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Ginger-Elderberry mead

118 calories 6.3 g 330 ml
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Semi-Sweet Mead
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 28 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30 liters
Post Boil Size: 28 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.037 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.040 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 118 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 6.3 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Sunday November 1st 2020
1.040
1.001
5.2%
7.6
6.1
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
1.50 kg Brown Sugar1.5 kg Brown Sugar 45 15 34.9%
1.80 kg Honey1.8 kg Honey 35 2 41.9%
1 kg Elderberry1 kg Elderberry 2.75 0 23.3%
4.30 kg / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
20 g Hallertau Mittelfruh20 g Hallertau Mittelfruh Hops Pellet 3.75 Boil 60 min 7.63 66.7%
10 g Columbus10 g Columbus Hops Pellet 15 Dry Hop at 20 °C 14 days 33.3%
30 g / 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
120 g Ginger Root Flavor Boil 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Mangrove Jack - Mead M05
Amount:
10 Grams
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
97.5%
Flocculation:
Med-High
Optimum Temp:
15 - 30 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
20 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 98 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: sucrose       Amount: 172.3 g       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 2.4 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Helsinki - Finland
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 L/kg  
Mash volume with grains  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 31.5 L) 27.7
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 3.2
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 33.8 L) 30
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.1
Post boil Volume 28
Going into fermentor 28
Total: 27.7  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

The focus of this recipe is not to create a honey wine, but instead a semi-sweet, hard ciderish mead.

The elderberry is actually in form of juice mixture (0,5l mixture worth of 3 liter of juice)
added some erithrythol (artifical sweetener) to add up sweetness

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  • Last Updated: 2020-11-01 18:21 UTC