I have two goals before it gets hot. Brew a Mead again and a Porter. Went back to my cat's meow book, found a place to get what I need and I'm sitting on 60 lbs of honey.
first pitch as this will take time to mature:
Blueberry Mead
Classification: mead, melomel, blueberry
Source: Jonathan Corbet (gaia!jon@handies.
ucar.edu) 11/28/88
This mead usually comes out quite dry.
This recipe makes 6-1/2 gallons.
Ingredients: (for 6-1/2 gallons)
• 7-10 pounds, fresh blueberries
• 1-2 pounds, corn sugar
• 1-2 ounces, hops (Cascades is fine)
• 10 pounds, honey
• yeast
• lemon grass tea (optional)
Procedure:
To make 6-1/2 gallons of mead, Boil the
honey, sugar, and hops for at least an hour
(although boiling honey is not favored by
most digest subscribers, it works fine and is
the method used by Papazian). Clean berries
and mash well. Put mashed berries, hot
wort, and enough water to make 6-1/2 gallons
into a fermenter. Pitch yeast. After one
week, strain out berries and rack to secondary.
Ferment at least one more month and
then bottle, priming with corn sugar and
perhaps some lemon grass tea. Age 6
months to a year.
Specifics:
• Primary Ferment: 1 week
Next target will be a Porter: I need to dig up that recipe.
Time to brew given downtime
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Re: Time to brew given downtime
"I have two goals before it gets hot."
Go Russ Go! Great hobby to have.
It has been 90 here two days in a row. You' would be sunk here....
Go Russ Go! Great hobby to have.
It has been 90 here two days in a row. You' would be sunk here....
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Re: Time to brew given downtime
I'm planning to take another stab at Ginger Beer. I'm not as patient as you.
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