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Beer Style: Open Category Mead (26C)
Recipe Type: other
Yield: 5 US gallons
Description:
This is Dave Spaulding's version that won the grand prize at the 1986 Arizona State Fair.
Ingredients:
- 20 pounds, Mesquite honey
- 75-100, ripe prickly pear cactus fruits
- 2 packs, sherry wine yeast
Additional Instructions
Secondary Ferment: 5 monthsBeer Profile
Original Gravity: 1.158
Final Gravity: 1.050
Alcohol by Vol: 14.14%
Recipe Type: other
Yield: 5.00 US Gallons
Procedure:
See Papazian's book. This recipe was based on it.
Source: John Isenhour
