5 gallon
12.5g Go-Ferm
250 ml water
10g D254 Lallemand yeast
23.1g Fermaid-O
1.115 SG / 23.77 Brix (just honey)
1.125 SG / 23.77 Brix (estimated honey w/ fruit)
1/3 sugar break = 1.082
1.010 Estimated FG
Honey Options (choose one):
15 lbs Mesquite blossom
Add your honey into a bucket and top off with enough water needed to reach the starting gravity listed above.
Add the following to your must (preferably in a mesh bag):
- 4 lbs of frozen and thawed blueberries
- 6 lbs of frozen and thawed blackberries
- 6 lbs of frozen and thawed black cherries
- 2 lbs of frozen and thawed raspberries
Follow the Yeast Handling and Nutrient Addition process on MMR.
Rack mead off of fruit into secondary and add:
- 8 oz of French medium toast oak cubes
Allow to sit on oak for at least 3 months.