Commence Operation Vac-U-Suck. And fire up Operation Mead too!
24 Apr 08, 04:00 CDT
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Heat 1 gal water to boiling
Sanitize necessary equipment
Add 4 teaspoons loose tea (or 1 tea bag)
Transfer tea to secondary (or remove tea bag)
Add 1 lb orange blossom honey
Add 2 lb clover honey (as raw as is available)
Simmer
Stir constantly to avoid scorching
-> honey is denser than water and will sink to bottom of pot
Skim white pearly material that rises to top
Add zest of 1 lemon
Add juice from 1/2 lemon
Pound 1 package of fresh mint with mortar and pestle
Add mint
Add 2 sticks cinnamon
24 Apr 08, 20:30 CDT
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Re-sanitize equipment (including strainer)
Hydrometer reading -> O.G. 1.106
Pitch 1 packet Lalvin L1116 wine yeast
Skip primary, load straight into secondary (based upon information gleaned from mead hobbyist list archives online)
Attach sanitized bubble lock, load with vodka
Begin waiting
25 Apr 08, 02:30 CDT
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Oh my. Sanitize spare bubble lock.
Fit secondary with second bubble lock (vodka not really necessary, given the positive pressure being developed, but hey, I did it anyways as a precaution)
Sanitize first bubble lock, which from the looks of it will be needed when I wake up...
08 May 08, 10:40 CDT
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Sanitize racking equipment and a 1-gallon secondary.
Remove bubble lock and deposit into cup of sanitizer.
Rack [this] batch of mead.
Re-cap with bubble lock.
Hydrometer reading -> O.G. 1.024
Bring 1 quart of water to boil, add 1 cup sugar, boil at least 5 minutes
Let sugar solution cool to temp that won't scorch the yeast.
Top off secondary up to neck with sugar solution (up to neck).
18 May 08, 11:30 CDT
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Mead is clarifying beautifully!
Sanitize racking equipment and a 1-gallon secondary.
Remove bubble lock and deposit into cup of sanitizer.
Rack [this] batch of mead.
Re-cap with bubble lock.
Hydrometer reading -> O.G. 1.015
Bring 1 quart of water to boil, add 1 cup sugar, boil at least 5 minutes
Let sugar solution cool to temp that won't scorch the yeast.
Top off secondary up to neck with sugar solution (up to neck).
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Heat 1 gal water to boiling
Sanitize necessary equipment
Add 4 teaspoons loose tea (or 1 tea bag)
Transfer tea to secondary (or remove tea bag)
Add 1 lb orange blossom honey
Add 2 lb clover honey (as raw as is available)
Simmer
Stir constantly to avoid scorching
-> honey is denser than water and will sink to bottom of pot
Skim white pearly material that rises to top
Add zest of 1 lemon
Add juice from 1/2 lemon
Pound 1 package of fresh mint with mortar and pestle
Add mint
Add 2 sticks cinnamon
24 Apr 08, 20:30 CDT
----------
Re-sanitize equipment (including strainer)
Hydrometer reading -> O.G. 1.106
Pitch 1 packet Lalvin L1116 wine yeast
Skip primary, load straight into secondary (based upon information gleaned from mead hobbyist list archives online)
Attach sanitized bubble lock, load with vodka
Begin waiting
25 Apr 08, 02:30 CDT
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Oh my. Sanitize spare bubble lock.
Fit secondary with second bubble lock (vodka not really necessary, given the positive pressure being developed, but hey, I did it anyways as a precaution)
Sanitize first bubble lock, which from the looks of it will be needed when I wake up...
08 May 08, 10:40 CDT
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Sanitize racking equipment and a 1-gallon secondary.
Remove bubble lock and deposit into cup of sanitizer.
Rack [this] batch of mead.
Re-cap with bubble lock.
Hydrometer reading -> O.G. 1.024
Bring 1 quart of water to boil, add 1 cup sugar, boil at least 5 minutes
Let sugar solution cool to temp that won't scorch the yeast.
Top off secondary up to neck with sugar solution (up to neck).
18 May 08, 11:30 CDT
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Mead is clarifying beautifully!
Sanitize racking equipment and a 1-gallon secondary.
Remove bubble lock and deposit into cup of sanitizer.
Rack [this] batch of mead.
Re-cap with bubble lock.
Hydrometer reading -> O.G. 1.015
Bring 1 quart of water to boil, add 1 cup sugar, boil at least 5 minutes
Let sugar solution cool to temp that won't scorch the yeast.
Top off secondary up to neck with sugar solution (up to neck).