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Fall Harvest Cyser

Specifics

Style:

Category:	Melomel (Fruit Mead)
Number:	25A

In well-made examples of the style, the fruit is both distinctive and well-incorporated into the honey-sweet-acid-tannin-alcohol balance of the mead. Some of the best strong examples have the taste and aroma of an aged Calvados (apple brandy from northern France), while subtle, dry versions can taste similar to many fine white wines.

Commercial Examples: White Winter Cyser, Rabbit’s Foot Apple Cyser, Long Island Meadery Apple Cyser.

OG	FG	ABV	Bitterness	Color (SRM/EBC)
Varies	Varies	Varies	N/A	N/A

Click for more information about Cyser from the BJCP website.

Brew Date:

November 13, 2011

Yield:

5 gallons

Color (SRM/EBC):

16/31.5

Bitterness (Calc):

0 IBU (Daniels)

Batch No:	1
OG:	1.090
Status:	Primary

General Information

Method:	Extract

Method:

Extract

Cyser from Ken Schramm's The Complete Meadmaker.

Ingredients

20.00 pounds	Apple Cider - 5 Gallons
1.00 pounds	Brown Sugar, Dark
0.50 pounds	Fruit - Dates
0.50 pounds	Fruit - Raisins
8.00 pounds	Honey - Wildflower

Non-Fermentables

1 tsp	Nutriferm Energy @ 0 minutes
1 tsp	Nutriferm Advance @ 0 minutes

Yeast

Name:	Lalvin
Manufacturer:	Lallemand - Lalvin
Product ID:	71B-1122
Type:	Wine
Flocculation:	High
Attenuation:	75%
Temperature Range:	59–86°F
Amount:	5 gr

Equipment Profile

Single Carboy, No Boil

Batch Size:	5 gallons	Boil Volume:	0 gallons
Evaporation Rate:	0% per hour	Mash Tun Dead Space:	0 gallons
Efficiency:	75%	Mash Tun Weight:	0 pounds
Hop Utilization:	0%	Mash Tun Volume:	0 gallons
Loss:	0 gallons	Mash Tun Specific Heat:	0 Cal/gram per °C
Notes:	No boil. Just pour the contents into the carboy.

Water Profile

None

Calicum:	0 ppm
Bicarbonate:	0 ppm
Sulfate:	0 ppm
Chloride:	0 ppm
Sodium:	0 ppm
Magnesium:	0 ppm
PH:	0%
Notes:	No water added.

Procedure

Slice up dates and add them to the carboy with raisins, brown sugar, nutriferm, and honey. Pour in the cider, mix well, and pitch Lalvin yeast along with a packet of Wyeast Cider yeast.

Slice up dates and add them to the carboy with raisins, brown sugar, nutriferm, and honey. Pour in the cider, mix well, and pitch Lalvin yeast along with a packet of Wyeast Cider yeast.

Special Procedures

Staggered Nutrient Additions of Nutriferm Advance: 1.00 tsp initially 0.75 tsp after 24 hours 0.75 tsp after 48 hours Final 0.75 tsp after 30% drop from O.G.

Staggered Nutrient Additions of Nutriferm Advance:

1.00 tsp initially
0.75 tsp after 24 hours
0.75 tsp after 48 hours
Final 0.75 tsp after 30% drop from O.G.

Fermentation

Primary:	14 days @ 74° F
Secondary:	30 days @ 74° F

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