I had the honor of picking up a Best of Show award at the Bluebonnet Brew Off Competition. Bluebonnet is the largest single site homebrew competition in the United States. It is one of the most competitive homebrew competitions.
This year I picked up two 3rd place ribbons. One for my Belgian Tripel and one for my Blueberry Mead. I picked up a 1st place ribbon for my Traditional Mead and then went on to win Best of Show Mead.
Goibniu's Morning Wood Mead
12 lbs Orange Blossum Honey
Filtered water to 5 gallons
Cote De Blanc Dry Yeast
2 ounces of toasted oak chips.
Heat water and honey to 165F and hold for 30 minutes. Cool to 70F and oxygenate and pitch yeast. Ferment for 30 days at 70F and then rack to corny keg with blow-off add toasted oak chips and secondary for 90 days. Pressurize keg and push out sediment and then transfer the rest to freshly sanitized keg leaving oak chips behind. Let keg sit a couple of days and fine if needed and stabilize with potassium sorbate. Wait another week and force carbonate.
1 comments:
I picked up a second place in the AHA Regional competition. I sent it to the finals and will see how it does.
Post a Comment