Its been a while since I posted, I had to take a break from brewing to move. Now that I am settled in the new place, I need to start back up so I have a few ideas for brews that I would like yall to see and advise me on.
Christmas Mead-A mead that would be ready to open on 12/25/14
Ingredients
5lbs Clover Honey
5 Lbs of cranberries
1/2 Gall of apple juice- I am considering this
10 Cinnamon sticks
2 clove
K1v
nutrients/pectic enzyme etc all added up front.
Water to 2 Gallons
Primary
Take 3lbs frozen cranberries, let unthaw, puree them into mush and put into brew bag. I know seeds will add bitterness to it. Blend the water and honey and pour on top. drop in 4 cinnamon sticks and let it sit for 2 weeks
secondary
rack it out of bucket into a 2 gallon carboy or two 1 gallon carboys. Either way 1lb of crushed cranberries per gallon. 3 cinnamon sticks per gallon and a clove per gallon. Let brew for 3 weeks. If i were to add the apple juice this is where it would go in.
Tertiary
Rack off liquid, stabilize and backsweeten. Let it age for 8 months then bottle.
Thoughts?
Christmas Mead-A mead that would be ready to open on 12/25/14
Ingredients
5lbs Clover Honey
5 Lbs of cranberries
1/2 Gall of apple juice- I am considering this
10 Cinnamon sticks
2 clove
K1v
nutrients/pectic enzyme etc all added up front.
Water to 2 Gallons
Primary
Take 3lbs frozen cranberries, let unthaw, puree them into mush and put into brew bag. I know seeds will add bitterness to it. Blend the water and honey and pour on top. drop in 4 cinnamon sticks and let it sit for 2 weeks
secondary
rack it out of bucket into a 2 gallon carboy or two 1 gallon carboys. Either way 1lb of crushed cranberries per gallon. 3 cinnamon sticks per gallon and a clove per gallon. Let brew for 3 weeks. If i were to add the apple juice this is where it would go in.
Tertiary
Rack off liquid, stabilize and backsweeten. Let it age for 8 months then bottle.
Thoughts?