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Sweet Strawberry Melomel

424 calories 20.5 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Semi-Sweet Mead
Boil Time: 15 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 3 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.238 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)
Source: Reality_Check
Calories: 424 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 20.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday December 8th 2017
1.130
1.002
16.8%
0.0
5.2
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
17 lb Honey17 lb Honey 42 2 100%
17 lbs / 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
48 oz Organic Strawberry Spread Flavor Secondary --
 
Yeast
- -
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Med
Optimum Temp:
66 - 72 °F
Starter:
Yes
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
Store Bought "Spring" Water
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Will be adding back Reverse Osmosis water to retain 5 gallons of volume.
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Boil water added to kettle (equipment estimates 4.55 g | 18.2 qt) 1.68 6.7  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 1.32 5.3  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 5.88 g | 23.5 qt) 3 12  
Boil off losses -0.38 -1.5  
Post boil volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 1.68 6.7
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Two packets of Lalvin D47 Wine Yeast (only ferments to ~ 14%)
Yeast Starter directions from "Compleat Meadmaker" - 6.5 cups of water, tablespoon of Light DME, 1/2 cup honey, 1/4 tsp Nutrient, 1/4 tsp Energizer. Bring water, nutrient, energizer, & malt extract to a boil for 15 minutes, remove from heat, add honey, cover with foil. I'll let this sit on my stir plate for about 42 hours before pitching.

Warm a couple gallons of water to ~140 F or so to mix in the clover honey which was purchased at Costco. Use chilled water to bring down to pitching temp & volume up to ~5 gallons (I went up to about 5.75 gallons). OG for me was 1.12-1.13.

Then follow nutrient additions with 1/4 tsp energizer and 1/2 tsp nutrient at 24 hours, then again at 48 hours, then again after 30% of sugar has been depleted. Two weeks of primary before racking to secondary. Warm the organic "strawberry spread" from Costco in some ~140-150 degree water just to be safe, then rest until room temp, then add in to secondary for two more weeks before racking a 3rd time.

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  • Last Updated: 2017-12-11 14:33 UTC