FLAN INSPIRED MEAD

5 gallon 12.5g Go-Ferm 250 ml water 10g DV10 Lallemand yeast 19.5g Fermaid-O 1.110 SG / 25.94 Brix 1/3 sugar break = 1.072 1.005 Estimated FG 1.035 back sweetened with Meadowfoam honey Honey Option: 14 lbs of Caramelized Clover or Wildflower honey *caramelized until caramel/toffee notes are present Other Primary Ingredient: - 8 ounces of lactose powder diluted in roughly 4 cups boiling water Add your honey into a bucket, add your "lactose water" and top off with enough fresh water to reach the starting gravity listed above. Follow the Yeast Handling and Nutrient Addition process on MMR. Once fermentation is done, rack into secondary and back sweeten the mead to a specific gravity of 1.035 with Meadowfoam honey. It will take roughly 4 lbs of honey. Then age on 5 vanilla beans (cut lengthwise) for 14 days.