Favorite Wine/Mead Recipes

What are some of your favorite wine and mead recipes? Have you had any experiments that got rave reviews?

The one thing I've made that everyone seems to like is an Acer mead made with:

- 1qt Grade B Maple Syrup

- 1 lb honey, any variety

- 1/4 cup Turbinado sugar

- Acid Blend, approximately 1/2 to 1 tsp.

- 1/4 tsp tannin, optional

- 1/2 tsp yeast nutrient

- water to bring volume to 1 gallon.

Any special concoctions you wish to share?

Greg

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My best recipe to date is a Traditional Mead fermented with Wyeast

1056 American Ale yeast. It only went to 10%, but I knew that going in, and personally that's about where I like my meads to be anyway. The result is a semi sweet mead, good solid body but not viscous, with a very nice floral and fruit character from the yeast. Really the yeast is the star here, with very nice fruity esters in the flavor, while not overpowering the honey. Fermented clean, dropped crystal clear, and was done within two months. My only regret is I made only a single gallon :)

2.5 lbs clover honey (dissolved in 180 degree water)

1 Wyeast 1056 Smack Pack Yeast nutrient Spring Water to one gallon

mike

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