Braggot?

[CARA]

One of the fine ladies friends has just popped round. He's just got into brewing (NHC flyers and card are now safely in his pocket!!) starting with meads as he has quite a few hives. One question he asked which I have zero answers for is Braggot- he cant find a decent recipe online. Any one any pointers?

[Bubbles]

Tell him to check out the Basic Brewing podcast. Those boys love their meads and I think they've done a couple of episodes on braggots.

[CARA]

Nice one, cheers Bubbles

[Bubbles]

Just remembered, I think there's a couple of braggot recipes in "Radical Brewing" too.

[Donny]

I believe this friend may have been me...

My main concerns are which and what type of malt to use.

[Donny]

Found this if anyone was interested;

• 1.4 lb honey
• 0.6 lb dry malt extract
• Water to 1 gallon
• (5 grams juniper berries)
• 71B yeast is what i used
• Yeast nutrient

Bring a third of the water to a boil, add half of the dry malt extract.
Stir gently and continue the boil for 20 mins then add the rest of the DME.
Boil for an additional 20 min
Boil juniper berries in a hops bag for the last 10 minutes and then remove from heat.
At this time, you are going to want to fill a sink with ice and as cold of water as you can get. Pour your wort into your bucket to ice bath in the sink to cool it.
Add the honey once it is around 60 degrees and stir it in nicely without boiling it.
Once it is all mixed together and fairly cool, pour into your carboy and top up to a gallon with cool water.
Shake it up vigorously to mix honey with your added water.
Take a gravity reading once the temp has dropped
Finally, once it is appropriate temperature, pitch your yeast!

[CARA]

It is indeed. Welcome to the forum man!!

[Donny]

Cheers man