What's Happening in Brewland

I was looking over my notes and apparently forgot to update the last couple of times on our brewing activities, so, here are the goings on.

On 11/25/2012, we bought 5 organic apple juices since we needed more glass jugs, and it is cheaper to buy glass with something in it than going to the local brew shop for empties. Four were meant to become hard apple cider for Christmas, more on that in another post, I just need to get the recipe from Brian. For the last one we had the bright idea to try to make apple mead using the same idea for the JAO. Lastly we put together a 5 gallon batch of JAO in our new 6 gallon carboy so we can share our yummy brews with our friends.

5 Gallon JAO calibrated gravity 1.123 @ 101 degrees F

For the Apple Mead we made up our own recipe using these ingredients.

Apple Mead

2 quarts apple juice
1 teaspoon bread yeast
2.4 pounds honey
Enough water to fill to one gallon
1 cinnamon stick
1 tablespoon yeast nutrient
1 clove
1 smidgen nutmeg
1 smidgen allspice
30 raisins

Calibrated gravity 1.113 @ 91 degrees F