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Spiced Orange Mead

Spiced Orange Mead

(3 gallons/11.5 L)
OG = 1.127  FG = 1.020
ABV = 14%, est

Ingredients

10.5 lbs. (4.8 kg) mix of clover and basswood honeys
12 g Côte des Blancs wine yeast
3 orange peels 
1 fresh sprig of thyme
3 tsp. peppercorns (roughly cracked)
6 bay leaves
3 lbs. (1.4 kg) golden raisins
Yeast rehydration agent 
Yeast nutrients
Stabilization additives

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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