Recipe:
5Lbs New England local wild flower honey
2 Oranges
water to make 1 gallon
1 stick cinnamon
Yeast EC-1118
1/2 tsp Fermaid K
1/4 tsp diammonium Phosphate
Primary Ferm:
starting Gravity 1.135
Honey and water mixed
First nutrient addition: Day 1
Added ¼ tsp fermaid K
Added 1/8 tsp diammonium phosphate
Second nutrient addition: 8 days after start gravity 1.1
Added 1/8 tsp of fermaid K
Added 1/16 tsp diammonium phosphate
Third nutrient addition: 27 days after start gravity 1.05
Added 1/8 tsp of fermaid K
Added 1/8 tsp of diammonium phosphate
Secondary Ferm: 57 days after start gravity at 1.022
Racked onto Cinnamon stick and two oranges sliced
Racked off cinnamon and oranges 15 days later for a total of 73 days on 3/29/18.
Bulk aged to present 1/22/19 Final gravity 1.022
This mead has been my best mead yet and I found that keeping a detailed log is very helpful. The aroma from the mead is delightful consisting of strong honey up front with very subtle notes of orange which I feel may be over powered by cinnamon. The taste of cinnamon is stronger than I was going for and I feel it over powers the orange taste. I do not smell or taste any obvious fussels. Overall this mead is very drinkable and I will be enjoying it soon without guilt as it is over a year old...
I would like to make another mead similar to this that has a more obvious orange taste with cinnamon as a supporting flavor. I do not feel I used enough oranges and I feel I can back off the amount of time the cinnamon is in the mead by racking them in separate installments? any thoughts?
5Lbs New England local wild flower honey
2 Oranges
water to make 1 gallon
1 stick cinnamon
Yeast EC-1118
1/2 tsp Fermaid K
1/4 tsp diammonium Phosphate
Primary Ferm:
starting Gravity 1.135
Honey and water mixed
First nutrient addition: Day 1
Added ¼ tsp fermaid K
Added 1/8 tsp diammonium phosphate
Second nutrient addition: 8 days after start gravity 1.1
Added 1/8 tsp of fermaid K
Added 1/16 tsp diammonium phosphate
Third nutrient addition: 27 days after start gravity 1.05
Added 1/8 tsp of fermaid K
Added 1/8 tsp of diammonium phosphate
Secondary Ferm: 57 days after start gravity at 1.022
Racked onto Cinnamon stick and two oranges sliced
Racked off cinnamon and oranges 15 days later for a total of 73 days on 3/29/18.
Bulk aged to present 1/22/19 Final gravity 1.022
This mead has been my best mead yet and I found that keeping a detailed log is very helpful. The aroma from the mead is delightful consisting of strong honey up front with very subtle notes of orange which I feel may be over powered by cinnamon. The taste of cinnamon is stronger than I was going for and I feel it over powers the orange taste. I do not smell or taste any obvious fussels. Overall this mead is very drinkable and I will be enjoying it soon without guilt as it is over a year old...
I would like to make another mead similar to this that has a more obvious orange taste with cinnamon as a supporting flavor. I do not feel I used enough oranges and I feel I can back off the amount of time the cinnamon is in the mead by racking them in separate installments? any thoughts?