Skyrim brew time! We’re starting with Honningbrew/Juniper Berry off the recipes page because shelby said she wanted to try honningbrew and both start with a basic honey mead. looking forward to an apple-y/ginger-y experience.

Ingredients

(scaled up from 1/2 a gallon)

• 3 lbs Honey
• 2 grams K1-V1116 yeast
• 2.5 grams Go-Ferm
• 1.3 grams Fermaid-O
• 1 Gallon Filtered Tap Water

For Honningbrew After fermentation

• 2 tablespoons Culinary Lavender
• 1/2 Red Apple, thinly sliced
• 1 inch Fresh Ginger, peeled and sliced

For Juniper Berry After fermentation

• 2 tbps crushed juniper berries
• 2 tsp dried yarrow
• 1 tbps dried hibiscus flowers

Recipe

1. Sanitize equipment using Star-San
2. Add honey and ~1/4 Gallon of water to the fermenter, use bung to close the top of the fermenter and shake until combined. ~4 min
3. Add Fermaid-O to the fermenter, use the Tosna calculator for further nutrient additions.
4. Pitch yeast according to the package with the addition of Go-Ferm and add to the fermenter
5. Top with filtered water until there’s a reasonable amount of room left for the fermentation (take initial gravity reading)
6. Seal using a sanitizer filled airlock and set in a cool dark place
7. After fermentation Stabilize, Backsweeten and spice the mead according the the process in Resources

Batches

• 2/11/25 - First Attempt: Link
• 6/1/25 - Second Attempt: Link