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Blackberry Mead Recipe

Blackberry Mead Recipe

Blackberry Mead is a fortified mead made with blackberries, honey, and many other ingredients. You can make Blackberry Mead at home by using blackberries, honey, and a few basic ingredients.
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Prep Time 2 hours
Fermentation Time 60 days
Total Time 60 days 2 hours
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Servings 3 L

Equipment

  • 1 glass carboy (1 gal) with airlock
  • 1 large fermentation glass jar (or 2nd carboy)
  • 1 Funnel
  • 1 Kitchen whisk (or large spoon)
  • 5 Pressure resistant glass bottles
  • 1 racking cane
  • 1 hydrometer (density meter) (optional)
  • Star San Sanitizer

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg Clover honey (or other light honey)
  • 1 sachet Champagne yeast
  • 3.5 liter Filtered water
  • 100 gram Blueberries (frozen)
  • 100 gram Raspberries (frozen)
  • 100 gram Blackberries (frozen)
  • yeast food (optional)

Instructions
 

Sanitizing the Equipment

  • Make sure your kitchen sink is clean and secure the stopper.
  • Pour cold water into your sink to about 20 liters, or ¾ of its height.
  • Add 2 tablespoons. Add Star San sanitizer (30 ml).
  • Using the funnel and whisk, immerse the jar, carboy, and funnel.
  • For at least two minutes, allow them to contact the sanitizer. There is no need to rinse.

Preparing the Wort

  • Dissolve the yeast sachet in a glass of warm water. Leave aside.
  • Fill the large fermentation jar with water and honey.
  • Mix thoroughly with a whisk until the honey is completely dissolved.
  • Add the yeast to the jar and mix again.

Primary Fermentation

  • Using the funnel, pour the contents of the jar into the carboy.
  • Put the lid on the airlock and fill it with water.
  • Ferment it at room temperature for about 1 to 2 months until there are no more than one airlock bubble per minute.

Maceration

  • Blend the fruit in a blender.
  • Fill the fermentation jar with the fruit puree.
  • Rack the mead into the fermentation jar, taking care to leave as many lees in the carboy as possible.
  • Refrigerate for 1 to 2 weeks after placing the lid on the jar.

Bottling

  • Transfer the mead from the jar to the bottles, being careful not to transfer any fruit residue.
  • To carbonate the bottles, allow them to stand for one month at room temperature (above 18°C/65°F).
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