{"id":2195,"date":"2022-04-28T18:49:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T22:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirtybucketbrewing.com\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2022-04-28T18:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T22:49:22","slug":"melomel-brew-day-4-28-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirtybucketbrewing.com\/?p=2195","title":{"rendered":"Melomel Brew day 4-28-2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Got to say these are fun doing these one gallon batches. They don’t take much time and a good get together in a month or two we will be sampling a bunch of different flavors. Last week I have picked up this blueberry juice and another 3 lbs of honey. I still have a few more champagne yeast packets so I’ll be using that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After letting the honey sit in a hot bath for a little bit I squeezed 2.5 lbs of honey into the 1 gallon jar. While I was doing that I was also heating up 2 cups of water and added in 1\/2 tsp of yeast nutrient. Once it hit a boil I shut off the burner and let the pan sit for a few minutes. Tossed in the juice and then added in the warm water and shook all up to get everything mixed up. Took a gravity reading of 1.098 which should yield about a 12.5% alcohol but will see. Pitched the yeast and put away in my mead cabinet. 8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Got to say these are fun doing these one gallon batches. They don’t take much time and a good get together in a month or two we will be sampling a bunch of different flavors. Last week I have picked up this blueberry juice and another 3 lbs of honey. I still have a few […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-melomel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dirtybucketbrewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220428_220022556-scaled.jpg?fit=1928%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2175,"url":"https:\/\/dirtybucketbrewing.com\/?p=2175","url_meta":{"origin":2195,"position":0},"title":"Melomel brew 4-18-2022","author":"flintman","date":"April 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This week while doing the grocery shopping I came across Strawberry Watermelon, Two things I really like. Lets see how they come out. 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