-5 pounds wildflower honey(dutch gold)
-5 pounds clover honey (dutch gold)
-2.5 gallons cider(wal-mart, pasteurized, not concentrate, only vitamin c added)
-4 sticks cinnamon (wal-mart)
-White labs irish ale yeast vial(no starter )
–Sept 14th —
-OG – 1.15
-77 degrees
–sept, 17th–
-finally!!!! the fermentation is in full swing, lots of foam, lots
-cant find sanitizer so im scared to check te egravity until i can find it….dont want to ruine things…..
–Sept, 21–
-gravity – 1.09
–Sept, 27__
-racked into another bucket, quiet a bit of extra space, hope it doesnt oxidize
-quiet a bit of junk floating around so it wasnt a very good racking but it helped a little, going to wait a few months b4 racking again so hopefully it all settles
-gravity was 1.07
-smells good, very strong alcohol smell tho
–oct 21–
-racked into 3 gallon carboy around the first of the month, very clear now, going to age until new years eve when all but a few bottles will be consumed in a few hours….
-added 3 sticks cinnamon and 5 cloves, now that i think of it im not really sure why……i blame it on the threads about the cinnful cyser lol…..
- Batch #4 – Straight Buckwheat Mead - October 5, 2006
- Batch #3 – JAO - October 1, 2006
- Batch #2 – Dangerous cyser + cinnamon - September 14, 2006