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Guava Mead

Name: Guava Mead
Yield: 3 gallons
Cuisine: Homebrewing
Ingredients: 7.88 lb Honey

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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

Original Gravity:

1.092

Final Gravity:

1.009

ABV (standard):

10.9%

IBU (tinseth):

0.0

SRM (morey):

4.7

Mash pH

n/a

Cost $

n/a

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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	Type	Use
1 gal	Guava Juice w/ Pulp (Costco)	Flavor	Primary
3 each	Black Tea (Bag)	Other	Primary
1.50 tsp	Pectic Enzyme	Fining	Primary
6.25 g	Go Ferm	Other	Primary
4.50 tsp	Fermaid O	Other	Primary

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

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

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Cost for

Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost $	Cost %
Fermentables	$
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

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