New Batch: 4-003 Cranberry Traditional

Tonight I brewed a new batch of mead: A Cranberry Traditional. This is a traditional (ie just honey, water, and yeast) but for the honey, I used a cranberry varietal from The Bee Folks. Here is the recipe:

4-003
4 gal water
1 gal Cranberry Honey
5 tsp yeast nutrient
1 packet EC-118 (hydrated)
OG: 1.098; Potential ABV: 13%

I am hoping that it finishes dry with a subtle berry sweetness. We shall see..

Wassail!

- Safari Bob

New Mead Bottled: Black and Red

I finally bottled batch 3-007: The Buckwheat Traditional. In keeping with the TTU theme, I chose the name of Black and Red because the mead has a hue of both black and red - depending on the angle of light. From 5 gallons I managed the following:

15 750 ml wine bottles
1 1 liter flip-top
1 750 ml champagne bottle (I carbonated)

(OG: 1.102; FG: .996; ABV: 14.1%)

-Safari Bob

New Mead Bottled: Double T

Yesterday, I bottled Batch 3-006 which is a traditional mead using Orange Blossom honey varietal. As I am now at Texas Tech, I have decided to continue with that theme and have named this batch Double T (I thought it apt as it is a traditional). I was able to bottle the following from the initial 5 gallons:

2 1.5 l Magnum bottles
13 750 ml green bottles
3 16 oz "Grolsch" bottles

OG: 1.108; FG: 1.016; ABV: 12.3%

-Safari Bob

More Racking Fun: 3-007 Buckwheat and 4-001 Apflewein

Today I racked batches 3-007 and 4-001. I took a reading on 4-001 (SG: 1.000; ABV: 8%) but I was lazy and did not take a new reading on the buckwheat traditional. Batch 3-006 is clearing and I noticed that I am almost out of corks. So, I ordered the following from The Home Brewery:

12 Clear Bottles
12 Green Bottles
1 pack (30) Shrink Wrap; black
100 Synthetic Corks

Yeah, I'm a wild man.

-Safari Bob