notes: This brew is killer! Add the hops towards the end and you will get a fresh IPA. This recipe is all about finding out where the bitterness comes from. Wish you could taste this, the bitterness has come from full hops that have sat in the fermenter for a month. Sometimes those hops come out with big flavor!!

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/29/2015 3:33 AM

Notes:

Author:

Nicholas Keuning

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.032

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: BIAB

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/18/2015 11:15 PM

Notes:

Author:

HopKitty

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 20

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/31/2014 10:03 PM

Notes: OG - 1.075

vessel 1
3 gal
(1) vials of irish ale yeast (WLP004)

1.020 - 2/05

vessel 2
2 gal
(1) vials of irish ale yeast (WLP004)

- 2/05