So then, while I know I've just started posting. But I'm back. I was brewing today. From my log book it seems the last time that I brewed was back in February. Now I did travel a bit, but still, tis a rather long time.
Today I brewed a elderflower mead for starters.
I had 25 grams of dried elderflowers in a saucepan over medium heat for about 30 minutes.
I strained the flowers out and added 5 lbs of honey and added it to a 1 gallon jar.
The jar got a tsp of yeast nutrient, and then was topped up.
Lastly a packet of EC-1118 yeast was added.
We'll just let that and ferment a while. I've noted down the OG, but don't have my notes with me. I do believe it was the highest OG that I've done so far. It will probably be quite a few months before that one is ready.
Then I went on to an elderflower ale.
4 lbs Marris Otter
8 oz 55L British Crystal
1 oz Chocolate Malt
Mashed for 1 hour at 148
Then boiled for 60 minutes, with an addition of 1 oz fuggles at the start of the boil.
5 minutes prior to the end of boil I added 17 grams of dried elderflowers.
I cooled it and siphoned the first 2 gallons into a bucket and added a packet of Safale US-05.
As it would turn out I had more wort left over, so I russelled up an old half used packet of EC-1118 and used that, some yeast nutrient and the extra wort. I'm not sure how it'll work out, but we shall see.
