Mead Batch 5

Maple Mead

• 6 lbs clover honey
• 6 lbs mesquite honey
• 17 oz Grade B dark amber maple syrup
• yeast nutrient
• yeast energizer
• Red Star Premier Cuvee yeast
• More yeast nutrient
• Wyeast "Smack Pack" 4184 Sweet Mead yeast

Brought 1.5 gallons of water to a boil. Removed from heat and added the honey and maple syrup. Returned to heat and brought back to a boil. Cooled to 92F in a sink full of cold water. Added about a quart of cold water. Added yeast nutrient and energizer according to instructions. Activated yeast according to instructions on the packet. Pitched at 84F. -Morrigu 20:48, 2 December 2012 (EST)

Estimated IG: 1.170 @ 84F = 1.1735 @ 60F - Potential ABV: 18.75%

Racked. Super sweet and a little syrupy. Hard to tell how much maple flavor this one will have, since the yeast is still pretty strong. --Morrigu 28 May 2013 (EST)

Racked again. Still very sweet and syrupy, a little bit of maple. I'm hoping that if I rack again, it'll oxygenate enough to ferment out some of the sugar. --Morrigu (talk) 03:42, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Racked, added some yeast nutrient and repitched with the wyeast pack. --Morrigu (talk) 19:54, 6 October 2013 (UTC)