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AlwaysWaven

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Everyone who tasted my first batch (which is gone now) wants his or her own full bottle. So, I am getting off my lazy butt and getting a big batch started. I multiplied everything by 5, but I seem to remember someone saying not to use 5 times the yeast. Thoughts?

17.5 lbs Clover or your choice honey or blend (will finish sweet)
5 Large oranges (later cut in eights or smaller rind and all)
5 small handful of raisins (125 if you count but more or less ok)
5 sticks of cinnamon
5 whole cloves ( or 2 if you like - these are potent critters)
optional (5 pinches of nutmeg and allspice )( very small )
5 teaspoons of Fleishmann’s bread yeast ( now don't get holy on me--- after all this is an ancient mead and that's all we had back then)
Balance water to five gallons

So, all that and a 7.9 bucket and I am good. Right?
 
You could use 10 times the yeast but it really won't hurt anything. The reason they say you don't need 5 times the yeast is basically because you're just wasting two packets.

That said... I used 5 times the yeast for my first 5 gallon batch. It was awesome.

Try to lay down at least one or two bottles out of sight for a year. It's worth it. I'm at the point where I'm about to make a double batch so I can bulk age 5 gallons for a year.


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Great, thanks gents.

So, all I need to do is dump everything into my bucket, and when the fruit drops rack into a 5 gal carboy and let it sit?

I like the idea of putting two bottles away for a year!
 
I did one gallon in a glass carboy. Never racked it. Carefully bottled it right from the original carboy. Was one of my first mead batches. So I'd probably rack it to another 1 gallon jug next time and let it settle out before bottling.
 
AlwaysWaven said:
Great, thanks gents.

So, all I need to do is dump everything into my bucket, and when the fruit drops rack into a 5 gal carboy and let it sit?

I like the idea of putting two bottles away for a year!
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Yep. It's as easy as the recipe says. I have 10 gallons going right now. 5 tangerine and 5 Meyer lemon. The tangerine is really good. Finishes tarter than the Orange JAOM which I like. I'm hoping the Meyer experiment proves "fruitful" ::pun alert: since they are supposedly a mix between orange and lemon.

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Those orange things are the lemons. They are just as orange as an orange! But inside they smell like an orange that hasn't quite gone from green to orange yet.


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