Writer: Michael Fairbrother
Varietal Meads
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThere are more than 300 honey varietals in the United States, and countless others across the world. Each has unique characteristics that differ from another in taste, aroma, color, and even mouthfeel. Learn more about some of the most popular honey varieties and tips to create your own varietal mead.
Varietal Mead
Digital and Plus Members OnlyVarietal Mead (5 gallons/19 L)OG = 1.120 FG = 1.012 ABV = 14% Most of the traditional mead recipes that I make follow this ratio: 1 part honey, 3 parts water. Using that ratio, it’s easy to scale a batch up or down as needed. Ingredients 15 lbs. (6.8 kg) single-varietal honey 3.75 gallons (14.2
Moonlight Meadery Razz What She Said clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA sweet apple cider with raspberry juice.
Moonlight Meadery Crimes of Passion clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyMoonlight Meadery Crimes of Passion clone Ingredients 4.5 gallons (17 L) sweet apple cider 0.5 gallon (2 L) black currant juice 4 Campden tablets 1 packet Lalvin Narbonne 71B-1122 yeast 1.5 tsp. Go-Ferm Step by step Add juices and Campden tablets to a sanitized fermenter. Place sanitized airlock onto fermenter and wait 24 hours. After
Moonlight Meadery Boys N Berries clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyMoonlight Meadery Boys N Berries clone Ingredients 4 gallons (15 L) sweet apple cider 1 gallon (4 L) boysenberry puree 4 Campden tablets 1 packet Lalvin Narbonne 71B-1122 yeast 1.5 tsp. Go-Ferm Step by step Add juices and Campden tablets to a sanitized fermenter. Place sanitized airlock onto fermenter and wait 24 hours. After the 24
Fruit Cider
Digital and Plus Members OnlyFall is here and that means it’s the perfect time to make hard cider! Professional cidermaker Michael Fairbrother offers advice and three clone recipes for hard fruited ciders.
Single Varietal Mead Making
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIn its simplest form mead is a fermented beverage made from honey and water. The key to making fantastic meads is your honey, so don’t think of honey as a generic ingredient — it’s so much more. Honey is a complex mixture of sugars, flavors from the pollen as well as trace enzymes, minerals, vitamins,