Mead #23 – BB Pumpkin Spice Mead Batch 4
This spiced mead with a 9.46% ABV, created with water, cinnamon sticks, ground ginger, clove, honey, and champagne yeast, starting on August 13, 2022, and bottled on December 23, 2022. The process involves simmering spices, mixing in honey, fermenting with yeast, and allowing the mixture to ferment for 1 to 6 months to develop a rich, complex flavor profile. The result is a harmoniously flavored mead that exemplifies the art of patience and craftsmanship in mead-making.
ABV: 9.46%
Started: 08/13/2022
Bottled: 12/23/2022
Ingredients
- 1 gallon water
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- 2 tbs ground ginger
- 1 tbs clove
- 2 lbs honey
- 1 Packet of Red Star Premier Blanc Champagne Yeast
- 1 tbsp of sugar
Recipe
- Put ½ gal water on a burner at a medium temperature and bring to a simmer
- Add cinnamon, ginger, and clove
- Simmer for 2 hours
- In a separate vessel mix yeast with 1tbsp of sugar
- Remove simmering vessel from heat
- Add Honey to simmered vessel
- Pour simmered vessels contents into a fermenter
- Add water until the fermenter is mostly filled; you will need space for the yeast.
- Test the fermenter’s temperature.
- If temp below 90 add yeast mixture to the fermenter.
- Allow to ferment for a minimum of one month, or a suggested time of 3 – 6 months.