Recipe
Damiana Meadsomething with a few aphrodisiacs thrown in for good measure |
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| Batch Number: |
970504 | Starting Gravity:
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1.100 |
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| Final Gravity: | 1.006 | |||||
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| Fermentables |
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| 12 pounds wildflower honey | ||||||
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| Other 1: |
3.5 oz Green Tea (Eden Foods: Camillia sinensis) | |||||
| Other 2: |
1 oz dried Juniper Berries (Juniperus communis) crushed | |||||
| Other 3: |
1 oz Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) crumbled | |||||
| Other 4: |
1 oz dried Bitter Orange Peel (Aurantium Amarae Pericarpium)chopped | |||||
| Other 5: |
1/2 oz dried Damiana leaf (Turnera aphrodisiaca) crumbled | |||||
| Other 6: |
6 tsp yeast nutrient (food grade Urea and Ammonium Phosphate) | |||||
| Other 7: |
4 tsp Acid Blend (Citric, Malic and Tartaric acids) | |||||
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| Yeast: |
1 pkt (5 gr) Red Star Pasteur Champagne yeast (rehydrated) | |||||
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| Notes: |
971211 - Bottled this mead today. Just slightly sweet. The flavor of damiana is well tempered, not cloying, but dominates nonetheless. Because of this, I have changed the name from Green Tea Mead to reflect the properties of the damiana. | |||||