Greetings all,
I am completely new to the Mead Making hobby. I LOVE mead so much, I want to start making my own. One thing, I like Mead on the sweeter side! Between sweet and dessert sweet. I've read books, websites, watched the 9-week Youtube video's, bought the basic equipment and will be getting the last of the honey I need. I'm getting 6 pounds of honey (two 3 pound jars) of local Fireweed honey. I can't for the life of me figure out the calculator here, but have put everything into the Batchbuildr calculator on MeadMaker. Here is the recipe I'm going to use (will it work?)
Wanted ABV = 14% or less
Batch amount = 1 gallon
Amount of honey = 4.37 lbs
Amount of yeast (Lalvin 71B) = 2g
Amount of GoFerm = 6.25g
Amount of Fermaid K = 1.9g
Amount of DAP = 3.6g
I have a 2-gallon plastic bucket primary fermenter, 1 gallon glass carboy secondary, 3-piece airlock for both, Hydrometer, Paint Stirrer for drill for aerating, scale, StarSan sanitizer. I was going to do the rehydration method for the yeast, and the TiONSA method.
-Greg
I am completely new to the Mead Making hobby. I LOVE mead so much, I want to start making my own. One thing, I like Mead on the sweeter side! Between sweet and dessert sweet. I've read books, websites, watched the 9-week Youtube video's, bought the basic equipment and will be getting the last of the honey I need. I'm getting 6 pounds of honey (two 3 pound jars) of local Fireweed honey. I can't for the life of me figure out the calculator here, but have put everything into the Batchbuildr calculator on MeadMaker. Here is the recipe I'm going to use (will it work?)
Wanted ABV = 14% or less
Batch amount = 1 gallon
Amount of honey = 4.37 lbs
Amount of yeast (Lalvin 71B) = 2g
Amount of GoFerm = 6.25g
Amount of Fermaid K = 1.9g
Amount of DAP = 3.6g
I have a 2-gallon plastic bucket primary fermenter, 1 gallon glass carboy secondary, 3-piece airlock for both, Hydrometer, Paint Stirrer for drill for aerating, scale, StarSan sanitizer. I was going to do the rehydration method for the yeast, and the TiONSA method.
-Greg