Batch 8-005: Honey Blonde Braggot

Last Saturday, I taught a class on mead making at Sograte BBQ & Brew in celebration of Mead Day 2012. During the class, we sampled six different kinds of honey and three types of mead. As a group we also made a cream soda mead that should be tasty! Cary may even make it available on tap when it is ready.

As part of the class, I attempted my first braggot. I have always wanted to try to make one and the class offered a great opportunity for me to research and brew one. Here is the recipe:

8-005

• 6 lbs Golden Light Malt Extract
• 1 lb Golden Light DME
• 1 lb honey malt
• 1 lb flaked wheat
• 1 oz Fuggle 4% hops @60 min
• 1 oz 7C's hops @2 min
• 12 lbs orange blossom honey
• 1 pkt Safale US-05 Dry Ale Yeast
• water to 5 gal
• OG: 1.142

Wassail!

-Safari Bob

Mead Day 2012 at Sograte BBQ & Brew

First organized in 2002 by the American Homebrewers Association (AHA), Mead Day is a national event to increase mead awareness and foster camaraderie among meadmakers (or mazers). This year I will be celebrating Mead Day at Sograte BBQ & Brew who is kindly hosting a Mead Class at 11:00am where we will be brewing a braggot as well as making a sweet batch of the Cream Soda Mead. I will be bringing samples of different kinds of honey and a few bottles of different styles of mead. If you are in the area, come on by and enjoy the glory that is MEAD!

Mead Day 2012
August 4, 2012 at 11:00am
Sograte BBQ & Brew
8405 Ash Ave
Lubbock, TX 79404
http://sograte.com/

Wassail!

- Safari Bob