Blueberry Mead
(properly, a melomel)
Ingredients
- 10 pounds light clover honey
- 4 pounds frozen blueberries
- 1 oz Saaz hops (½ bitter, ½ finish)
- 1 pkg WyYeast champagne yeast
Directions
- Add honey to boiling water.
- Bring back to a boil, skimming any scum that forms.
- Add bittering hops.
- Boil 15 minutes.
- Reduce heat to a low simmer.
- Add fruit. Simmer 10 minutes.
- Add finishing hops. Simmer 5 minutes.
- Into the fermenter with it.
OG 1.080, FG 0.995.
Notes
Make it just like you would a beer. Rack into a secondary fermenter after about a week or so, and leave it in there for about a month. Leave it in the bottles for a month or so. Prime with ½ cup honey. No need for yeast nutrient as there's plenty of fruit that'll supply what it needs.
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