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U2M - Patched Mead

Brewed: October 24, 1996   Bottled: March 13, 1997

Apple, cherry and peach all patched together.

Ingredients:

• Around 7 - 8 pounds Madhava Wildflower honey
• 3.75 gallons apple juice - several varieties pressed by Dick Dunn
• 1 liter peach juice - frozen/thawed
• 1 liter juiced cherries - frozen/thawed
• 1.5 qts stoned and blended cherries - frozen/thawed>/li>
• .25 t Irish moss
• 3 t yeast nutrient
• 1 t yeast starter

5 grams Lalvin EC 1118 Champagne Yeast rehydrated in 1/4c tap water.

Honey started with apple juice. More apple juice heated seperately. Honey and juice heated to 170 F. Added peaches and cherries and kept hot for 10 min. Cooled to 85 F and poured into carboy. Mixed the yeast nutrient and yeast starter into the cup with the rehydrating yeast, and pitched yeast. Stored with a blow off tube.

October 31, 1995 - Racked
Bottled still, March 13, 1997.

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