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Cherry-Berry Mead

Name	Cherry-Berry Mead
Description	Sparkling sweet mead
Added by	Michael Berry
Date Submitted	Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:13 PM (GMT)
Ingredients
6 lbs. Orange blossom honey 3 lbs. Clover honey 2 lbs. Wildflower honey 3 lbs. frozen cherries (bing, ranier, etc.) 4 oz. blackberry extract 1 tsp crushed all-spice 2 sp crushed cloves 2 pkts Dry champagne yeast 5-10 oz. lactose
Preparation
Boil all but lactose and fruit extract for 45 minutes. Put in primary glass carboy and fill to 5 gallons. At secondary fermentation, rack off fruit and add extract. At bottling add 3/4 - 1 cup priming sugar and lactose.
Specifics
Style	Mead
Recipe Type	Other
Batch Size	5 gallons
Original Gravity	1.12
Final Gravity	1.02
Boiling Time	45 minutes
Primary Fermentation	Glass, 7 days
Secondary Fermentation	Glass, 14 days
Other Fermentation	Rack off fruit at 2nd Ferm. and add fruit extract
Other Specifics	I don't kow why I waited to add the lactose until before bottling. Tastes great, though! 13% ABV
Comments
A hint darker than a white zinfandel after 9 months in the bottle.

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