Raspberry Blossom Mead NHC 2010

Category 24: Traditional Mead

88 Entries

Curt & Kathy Stock, Saint Paul, Minn., Saint Paul Homebrewers Club

Gold Medal

"Raspberry Blossom Mead"

Traditional sweet, still sack mead with raspberry blossom honey

Ingredients for 5 U.S. gallons (18.93 L)

21.0 lb (9.53 kg) raspberry blossom honey

1.0 tsp (4.93 ml) Fermaid K

2.0 tsp (9.86 ml) Diammonium Phosphate

GoFerm for yeast hydration

Lalvin 71B (Narbonne) yeast

Original Specific Gravity: 1.160

Final Specific Gravity: 1.050

ABV (%): 14

Boiling Time: n/a

Primary Fermentation: 70° F (21° C)

Directions

Use carbon filtered water. Mix, aerate. Stagger nutrient additions at yeast pitch, 36 hours and 72 hours. 50% sugar depletion. Stir daily to release CO2.

Runners-Up

Silver Medal: Tom Fitzpatrick, Batavia, IL, Dry Mead, Urban Knaves of Grain Bronze Medal: Gary Westman, Shorewood, MN, Sweet Mead