Recipe provided by award-winning meadmaker and two-time Meadmaker of the Year Steve Fletty as a roadmap for home fermenters looking to make a somewhat simple and straightforward traditional mead as you explore the characteristics of different and unique honeys. This recipe is written for orange blossom honey, but Fletty provides some yeast suggestions to use
This recipe comes to us from Tannery Run Brew Works in Ambler, PA, as part of an I22 Capri hybrid yeast strain launch collaboration with Imperial Yeast. Imperial and Tannery Run Brew Works developed this recipe as a spotlight for the hop-forward character and attributes of Capri, especially when paired with layers of citrus-y hops.
Counter-clockwise from top left: five gallon bucket filled with foraged Staghorn sumac tops; sumac berries after being steeped in cold water and drained; two versions of Sumac Wine from Barry Salem. There’s nothing more fun than creating a fermented beverage from foraged finds. This recipe for Sumac Wine takes advantage of a late summer of
