• Blueberries: 6 lb (primary)
• Mango: 8lb in secondary
• Honey: ~15 lb
• Starting volume: ~5.5 gal
• Yeast: Lalvin K1-V1116
• OG: ~1.110
• Expected ABV: ~14–15%

Day 0, Sunday March 22

Today I’m working on getting ingredients. Need water, fermaid, meta-k, honey, berries, etc.

Berries thawed during the day in the brew bag. They released a LOT of juice

I treated them in the evening with meta-k (0.34g) in prep for tomorrow, as well as making sure the fruit got bruised and squished, but not too much.

Day 1, Monday Mar 23

Pitch day. This morning I sanitized everything. Mixed the must, added the blueberries, water, pectin enzyme, yeast, and fermaid. The must was at ~1.115 We should expect about 13% ABV. The smell is fantastic and it tastes strongly of blueberries.

Nutrients will be 1.75g daily the first 3 days then once more at 80% break

I’ve been thinking through this batch and I think secondary I’ll add

• 3 lb blueberries
• 1 lb figs
• 1 clove
• Small cinnamon stick
• Zest of 2 lemons or oranges (undecided)