Completed Recipes

This page is for recipes I’ve completed so i can remove them from my backlog.

Cyser - Link

Makes 5 Gallons

  • 6 lbs. raw, local honey (roughly 2 quarts)
  • 5 gallons organic apple cider (freshly pressed is best, if available) DO NOT USE CIDER WITH PRESERVATIVES, Motts Natural has no preservaitves
  • 2 lbs. organic brown sugar
  • 3 organic cinnamon sticks
  • 2 tsp. organic whole allspice berries
  • 1 tsp. organic ginger root
  • 1 tsp. organic whole cardamom pods
  • 1 tsp. organic whole cloves
  • 1 organic whole nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp. organic black peppercorns
  • 1 package white wine yeast, such as Lalvin D47
  • Fermaid O

Cyser Attempt - Link

Skyrim Mead

Pulled from the official cookbook - Link : Images

It appears whoever wrote these recipes were not aware of backsweetening as they encourage you to drink them before they ferment long enough to go dry, and all ingredients are added in primary. The way they make these recipes is to start with a Quick Mead (basic 2 lbs honey/1 gallon water mead) and add any additional ingredients listed below in primary. Shelby suggested we add them in secondary instead and I agree so I’m going to switch that up a bit and stabilize the quick mead and add the ingredients in secondary.

From the original book: “The Honningbrew Mead adapts especially well to longer aging, while the Black-Briar Mead is better early while still fruity, and it’s no wonder-the Honningbrew has set out to make an excellent mead, while the Black-Briars are out for profit alone.”

Which is cool lore wise but I feel like might point to a problem with the recipes and again, the lack of stabilizing and backsweetening. Also all these recipes are for 1/2 gallon quantities.

  • Juniper Berry Mead
    • 2 tbps crushed juniper berries
    • 2 tsp dried yarrow
    • 1 tbps dried hibiscus flowers
  • Honningbrew Mead
    • 1 tbps culinary lavender
    • 1/2 a red apple (slice thinly)
    • 1 inch fresh ginger, peeled and sliced thin

Honningbrew/Juniper Berry Attempt - Link