Category: Mead
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A Blueberry Mead and a Cherry Mead
Twin recipes for blueberry mead and cherry mead. Each mead uses all-natural fruit concentrates as their base, which are often more affordable than fresh or frozen fruit, or bulk juice. Originally Posted: Aug. 7, 2020 Last Updated: Apr. 2, 2021 Quick Specs OG = ~1.105 ABV: ~13% Taste Profile: Light to medium fruit flavor in…
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Mango-Habanero Mead
Mango-Habanero Mead is a spicy and fruity brew, brainstormed with a good friend of mine. Its culinary applications are immense. Originally Posted: Aug. 9, 2020 Quick Specs OG = ~1.105 ABV: ~14% Taste Profile: Spicy and fruity Time: First batch only took 2 months; second batch took longer because I ran into similar problems as…
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Cabernet Sauvignon Pyment Mead
A Pyment (grape wine mead) made with a Cabernet Sauvignon wine kit. Originally Posted: Aug. 8, 2020 Quick Specs ABV: ~12% Taste Profile: like a dry red wine Time: 3 months Yield: 30 bottles Intro Like apple cyser mead, Pyment may have played a transitional role in a regional brewing tradition. Simply put, Pyment is…
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Rooibos-Coffee Mead
A rich mead made using Rooibos tea and Stumptown Cold Brew Coffee. Originally Posted: Aug. 8, 2020 Quick Specs OG = 1.105 ABV: ~13.8% Taste Profile: Strong and semi-sweet coffee flavor with rooibos and vanilla in the background Time: about 5 months Yield: ended up with just over 30 bottles Intro My Rooibos-Coffee mead “Café…
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Basic Bochet Mead
Simplified steps to caramelize honey for making a Bochet style mead. Originally Posted: Aug. 7, 2020 Quick Specs OG = 1.105 ABV: ~13.8% Taste Profile: Like caramel, toasted marshmallow, or toffee Time: ~3 months for the One-gallon version Size: One-gallon batch (scalable) Intro Bochet is a mead fermented from caramelized honey. It is darker than…
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Braggot Stout
A bochet-style braggot stout (with a chocolate milk stout as a base) Originally Posted: Aug. 6, 2020 Quick Specs Est. OG = 1.095 (1.060 without honey) OG = 1.080 actual Est. FG = 1.022 FG = 1.017 ABV: 8.3% Taste Profile: Chocolate flavor and lactose creaminess dominate, caramelized honey mostly in the background Time: About…
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Mixed Berry Mead
My first Mixed Berry Mead, inspired by and adapted from The Compleat Meadmaker. Originally Posted: Aug. 3, 2020 Quick Specs OG = 1.175 as 3 gallon starter OG = 1.105 diluted to 5 gallons ABV: ~13.8% Taste Profile: Light at first, develops well with age Time: 6 months to a Year Yield: I ended up…
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Basic Apple Cyser Mead
One of my favorite simple meads, a basic spiced Cyser (apple mead) is a great choice for beginners. The use of apple juice allows you to save money on honey as a fermentable. Originally Posted: Aug. 3, 2020 Quick Specs OG = 1.105 – 1.115 (depending on apple juice) ABV: ~12 – 14% (for the…
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General Notes on Mead
Some general notes, facts, quickie calculations, and tips for making mead. I’ll try and keep this updated as I learn new tips. Originally Posted: Aug. 3, 2020 Terminology for Beginners Beer: Any grain-based alcoholic beverage, typically consisting of malted barley, hops, water, and yeast. However, many historical and regional styles may contain adjunct fermentable sugars,…