Mead Lovers Digest #1379

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Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1379, 4 July 2008 
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Mead Lover's Digest #1379                                  4 July 2008 

            Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming 
                      Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor 

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  Re: Mead Lover's Digest #1378, 23 June 2008 (oskaar@dslextreme.com) 

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Subject: Re: Mead Lover's Digest #1378, 23 June 2008 
From: oskaar@dslextreme.com 
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:45:51 -0700 (PDT) 

> Subject: Joe's Ancient Orange 
> From: MeadGuild@aol.com 
> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 21:03:40 EDT 
> 
> The recipes I have seen for Joe's Ancient Orange are for a 1-gal batch 
> and call for a cinnamon stick.  Just envisioning 5 cinnamon sticks in a 
> 5-gallon batch makes my mouth pucker.  Similar problem with cloves 
> and a concern for tannins from too many raisins 
> 
> 3-1/2 lbs per gallon should have an OG of 1.128. 
> What is the expected FG? 
> 
> Does anyone have a recipe for a 5 gallon batch of Joe's Ancient Orange 
> they'd like to share while I can still afford the oranges? 
> 
> Dick 
> - -- 
> Richard D. Adams, CPA (retired) 
> Moderator:  misc.taxes.moderated 

Dick, 

There are a number of folks out on Got Mead? who have scaled this recipe 
straight up to five gallons with no issues. You might check there for 
additional comments or cautions. 

Hope that helps, 

Oskaar 

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