2 1/2 lb Acacia blossom honey Yeast nutrients 1/4 oz Tartaric acid Champagne yeast 1/2 oz Malic acid 1/16 oz Tannin Water to 1 gal Follow the basic mead-making procedure. This mead can be made into a sparkling wine if preferred.
How To make Dry Mead 2's Videos
Simple Traditional Mead - How to Make a Basic Dry Mead
Simple traditional mead. How to make a Basic Dry Mead Recipe. Traditional Mead is honey wine, made with honey, water and yeast. There are thousands of ways to make it and thousands of additions you can make. Our goal is to keep it simple, keep it safe and make good tasting mead and show you how simple mead can really be. Look around the internet for a while on mead and you will find LOTS of information on how to make mead. If you're new to making mead, don't be discouraged. When starting out, learn how to make a simple mead, learn the basics of meadmaking and you can expand from there.
Ingredients: 2.5 lbs Honey (Thank you Bev's Bees!) 1 cup steeped Black Tea (We used Assam. Thanks Adam!): Orange Peel Water to Fill to 1 Gallon (We used 88 ounces) Red Star Premier Classique Wine Yeast: _____________________________________ Help Support the Channel and Join a Friendly Community of City Steaders!
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The 8 Mead Making Mistakes All Beginners Should Avoid (Updated 2022)
Today we're talking about the 8 Mead Mistakes that most all beginner mead makers make. You should learn about these things and avoid them at all cost! Mead making is an art. Yes you can absolutely just start throwing things randomly into a container and let it go - but you will find that repeating that product/making it it's best is going to be far more difficult than it should be! You should have a little method to your madness when it comes to mead making.
1.) Assuming all yeast are the same 2.) Not Understanding Yeast Health 3.) Balancing a Brew (Tannin, Acid & Sweetness) 4.) Leaning too heavy on Recipes 5.) Time & Mead (The Truth) 6.) Experience is Key 7.) Gravity Readings and Hydrometers 8.) Smart & Safe Mead Making Choices
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0:00 Introduction 0:17 About Me 0:40 The Mistakes 0:58 #1 Assuming Yeast Don't Matter 3:20 #2 Neglecting to Understand Yeast Health 6:25 #3 Learning to Balance a Brew 10:07 #4 Recipes 11:37 #5 Time & Mead (The Truth) 13:31 #6 Experience is Key 14:22 #7 Gravity Readings & Hydrometers 16:18 #8 Smart & Safe Mead Making Choices 19:02 Wrap Up
How We Made 30% ABV MEAD!
That's right, we made a MEAD that has 30% alcohol content! It took some math, and some brewing, and some expletives, but it worked! The real question is, how does 30% ABV Mead taste?
Did we REALLY make 30% ABV? We tested it here: Racking:
Ingredients: 3.5 lbs Wild Flower Honey 1/2 teaspoon Wine Tannin: 96 oz Water 2.5 grams Fermaid O: 1 packet Red Star Premier Blanc Yeast:
Additions: 1 teaspoon Yeast Hulls (if necessary): 25.5 oz Hamilton 151 Rum 75.5%ABV 13.5 oz Everclear 75.5%ABV 6 oz White Rum 63%ABV Back sweeten with honey to a gravity of 1.012 _____________________________________ 1 Gallon Carboy with Airlock: Stainless Steel Funnel: Our Favorite Pitcher: Star San: Solid Bung: Hydrometer Kit: Baster: Little Big Mouth Bubbler: Auto Siphon: Belgian Tasting Glass: Glencairn Glasses:
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Dry Mead # 2
This video shows the simple steps used to make a Traditional dry mead. Video created by LowCountryLibatioin.com with the help of Barry our award winning mead maker. Barry is the current Mead maker of the year for CBOY ( Carolina Brewer of The Year ) This is broken down into several videos. Please excuse the poor audio quality, There was no external mic available for this camera and my tripod makes a horrible noise when you move it. We plan on re shooting this video in the future.