Ingredients:
1 Gal Ryan's Apple Cider, (Hood River Juice Co., Hood River, Oregon)
~6 lbs Texas Wildflower Honey
2 sticks of cinnamon
1 small pinch cloves
very small amount of fresh ground black pepper
2 handful raisons
Water to 3 1/2 gallon.
White Labs Sweet Mead Yeast
Directions:
| Date: | SG | Comments |
| Nov 25, 2004 | 1.090 | I started a new batch of cyser today. I basically made this up
off the top of my head. I wanted this batch to ferment reasonably dry, so I
only mixed for a PA of 12%. I'm not sure where this will end up since I used
the sweet mead yeast, but this yeast, in a peach melomel, has went clear dry,
so it might go dry here. When finished, I plan to stabilize and sweeten to
taste. I may even decide to do 2 versions. A real sweet version for the GF and
a less sweet version for me. I'm thinking about 1.015 to 1.020 for me... 1.030
for the GF (she likes it real sweet!) Note: I didn't measure out the honey to know exactly what was used. I added honey and water to get to a volume of 3 1/2 gallon at 12% potential alcohol. I started with a 12 lb bucket of honey, it it's about 1/2 empty, so I'm calling it 6 lbs! |
| Nov 27, 2004 | This yeast definitely got off to a slow start. I'm guessing the yeast was past it's intended shelf life, which is 4 months form the bottle date (which is NOT shown on the bottle). It did finally get started and smells normal, so I think everything will be ok. | |
| Dec 2, 2004 | Still bubbling away. | |
| Dec 19, 2004 | 0.99 | Racked over to a carboy today. The SG was setting at 0.99, so I added about 1 cup of honey. I didn't check the new SG. |
| Jan 9, 2005 | It's real slow, but it's still bubbling. I'll probably test the SG next weekend and see if it needs to be sweetened again. | |
| Feb 26, 2005 | 1.00 | It appears that all bubbling has ceased. A sample tested at 1.00 SG and the taste was rather pleasant. I intend to let this set another week or 2 just to make sure it's finished, then I'll rack, add some sulfate and sorbate, sweeten to taste, and then after another week or 2, bottle. |
| Mar, 5, 2005 | Racked and Added the sorbate and sulfate. | |
| Jun, 15, 2005 | Bottled! |
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