Orange Blossom Session Mead

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Recipe below for Orange Blossom Session Mead by Steve Fletty, two-time Meadmaker of the Year (2007 & 2017). Reprinted with his permission. See and hear more from Fletty in Chop & Brew – Episode 62. Also see this presentation for additional advice on Making Mead the Easy Way by fellow master meadmaker Steve Piatz.

Orange Blossom Session Mead
Ingredients
  • 6 lbs orange blossom honey
  • 4 gallons water
  • Lalvin 71B-1122 Narbonne yeast
  • yeast nutrient
Process
 
Blend honey and water. Add nutrients. Rehydrate yeast in Go-Ferm, then pitch. The 71B will take this to dry.
 
Rack to secondary. Add potassium sorbate (follow instructions on label). Sorbate will prevent re-fermentation.
 
After a day, add 3 lbs of the same honey to get the gravity up to ~1.024. Fine with Super Kleer, rack to keg and force carbonate
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