Duoberry Flosimel
With ingredients foraged from our own backyard, this mead is truly home-grown. In March, we saw wild violets and dandelions popping up and knew we had to give them a try. The resulting mead evened out after a month to the point we could no longer tell it had any extra ingredients. Oh well, try try again!
After primary fermentation, we added frozen cranberries and a few blueberries. The mead is now a gorgeous ruby grapefruit color that’s both sweet and tart.
Brew Notes
Ingredients
Honey: 3 lbs. Wildflower (Costco $13.99/5 lbs)
Yeast: 1 pkt Redstar Premier Blanc
Water: 3/4 gal Spring Water (Nature’s Promise $2.99/2.5 gal)
Extra: 1/2 cup wild violet tisane. 1/2 cup dandelion tisane.
Primary Fermentation Started: Mar 13 2022.
—Starting Gravity: ~1.108
Secondary Fermentation Started: May 29 2022.
—Flavoring Added: Frozen cranberries & blueberries
—Secondary Gravity: 1.010
Bottled: Jun 20 2022.
—Finished Gravity: 1.002
Label: Cary, North Carolina
Estimated ABV: 13.91%
Estimated Calories: 350 per 12oz
Inventory
3 x 33oz
1 x 16oz