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=== Eric & Donna ===
 
=== Eric & Donna ===
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Blueberry, Blackberry, Raspberry Mead
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* 7oz blueberries
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* 7oz blackberries
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* 7oz raspberries
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* 1 cup water
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smash up all the berries and simmer all of above ingredients for a few minutes until largely liquefied. strain through cheesecloth, keep only liquid.
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* 46 oz unpasteurized honey
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add all of the above to a pot with the berry juice and top up to 1 gallon with water. Heat while continaully stirring to 150F. You want to pasteurize and also dissolve all the honey without burning it at all.
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* Add 1 tsp LD carlson yeast nutrient and stir until dissolved.
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Cool to 100F or below with an ice bath or other method and pour into a sterilized glass 1 gallon jug. (sterilize using Star San)
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* Add 1/2 tsp raspberry extract.
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Cool to 75F and add yeast - 4184 sweet mead wyyeast, use 1/6th of a smackpack.
    
=== Michael ===
 
=== Michael ===
    
=== Justin ===
 
=== Justin ===
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Blueberry and Raspberry Mead.
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* 48oz Sunny Hill Honey
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* Enough tap water to bring it up to a gallon
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* Heat mixture to 161 °F while stirring to pasteurize
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* Remove from Heat
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* Add 1tbsp Blueberry Extract
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* Add 2tbsp Raspberry Extract
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* Cool mixture to 80 °F
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* Transfer to 1 gallon jug
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* Add 1tsp Yeast Nutrient (Diammonium phosphate)
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* Add 20mL Wyeast Sweet Mead Yeast (4184)
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The plan is to let it ferment for 1 or 2 weeks (until it's done), then transfer it to another container and let it age for roughly 11 months.
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* Initial Gravity: 1.114
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* Racking Gravity: ???
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* Final Gravity: ???
    
=== Arturo ===
 
=== Arturo ===
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=== Ryan ===
 
=== Ryan ===
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Ginger and Nutmeg Mead
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* 3 lbs Honey
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* 3/4 oz grated fresh ginger
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* Some ground nutmeg (mistake, didn't realize we had whole nutmeg)
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* Some whole nutmeg
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* Added cold water to jug to top up to near 1 gal
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* 1 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Diammonium Phosphate)
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* 1/2 tsp Yeast Nutrient (B Vitamin Complex & Thiamine)
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Fermenting notes:
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* Initial Gravity: 1.074
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* Racking Gravity: ???
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* Final Gravity: ???
    
== Fermenting ==
 
== Fermenting ==
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== Tasting Notes ==
 
== Tasting Notes ==
      
[[Category:Beer Church Beers]]
 
[[Category:Beer Church Beers]]
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