Hoppy mead
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 5:48 pm
Just started a hoppy mead last night. The recipe:
1 oz Centennial hops
1 oz Citra hops
1.5 lbs (about half a kilo) of clover honey
Water to make about 1 US gallon (SG of about 1.058).
1 oz of ginger
zest and juice of lemon
1/4 t of nutrient
1/4 t of tannin
Yeast: EC 1118
Boiled the water and added hops - allowed to boil 10 minutes. Removed hops mixed honey and all other ingredients (except for nutrient and yeast)
allowed to cool overnight. Rehydrated yeast and pitched (added yeast to must). Added nutrients when yeast began to show activity.
Will leave in fermenter one week. Measure gravity: if around 1.010 (about 6 % ABV) will bottle and refrigerate. To be drunk over the next few weeks.
1 oz Centennial hops
1 oz Citra hops
1.5 lbs (about half a kilo) of clover honey
Water to make about 1 US gallon (SG of about 1.058).
1 oz of ginger
zest and juice of lemon
1/4 t of nutrient
1/4 t of tannin
Yeast: EC 1118
Boiled the water and added hops - allowed to boil 10 minutes. Removed hops mixed honey and all other ingredients (except for nutrient and yeast)
allowed to cool overnight. Rehydrated yeast and pitched (added yeast to must). Added nutrients when yeast began to show activity.
Will leave in fermenter one week. Measure gravity: if around 1.010 (about 6 % ABV) will bottle and refrigerate. To be drunk over the next few weeks.