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Iron Maiden Voyage

310 calories 15.1 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Sweet Mead
Boil Time: 1 min
Batch Size: 3.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 1 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.336 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 100% (brew house)
Source: Will Rezner
Calories: 310 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 15.1 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday December 19th 2016
1.096
1.001
12.4%
0.0
4.2
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
8 lb Honey8 lb Honey 42 2 100%
8 lbs / $ 0.00
 
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:
0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 227 B cells required
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume (equipment estimates 3.15 g | 12.6 qt) 0.63 2.5  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 3.15 g | 12.6 qt) 0.63 2.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.62 2.5  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 3.53 g | 14.1 qt) 1 4  
Boil off losses -0.03 -0.1  
Post boil Volume 3.5 14  
Volume into fermentor 3.5 14  
Total: 0.63 2.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

1 lb 2.6 oz orange blossom honey
2 lb 4.5 oz wild flower from Iowa
2 lb wild flower from Door County
2 lb 8 oz wild flower

7 lb 15 oz

starter was roughly 6 oz of misc honey and some DME

made 12/18/16

transferred 1/26/17
sample taste is astounding. No high temps to wipe out floral aroma leaving all of the flavor of the honey behind.
FG on point: 1.001

3/20/17
color darker than anticipated and still has slight haze

8/12/17
haze gone and mead bottled

tasting notes:
The nose is spectacular. Smelling of a bright bouquet of flowers. The taste was drier than anticipated and is similar to a dry white wine. Very happy with the way this turned out but I think a bit of french oak could have given it a bit more depth and balance.

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