Thursday, November 20, 2008

Pulled-a-Recipie-Outta-My-Ass Maple Cinnamon Mead

For Paul and Leigh!

1.5 lbs Fischer's Natural Pure Raw Honey (Walmart) (Darker in color than most)
12.5 fl oz Maple Grove Farms pure maple syrup (Walmart)
approx 1/2 cup Dextrose Corn Sugar
1/2 oz chopped raisins
1 cinnamon stick
1/4 packet bread yeast

Brought honey, syrup, and raisins with three jars of water (one syrup and two honey to wash them out) to a boil.
Broke up cinnamon stick and added at end of boil
Cooled with ice

prepped yeast with a pinch of corn sugar in half a cup of water

Poured yeast and must into gallon jug. Topped up to a gallon with water. Very dark colored.

approx 1.125 Specific gravity

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