I wanna try this recipe to see if i'll like it I think it's one of Wayneb's
Here's what you need to get started:
12 lbs (1 gallon) of "fruit" varietal honey - these days I prefer to use
Blackberry or Orange Blossom, but back when I created the original
recipe I used readily available clover.
3 lbs "wildflower" honey - added originally to enhance the flavor profile;
these days with good varietal honey you could substitute more of the
fruit honey, or whatever you choose -
allow yourself to be creative!
3-4 Valencia oranges - juice these to get 2 cups of fresh squeezed OJ, also
use a peeler to get the "zest," the outer skin, off of each. Throw away
the white pith.
1/2 gal fresh or frozen apple juice or apple cider - IMPORTANT: Only use
NO PRESERVATIVES ADDED juice. Pasteurized is OK, but NO sorbate or
benzoate!
2 bags Celestial Seasonings "Morning Thunder" tea
2 long sticks cinnamon - use the true, Ceylon cinnamon, if you can get it.
10 corns allspice
2 whole cloves
12 juniper berries
1 whole nutmeg
1 packet Red Star Montrachet Wine Yeast
Fermaid-K yeast nutrient (9.5 g, about 2-1/2 tsp)
Diammonium Phosphate (9.5 g, about 2-1/2 tsp)
Go_Ferm yeast rehydration energizer (6.25 g, about 2-1/2 tsp)
1/2 TBS bentonite, rehydrated in 1 cup boiling water, left to stand covered
for 24 hrs.
my guesses would be...
2 1/2# of "fruit" varietal honey - these days I prefer to use Blackberry or Orange Blossom, but back when I created the original recipe I used readily available clover.
1/2# "wildflower" honey - added originally to enhance the flavor profile; these days with good varietal honey you could substitute more of the fruit honey, or whatever you choose - allow yourself to be creative!
2 Valencia oranges - juice these to get 1/2 cup of fresh squeezed OJ, also use a peeler to get the "zest," the outer skin, off of each. Throw away the white pith.
12 ounces fresh or frozen apple juice or apple cider - IMPORTANT: Only use NO PRESERVATIVES ADDED juice. Pasteurized is OK, but NO sorbate or benzoate!
1 bags Celestial Seasonings "Morning Thunder" tea
1/2 long stick cinnamon - use the true, Ceylon cinnamon, if you can get it.
2 corns allspice
1 whole cloves
2 juniper berries
1/5 whole nutmeg
1 packet Red Star Montrachet Wine Yeast
I've never used nutrients/energizers so not really sure what to reduce them to.
This will be my second mead ever, currently got a gallon of JAOM I started 4/10/09. Figured I'd make a bunch of gallons to try spaced out so I continuously have something to drink, and so stop making my wife think I'm crazy by staring at the JAOM bubble.
Here's what you need to get started:
12 lbs (1 gallon) of "fruit" varietal honey - these days I prefer to use
Blackberry or Orange Blossom, but back when I created the original
recipe I used readily available clover.
3 lbs "wildflower" honey - added originally to enhance the flavor profile;
these days with good varietal honey you could substitute more of the
fruit honey, or whatever you choose -
allow yourself to be creative!
3-4 Valencia oranges - juice these to get 2 cups of fresh squeezed OJ, also
use a peeler to get the "zest," the outer skin, off of each. Throw away
the white pith.
1/2 gal fresh or frozen apple juice or apple cider - IMPORTANT: Only use
NO PRESERVATIVES ADDED juice. Pasteurized is OK, but NO sorbate or
benzoate!
2 bags Celestial Seasonings "Morning Thunder" tea
2 long sticks cinnamon - use the true, Ceylon cinnamon, if you can get it.
10 corns allspice
2 whole cloves
12 juniper berries
1 whole nutmeg
1 packet Red Star Montrachet Wine Yeast
Fermaid-K yeast nutrient (9.5 g, about 2-1/2 tsp)
Diammonium Phosphate (9.5 g, about 2-1/2 tsp)
Go_Ferm yeast rehydration energizer (6.25 g, about 2-1/2 tsp)
1/2 TBS bentonite, rehydrated in 1 cup boiling water, left to stand covered
for 24 hrs.
my guesses would be...
2 1/2# of "fruit" varietal honey - these days I prefer to use Blackberry or Orange Blossom, but back when I created the original recipe I used readily available clover.
1/2# "wildflower" honey - added originally to enhance the flavor profile; these days with good varietal honey you could substitute more of the fruit honey, or whatever you choose - allow yourself to be creative!
2 Valencia oranges - juice these to get 1/2 cup of fresh squeezed OJ, also use a peeler to get the "zest," the outer skin, off of each. Throw away the white pith.
12 ounces fresh or frozen apple juice or apple cider - IMPORTANT: Only use NO PRESERVATIVES ADDED juice. Pasteurized is OK, but NO sorbate or benzoate!
1 bags Celestial Seasonings "Morning Thunder" tea
1/2 long stick cinnamon - use the true, Ceylon cinnamon, if you can get it.
2 corns allspice
1 whole cloves
2 juniper berries
1/5 whole nutmeg
1 packet Red Star Montrachet Wine Yeast
I've never used nutrients/energizers so not really sure what to reduce them to.
This will be my second mead ever, currently got a gallon of JAOM I started 4/10/09. Figured I'd make a bunch of gallons to try spaced out so I continuously have something to drink, and so stop making my wife think I'm crazy by staring at the JAOM bubble.
