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Yule Mead Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
18 lbs honey
4 large Oranges
1 lb. Dates, Figs, Raisins
9 oz. Chopped candied ginger.
5- Vanilla beans cut and scrapped
0.5 oz. Crushed juniper berries
1 tsp. Nutmeg
1 Tbsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Allspice
1 tsp. Cardamon
5 grams Fermaid
Directions:
Directions:
You will need 15 grams of Lalvin K1V-1116 wine yeast to rehydrate in warm water. Add K yeast nutrient to the brew before the fermentation. Add 5 more grams when gravity is below 1.093. For great results, you can substitute 1 gallon of water of the 5 gallons of water with apple cider. Feel free to add other various fruit juices to it.
Mix all this all up in a fermentation bucket, pitch yeast, and ferment around 65 to 70 degrees °F. Rack after 2 weeks in the primary glass carboy, let clear, age. and bottle when ready.

 

 

 

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