Episode 287 – Soda Meads

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Episode 287 - Soda Meads
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Chris shares some thoughts and recipe ideas regarding making meads inspired by popular sodas like Mountain Dew and Dr Pepper. The guys discuss their thoughts on making a mead that tastes like a soda without the high degree of processed ingredients that come with commercially available sodas.

Chris’ Mountain Dew Base (for 1 gallon of mead)

  • 12 Oranges
  • 8 Lemons
  • 8 Limes
  • 2 cups sugar (or honey?)
  1. Zest fruit, careful to avoid pith.
  2. Combine with sugar, making sure zest is completely coated.
  3. Allow to rest at least a few hours, but a day or more is better to extract oils from the zest.
  4. Juice the fruit. Freeze or refrigerate until needed.
  5. Once oils are extracted, strain out the peels and set aside liquified sugar.
  6. Rinse zest with the saved juice to capture as much sugar as possible.
  7. Transfer citrus sugar solution to fermenter
  8. Add water and honey to SG of 1.060 to 1.065
  9. Add yeast
  10. Follow standard fermentation procedure vis a vis nutrients, degassing, racking and fining, etc.

Dr Pepper Mead inspiration (x4 for one gallon): https://www.tiktok.com/@sokoskitchen/video/7509658070625176863

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