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King cake is a staple of the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration. The pastry-like cake is sugary-sweet with dominant flavors of cinnamon and sugar, and its story reaches beyond that of Mardi Gras. The king cake is shrouded in religious history, originally…
Add honey to a pot. Do not add water. Gently boil the honey until it has turned dark and tastes caramelized. Add 1 gallon (3.8 L) of water and zinc-fortified yeast, and blend into "scorched" honey. Add this hot honey…
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Mash at 150° F (66° C) for 60 minutes. Mash out at 170° F (77° C) and collect at least 7.5 gallons (28.4 L) of wort, much of which will be lost to hops absorption. Bring wort to a boil…
Treat brewing water with 1.7 g gypsum and 1.7 g calcium chloride, both in the mash and in the kettle. Single infusion mash at 152° F (67° C) for 60 minutes. 60 minute boil. When fermentation is almost finished, raise…
Mash at 152° F (67° C) for 60 minutes. Mash out at 168° F (76° C) for 10 minutes. Primary Fermentation: 12 days at 62° F (17° C) Secondary Fermentation: 23 days at 55° F (13° C) Carbonate to…
Ferment 120 days at 63° F (17° C).
Start with 6 gallons of fresh Bartlett pear cider and adjust acidity to 0.6% with malic acid. Sulfite with a 10% solution of potassium metabisulfite to 50 ppm and allow to rest overnight. Prepare 6 grams of Lalvin DV-10 with…
Combine honey and yeast nutrient with enough water to achieve 4 gallons (15.14 L) of must and ferment with 71B and chardonnay yeast. Rack off 2 gallons (7.6 L) to a secondary fermenter and add cacao nibs, cocoa powder, and…
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