Skullfingr
Well-Known Member
Hey folks! It's time for another run!
So, if anyone of you know me and how I work, I tend to brew in very small batches. Typically a single gallon a piece, until I find a recipe I really like and brew a 5 to 7 gallon. So for these recipes, I'll be doing all single gallon brews. I plan to start this project today or tomorrow, or sometime this week depending on my schedule, so everything is an estimate as far as gravity and ABV. So here goes!
Projected Recipes
Brew Style: Cyser
Estimated Starting Gravity: 1.09
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.01
Estimated ABV: 10.05%
The Recipe
1 Gallon Sprouts Unfiltered Apple Juice
1 Pound Pure N' Simple Honey
Wyeast Sweet Mead 4184 Yeast
1/4 Teaspoon DAP
The gravity of the Apple Juice was calculated as 1.050 in another thread ( https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=151972&page=4 ), so calculations are based on that. Estimated gravity for 1lb of honey is 35 points.
Recipes #2
Brew Style: Sack Mead
Estimated Starting Gravity: 1.15
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.01
Estimated ABV: 18.37%
The Recipe
1 Gallon Filtered Spring Water
1 Pound Local Dark Texas Honey
2 Pounds Pure N' Simple Honey
Yeast (Undecided)
1/4 Teaspoon DAP
Undecided on yeast, and the reasons for that are complicated! I am considering using a bread yeast to begin the process, due to this:
Upcoming Recipe (#3): Kvasir
Style: Super High Gravity Sack Mead
ABV Goal: 25%
Starting Gravity: 1.20
Ending Gravity: 1.01
The Plan: For the project, I will need to hit a gravity of 1.20 overall, and I plan to do this in steps. First and foremost, I'm going to use the yeast cake from the Bee's Blessing Mead to begin the fermentation on a high gravity must. I am going to need approximately 6 pounds of honey to a gallon of water for the Kvasir recipe to hit 200 points (5.714lb to be precise). I'll begin with pitching 1.10, to equal about 3lb of honey per gallon. I'm going to pitch directly onto the previous yeast cake. I'll add 3 pounds of honey over time, and when it stalls, I will be adding White Labs Super High Gravity (WLP099) to kick the process back into gear.
The step process will involve a secondary racking each time new honey is added in order to introduce new oxygen to the carboy, and most likely adding a small amount of yeast as well as DAP.
So, if anyone of you know me and how I work, I tend to brew in very small batches. Typically a single gallon a piece, until I find a recipe I really like and brew a 5 to 7 gallon. So for these recipes, I'll be doing all single gallon brews. I plan to start this project today or tomorrow, or sometime this week depending on my schedule, so everything is an estimate as far as gravity and ABV. So here goes!
Projected Recipes
Brew Style: Cyser
Estimated Starting Gravity: 1.09
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.01
Estimated ABV: 10.05%
The Recipe
1 Gallon Sprouts Unfiltered Apple Juice
1 Pound Pure N' Simple Honey
Wyeast Sweet Mead 4184 Yeast
1/4 Teaspoon DAP
The gravity of the Apple Juice was calculated as 1.050 in another thread ( https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=151972&page=4 ), so calculations are based on that. Estimated gravity for 1lb of honey is 35 points.
Recipes #2
Brew Style: Sack Mead
Estimated Starting Gravity: 1.15
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.01
Estimated ABV: 18.37%
The Recipe
1 Gallon Filtered Spring Water
1 Pound Local Dark Texas Honey
2 Pounds Pure N' Simple Honey
Yeast (Undecided)
1/4 Teaspoon DAP
Undecided on yeast, and the reasons for that are complicated! I am considering using a bread yeast to begin the process, due to this:
Upcoming Recipe (#3): Kvasir
Style: Super High Gravity Sack Mead
ABV Goal: 25%
Starting Gravity: 1.20
Ending Gravity: 1.01
The Plan: For the project, I will need to hit a gravity of 1.20 overall, and I plan to do this in steps. First and foremost, I'm going to use the yeast cake from the Bee's Blessing Mead to begin the fermentation on a high gravity must. I am going to need approximately 6 pounds of honey to a gallon of water for the Kvasir recipe to hit 200 points (5.714lb to be precise). I'll begin with pitching 1.10, to equal about 3lb of honey per gallon. I'm going to pitch directly onto the previous yeast cake. I'll add 3 pounds of honey over time, and when it stalls, I will be adding White Labs Super High Gravity (WLP099) to kick the process back into gear.
The step process will involve a secondary racking each time new honey is added in order to introduce new oxygen to the carboy, and most likely adding a small amount of yeast as well as DAP.