Basic Melomel Recipe

Name: Basic Melomel Recipe
Ingredients: 1 1/2 gal water; 5 kg honey; 4 tsp Acid blend; 1 Tbsp. gypsum; 4 tsp yeast nutrient; 1 pkt all purpose wine yeast healthy pinch of irish moss (1 tablet); 3 1/2 lb Frzn Mixed berries; 4 lb frzn pitted Bing Cherries

8 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

1 1/2 gal water
5 kg honey
4 tsp Acid blend
1 Tbsp. gypsum
4 tsp yeast nutrient
1 pkt all purpose wine yeast healthy pinch of irish moss (1 tablet)
3 1/2 lb Frzn Mixed berries
4 lb frzn pitted Bing Cherries

Directions

1

Boil 1 1/2 gallon (6l) of water and stir in honey.
2

Add in other ingredients (nutrient, gypsum, acid blend) and reduce boil to simmer add in Irish Moss 10 min before finishing.
3

Allow to cold and sparge into carboy with 2 or possibly three litres of room temperature water.
4

Add in water to 1 inch below neck of carboy.
5

Allow to cold to room temperature.
6

Rehydrate yeast to instructions and add in to must.
7

Allow to set for 24 hours., then add in thawed fruit slightly mashed.