Orange Blossom Traditional

Recipe & Process

Original Volume: 1 gal + change

• 13.5 cups filtered and boiled water

• 4 lbs honey

• 4g Laffort Spark Yeast

Gravity & ABV

• OG was 1.130

• ABV: 13.91%

• FG: 1.024

Nutrients

• 1/2 tsp boiled yeast slurry at pitch

• 5/8 tsp boiled yeast slurry once a day for the first 3 days and once on day 7

Timeline - Pitch to Bottle

• Pitched on 05/09/2020

• Fed 1/4 tsp more boiled yeast and repitched on 06/07/2020 due to slow ferment

• Fed 1/4 tsp more boiled yeast on 06/27/2020 due to slow ferment

• Racked to secondary on 07/14/2020

• Added Sparkolloid to help with clearing and fining 08/07/2020

• Filtered through the same pads as one of the Black Dragon's Blood batches - since they can handle about 5 gallons, and the batch was 3. This imparted a little bit of color but only a hint (if anything) of flavor, and also finally cleared this hazy mead.

• Bottled but forgot to note the date - somewhere in Q1 2021