Cider and Melomel

Today, I got busy and made a new batch of strawberry melomel. Nancy (my significant other) loves the strawberry mels and she, along with her "book club", have about cleaned me out. So, I got on it.

I also made a hard cider with cranberry which is a first for me. I had some difficulty deciding how to get the cranberry flavor for the cider; after all, have you ever seen fresh cranberries for sale in West Texas? Yeah, me neither. Dried cranberries often have preservatives and other chemicals to keep them from clumping. So I went with a 100% Juice Cranberry Cocktail. I hope it works. Here are the recipes:



7-003 Cranberry Cider

• 1 gal 100% Juice Cranberry Cocktail


• 4 gal Apple Juice


• 4 oz Grapefruit Juice


• 1 tbs Pectin Enzyme


• 2 tbs Yeast Nutrient


• 1 pkt K1V-1116


• OG: 1.050

7-004 Strawberry Melomel

• 1 gal Clover Honey


• 10 lbs Fresh Strawberries, pureed


• Water to 6 gal


• 3 tsp Pectin Enzyme


• 5 tsp Yeast Nutrient


• Juice of 3 Lemons


• 1 pkt K1V-1116


• OG: 1.112

Wassail!

-Safari Bob