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Heather Mead

353 calories 16.9 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Semi-Sweet Mead
Boil Time: 0 min
Batch Size: 3 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 1 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.328 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)
Source: Schramm and I
Calories: 353 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.9 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday November 11th 2018
1.109
1.001
14.2%
0.0
4.6
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7.80 lb Honey7.8 lb Honey 42 2 100%
7.80 lbs / 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1.20 oz Heather Tips Flavor Primary 4 hr.
0.90 tsp Yeast Energizer Other Primary --
0.90 tsp Yeast Nutrient Other Primary --
 
Yeast
White Labs - Sweet Mead/Wine Yeast WLP720
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
70 - 75 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
50 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
16021
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 (equipment estimates 2.39 g | 9.6 qt) 0.39 1.6  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.61 2.4  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 3 g | 12 qt) 1 4  
Boil off losses    
Post boil volume 3 12  
Going into fermentor 3 12  
Total: 0.39 1.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

This is Ken Schramm's recipe for Medium Show Mead, scaled down to three gallons and using Cotes des Blancs yeast. I also added the heather tips, and steeped them in warm-hot water for four hours prior to adding the honey. Find Ken's original recipe on pg. 163-4.

Schramm, K. (2003). The Compleat Meadmaker. Brewers Publications; CO, Boulder.

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