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Guava Mead

300 calories 20.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Other Fruit Melomel
Boil Time: 0 min
Batch Size: 3 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 3 gallons
Post Boil Size: 3 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.092 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.092 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 100% (steeping grains only)
Source: FBomb Brewing
Calories: 300 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 20.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday August 25th 2026
1.092
1.009
10.9%
0.0
4.7
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7.88 lb Honey7.88 lb Honey 35 2 100%
7.88 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 gal Guava Juice w/ Pulp (Costco) Flavor Primary 0 min.
3 each Black Tea (Bag) Other Primary 0 min.
1.50 tsp Pectic Enzyme Fining Primary 0 min.
6.25 g Go Ferm Other Primary 0 min.
4.50 tsp Fermaid O Other Primary 0 min.
 
Yeast
lavalin - Lavalin D47
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
90%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
65 - 78 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 87 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Home well water
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Boil water added to kettle 2.33 9.3  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.67 2.7  
Pre boil volume 3 12  
Boil off losses    
Post boil volume 3 12  
Going into fermentor 3 12  
Total: 2.33 9.3
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

OG - 1.119
FG - 1.013

6/23 - added 7.88 lb Orange Blossom Honey to 1 gallon of Costco Guava Pulp and water. added 4 black tea bags steeped in 3 cups boiling water, 1.5 tsp pectic enzyme
OG - 1.119
6/24 - made two yeast starters with 6.25g Go-Ferm and Lavalin 71B (one had two older packets of yeast). Neither starter took off well, added the starter with the newest yeast, dumped the other.
7/1 - SG: 1.066
7/11 - SG 1.020
7/27 - SG 1.015 Rack to secondary, have to do it in installments as the sediment gets stirred up easily
8/18 - Took pulp from transfer in a 1/2 gallon mason jar and cold crashed. Decanted back into secondary. Then ran through a 150 micron steeping bag, cold crashed and decanted again.
8/24 - Transferred, SG 1.013, backsweetened to SG 1.023.

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  • Last Updated: 2026-08-25 19:30 UTC