Does anyone have a good recipie for Fig Mead? I was looking for a Sweet mead, not dry, although I could go for a medium. I just don't know how much fig to put in. Only found one recipie for a 5 gallon batch and that called for 18 pounds of figs. Not dried. So some imput from people that have done it and flavor would be good. I was thinking on a Fig Nutmeg with a touch of vanilla. Like only 1-2 vanilla beans to round out the flavor but I don't know enough about raw figs to know how much would make a good flavor. Also, How to treat them. Juice them, mash them and put in a bag, peal and slice and put in a bag, or what. Let alone how much to use. To give you an Idea of my standard sweet mead:
1 tsp yeast nutrient
2 tsp yeast energizer
20 pounds alfalfa honey
4 gallons of water
2 packets of restarted yeast (Lavin D-47)
That is what I use as my base Sweet Mead. I usually add fruit and the like in the secondary to preserve the flavor. I usually put the fruit and spices in for about 1 month, unless I am juicing it, then it is just in as there is no pulp to remove.
I recently did a Pear Nutmeg, about a 6 gallon batch and I used 1 whole nutmeg freshly crushed and that turned out lovely, good strong flavor. Plan on doing the same with this one and putting in 1 or 2 vanilla beans. Problem is, How much Fig and how to treat them. Primary, secondary, crush, juice, slice, peal, not peal, and when is the best time to buy figs?
I have a local whole foods store that I am planing on shopping at. I don't want dried figs but don't know what would be best.
1 tsp yeast nutrient
2 tsp yeast energizer
20 pounds alfalfa honey
4 gallons of water
2 packets of restarted yeast (Lavin D-47)
That is what I use as my base Sweet Mead. I usually add fruit and the like in the secondary to preserve the flavor. I usually put the fruit and spices in for about 1 month, unless I am juicing it, then it is just in as there is no pulp to remove.
I recently did a Pear Nutmeg, about a 6 gallon batch and I used 1 whole nutmeg freshly crushed and that turned out lovely, good strong flavor. Plan on doing the same with this one and putting in 1 or 2 vanilla beans. Problem is, How much Fig and how to treat them. Primary, secondary, crush, juice, slice, peal, not peal, and when is the best time to buy figs?
I have a local whole foods store that I am planing on shopping at. I don't want dried figs but don't know what would be best.