NZ CRUSHER

5 gallon

6.3g Go-Ferm

126 ml water

5g Mangrove Jack M05 yeast

9g Fermaid-O

1.040 SG / 9.99Brix

1.000 Estimated FG

​1.010 back sweetened

Honey Options:

5.5 lbs of any light honey varietal (the more citrusy or tropical the better)

Add your honey into a bucket and top off with enough water if needed to reach the starting gravity listed above.

Follow the Yeast Handlingprocess on MMR to pitch your yeast.

Add 3 oz of Motueka pellet hops (in a mesh bag) into primary on Day 1.

Add all of nutrients (Fermaid-O in this case) 24-hours after yeast pitch.

Allow the mead to ferment dry, rack into secondary and stabilize with sulfite and sorbate.

Secondary additions:

- Another 3 oz of NZ Motueka hop pellets (in a mesh bag)

- Roughly 1.5 lbs of honey to back sweeten to 1.010 SG

Rack into new vessel after 10 days.