| Spiced Peach Melomel
'96 Mead
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| melomel, spiced |
mead subclass |
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8 lbs Store-Brand Honey
2 lbs Tupelo Honey
2 lbs Wildflower Honey |
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honey |
3 sticks Cinnamon
5 Cloves |
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spices |
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fruit |
| 2 packs Lalvin 71B-1122 |
yeast |
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- Juice peaches. Add honey, spices, and water.
- Pasteurize at 145º-155º for 60 minutes.
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directions |
| 1.088 |
OG |
| 0.997 |
FG |
| 11.9 |
% (v/v) |
| 15 |
days primary (glass) |
| 37 |
days secondary (glass) |
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numbers |
| I hand-picked the peaches (the same day I used them)
at Stribling Orchard in Markham, VA. Their phone numbers at the time were
703-364-2092 (h) and 703-364-3040 (o), but I think they're in the 540 area
code now - no idea if the rest of the numbers are the same. |
| Unfortunately, I may have used honey from the wrong local
distributor. I was told shortly after I made this that honey from a certain
company in Virginia (who shall remain nameless) is not good for mead. Sure
enough, this batch - which used their honey - never lost a harsh flavor,
even after over two years of aging. So I can't really comment on the recipe,
except that the spices were hardly evident. |
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notes |
Spam Breweries
Steve Marting, Brewmaster
Bob Lawrence, Label Design |
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