U2M - Lavender Summer Day

Fresh lavender sprigs and blossums. Very fragrant. Happy summer solstice.

Ingredients:

5 lbs. Rice's Lucky Clover Honey
Sixty-six sprigs of freshly picked Lavender
1 tsp. yeast nutrient
Eldorado Springs water
Lalvin 71B-1122 yeast
One hundred ninety-four sprigs of freshly picked Lavender
1 tsp. acid blend
6 lbs. Madhava Mountain Gold Clover Honey
3/4 cup corn sugar

Yeast was rehydrated at brew time.

June 21, 2001 - Heated honey with water. Added yeast nutrient and lavender sprigs. Kept hot (about 170 F) for 15 minutes. Cooled and poured into bucket. Added water, pitched yeast, stirred. Made 3.5 gallons.

July 7, 2001 - Heated more honey with water. Added acid blend and more lavender sprigs. Kept hot (about 170 to 180 F) for about 20 minutes. Cooled and added new must to bucket. Now we have 6 gallons.

August 2, 2001 - Racked - SG 1.010

April 4, 2002 - Boiled corn sugar with 1 c water. Racked mead into bucket and stired in cooled corn sugar solution. Bottled.

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