
Spotted Tongue Sweet Mead
Specialty Beer • Extract • 5 gal
First attempt at a mead. Will probably add some blackberry syrup to part of the batch when it stops fermenting actively.
April 30, 2003 pm 07:05pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 15.7 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 1 tsp
Yeast Nutrient - (omitted from calculations)
Yeast Nutrient
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White Labs WLP720 Sweet Mead/Wine
White Labs WLP720 Sweet Mead/Wine
A wine yeast strain that is less attenuative than WLP715, leaving some residual sweetness. Slightly fruity and will tolerate alcohol concentrations up to 15%. A good choice for sweet mead and cider, as well as Blush wines, Gewärztraminer, Sauternes, Riesl
Notes
Started just after Thanksgiving 2002. Gravity down to 1.034 on 4/30/03. Still bubbling at about 1 bubble/10-15 secs.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 23 - Specialty Beer
Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.100 | 1.026 - 1.120 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.019 | 0.995 - 1.035 | ![]() |
Color: | 0.3 SRM | 1 - 50 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 10.7% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 0.0 IBU | 0 - 100 | ![]() |