Unicorn blood - Looking for experienced advice

[Duskmoon]

This brew has the most steps of any brew I’ve attempted and uses several ingredients I haven’t experimented with before, so I am seeking advice

I am still debating how sweet I want this I may want to back sweeten it, this I probably wont know until I get a chance to taste it.

I am also contemplating making this carbonated, not sure if I want to mess with such or not

Unicorn blood

Ingredients:

• 5lbs honey
• 1.5 cup raspberry
• 1.5 cup peaches (preferably white peaches if they are in season)
• 1 gallon peach juice
• 1 cup violets (Flavor and color)
• 1 cup elder flowers (Flavor)
• 1 cup butterfly pea buds (color)
• 1.5 ginger

Recipe:

• Blend and freeze peaches and raspberries
  • Use peach juice to clean out blender to minimize loss
• Blend and freeze ginger
• Mix 1 gallon peach juice and 4lbs honey in fermenter
• Prep yeast in a mixture of peach juice and honey
  • Add yeast after its had 1hr to get going
• Aerate
• Measure SG
• Add in frozen fruit in a brewing bag weighted with marbles.
  • Yes this will throw off the initial SG but I’m more concerned with having an initial value for confirming fermentation occurred than an exact ABV
• Let ferment for 7 days
• Remove fruit
• Add 1lb honey
  • Stir enough to agitate the colony, mix in honey, and cause some light degassing but no cause aeration
  • Adding more honey here to extend the fermentation so its still fermenting while the ginger is in
• Add ginger in a fermentation bag
• Let ferment for 7 days
  • Test SG
• Let ferment/rest for 7 days
  • Test SG
  • `Remove ginger
• If the SG has not stabilized do not proceed till it has stabilized
• Once SG has stabilized
  • Add violets and elder flower
• Let steep for 7 days
  • Remove flowers
  • Add butterfly pea flowers
• Let steep for 7 days
  • Check color, add more flowers if needed to get a desirable color
• Once a desirable color is achieved let rest to clear
• Before bottling add matching brew glitter

 

[decoleur]

What is the starting gravity of this? What kind of yeast are you using and are you using nutrients or degassing?

 

[Kyzaboy89]

If you aren't going to be adding any water to this for at least a 2 gallon batch, the peach juice and honey alone will be very high even with only 3 lbs honey. Assuming the juice is roughly 1.04-5 area adding the honey is going to ballpark the sg around 1.14-1.17 depending on sugar levels. I haven't done anything with flowers but what about making a tea in a gallon of water with the flowers then add that to juice/pulp/honey. How strong is your Mead supposed to be?

 

[Kyzaboy89]

Just realized this post was from March, did you try this recipe and if so how did it go?

 

[Dan O]

Just realized this post was from March, did you try this recipe and if so how did it go?

OP hasn't been on since March 18