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I’ll Have The Pie

I’ll Have The Pie

(5 gallons/19 L)
OG = 1.138  FG = 1.025
ABV = 14.5%, est

Ingredients

16 lbs. (2.3 kg) honey
3–4 gallons (11.5–15 L) fresh-pressed cider
25 g 71B-1122 wine yeast
Yeast rehydration agent
Yeast nutrients
Stabilization additives
Peels of two large oranges
5 cinnamon sticks
10 dried berries of allspice (roughly crushed)
3 whole cloves
3 vanilla beans (split and scraped)

See more on the steps to making this mead in the full story at https://byo.com/article/meads-of-the-season

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