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== Overview ==
==Overview==
* Style: Dry Mead with Raspberry and Hops
* Style: Dry Mead with Raspberry and Hops
{{Template:BeerLabel|brewmaster=Eric Stein|abv_percentage=~6.8|name=I Didn't Mead it That Way|team=Ryan Pierce, Tucker Tomlinson|blurb=A session mead, boiled with hops and crushed fresh raspberries. Notes of peach & beer, with a bit of a beery, winey undertone.}}
{{Template:BeerLabel|brewmaster=Eric Stein|abv_percentage=~6.8|name=I Didn't Mead it That Way|team=Ryan Pierce, Tucker Tomlinson|blurb=A session mead, boiled with hops and crushed fresh raspberries. Notes of peach & beer, with a bit of a beery, winey undertone.}}
==Brewing==
== Brewing ==
Based on a recipe from Jason Betts. Heavily modified.
Based on a recipe from Jason Betts. Heavily modified.
* Add 6.5 lbs of honey (Clover type). This assumes 1.36 grav honey.
* Add 6.5 lbs of honey (Clover type). This assumes 1.36 grav honey.
* Boiled 6 oz crushed raspberries for 13 minutes.
* Boiled 6 oz crushed raspberries for 13 minutes.
* Add honey and hops. Boil another 7 minutes.
* Add honey and hops. Boil another 7 minutes.
* Chill with wort chiller to 70F.
* Chill with wort chiller to 70F.
Top up to 5gal with distilled water.
Top up to 5gal with distilled water.
Pitched with Montrechet yeast. It should be able to go fully dry.
Pitched with Montrechet yeast. It should be able to go fully dry.
Expected starting gravity: 1.043
Expected starting gravity: 1.043
Expected final ABV: 5.8%
Expected final ABV: 5.8%
==Fermenting==
== Fermenting ==
* Primary ferment: Plastic tub
* Primary ferment: Plastic tub
* Temperature set point: 60F
* Temperature set point: 60F
==Bottling==
== Bottling ==
* Add another pound of honey
* Add another pound of honey
* Transferred to sterilized growlers. Not carbonated.
* Transferred to sterilized growlers. Not carbonated.
==Tasting Notes==
== Tasting Notes ==
Tastes middling between beer, wine, and mead. It's got a vague cidery flavor. A little sweet. Most people very much enjoy it. The hops stand out more than the Raspberry does.
Tastes middling between beer, wine, and mead. It's got a vague cidery flavor. A little sweet. Most people very much enjoy it. The hops stand out more than the Raspberry does.
==Photos==
== Photos ==
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