"OLD FASHIONED" MEAD

5 gallon

25g Go-Ferm

500 ml water

20g D80 yeast

34.5g Fermaid-O

1.170 SG / 38.3 Brix

1/3 Sugar break 1.111

1.060 - 1.065 Estimated FG

8 lbs Avocado blossom

14 lbs Orange Blossom

*Try the Mexican Orange Blossom from Bee Seasonal

14 oz jar of Luxardo maraschino cherries

Add your honey into a bucket and top off with enough water if needed to reach the starting gravity listed above.

Follow the Yeast Handling and Nutrient Addition process on MMR.

Secondary additions:

- 10 oz of bourbon soaked American heavy toast oak cubes (soak for one week)

- 4 oz bitter orange peel

Rack into new vessel after 6 weeks.

*For the oak, you can use 1 spiral from this 6-pack American #3 Char oak spirals, but reduce aging time to 3 weeks.