Mjölnir Honey Mead (22.5 L Batch)

Large honey mead batch in a demijohn with 8 kg honey and apple juice - yields approx. 18.5 L at 14% alcohol.

Ingredients

• 4 kghoney (flower honey and forest honey)
• 4.5 Lapple juice (6 x 0.75 L)
• 10 gcitric acid
• 14 gbaking yeast (Dr. Oetker)
• 8 gyeast nutrient
• top up with water to19 liters total volume
• after day 91.5 kg flower honey + 1 kg forest honey + 500 ml water
• after day 14400 g raisins + 1.5 kg honey
• after day 302.5 g citric acid

Instructions

1. Put honey, apple juice, citric acid, yeast, and yeast nutrient into the demijohn, top up with water to 19 liters. Fit the airlock.
2. After 9 days at 10% alcohol: add 1.5 kg flower honey, 1 kg forest honey, and 500 ml water.
3. After 14 days at 12% alcohol: add 400 g raisins and 1.5 kg honey.
4. After 30 days at 13.5% alcohol: add 2.5 g citric acid. Rack off the yeast and raisins, add sulfite, and filter.
5. Bottle at approx. 14% alcohol. Yield approx. 18.5 liters.