How to Make Mead at HOME- Everything you Need to Make Your First Mead
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
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How to make Mead for Beginners Honey Mead. Simple, Quick Mead you can Make at Home Today. Oh, just because this first mead recipe is quick and easy doesn't mean it doesn't taste good. It's in my top 5 favorite mead recipes of all time!
Mead does not have to be difficult. Making Mead was something done in the home until fairly recently! We show you s quick and simple recipe for making your first mead. Yes, in this video we show you how to make your very first mead. You don't need a lot of equipment, but, honey is expensive, so you want to ensure you do this right so as to not waste it and the money needed. This is part one of a two part series on How to Make your First Mead. Try our simple mead recipe today!
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0:00 - Intro
0:16 - What you Need to Make Mead
2:06 - Why we are using Fleischmann's Bread Yeast
3:51 - Raisins in your Mead and Why they are REALLY there
6:22 - Let's Assemble the Mead
7:48 - The Importance of Sanitation in Mead Making
8:58 - Weighing the Honey for the Mead
11:12 - Adding Water to the Honey and Mixing to Aerate the Must
13:03 - Checking the Specific Gravity with a Hydrometer Reading
15:04 - Pitching Bread Yeast into the Must
16:34 - Adding an Airlock to the Fermenter and why
19:38 - What to Expect During Fermentation
21:09 - Fermentation of the Mead is Nearly Finished
23:28 - "Swirling" the Mead to Degas and Keep Fermentation Happy
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If you want to learn more about this mead, how to finish and bottle it, here's the next video: ruclips.net/video/06qguYaQGkE/видео.html
Does the ratio of ingridients stay the same if you make a larger ammount of mead lets say 60 liter batch?
I just have a question one how do you know when the wine is done the air like is slow down significantly it’s been about 12 or 13 days since I made the wine from Welches grape juice
yes
As we show in our videos, the best method of knowing if your brew is done is by taking gravity readings. If you do not do this, then when you guess it might be done, wait a bit longer and hope for the best.
I started it June 11, racked July 10, bottled Aug 15.
“If you want more alcohol, drink two glasses!”
Truer words have never been spoken.
Hi. I recently ended up with a Red Star Yeast sampler pack. Has a Cote des Blancs, Premier Rouge, Premier white, Cuvee and a Classique could I use any of these for Mead?
@@lettuce_b4885 For sure dude, even beer yeast would work.
I really appreciate your long rants and explanations. I like know the WHY of things, it builds a foundation.
I was happily surprised too
Me too
I’ve been making meads, wines, and ciders with your help over the past couple years now! A year ago, I made 3 gallons of your basic mead (with honey from my bees! and 71 BEAST instead of bread yeast), sweetened it to my taste, and pasteurized it. I let it age for a year (I have never waited that long because I am impatient), and we all toasted with it at my wedding over the weekend.
It was AWESOME. We saved one bottle that we are going to have on our one year anniversary.
It’s been so exciting and rewarding learning this craft from you. Thank you!!!
Fantastic!
This video is a couple years old. I actually watch it or have it playing in the background fairly often (once a month or so) because it holds a special place in my creative heart. I have 13 gallons of meads and wines at various stages of fermentation and it takes up SO MUCH SPACE. I’ve had to BUILD storage for this hobby. My wife gets upset sometimes with how often I’m using the entire kitchen for my hobby. I blame you two for this…
Blame accepted :)
I am the same, but you never hear my wife complaining when i have produced a very good product, especially when she invites friends around and starts opening the product and sharing it. ha ha ha
How do you keep the brew/fermentation cold? My mead recipe is telling me 62 -74 Fahrenheit which is to cold for my house.
Used to be sweet on a girl who made it with Juniper berries mixed in.
I'm dead
@@dillonmundy3185 hi dead i'm dad
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I like the reference. It was actually Vilod who made the mead with juniper berrys, he was a guy.
It looked as if it was the same person he was talking about but the dialogue should have been separated.
@Vlad Xavier Now I started to wonder, if one would make mead with juniper berries in it. Should it be dried juniper berries like the ones often used in cooking or should it be unripe juniper berries which are used in making gin. Quite different flavor.
This takes me back. It's like the early days, but with the benefit of better filming equipment and more experience.
Your videos are so informative and absolutely helpful in every single way. I just did this brew today. So thank you very much for all of your advice, demonstration and information.
I just made my first batch of mead today and I want to say thank you for all the amazing information you provided over your videos. I am super nervous right now but also really excited.
I started making mead about 3 yrs ago thanks to you. So far i've made 12 batches.. i started with bread yeast ( fleshmans dry active). Then i tried some of the other wine yeasts, my friends noticed the difference. Sooo they prefered the bread yeast. Been using bread yeast ever since. Thanks to you very much.
That's very interesting, a lot of people trash bread yeast
What did they say the difference in flavor was?
@@agrillo3401 According to them the bread yeast gives the mead a smoother and less bitter flavor. I also prefer the bread yeast.
Thanks so much, I splurged on champagne yeast, which worked well, now I'll have to try bread yeast!
I didn't know making mead was so easy.
Great video as always. Yeah some people say you talk too much but i agree with you, i want more detail, not just add this, add this, add that. You’re videos are ten times more helpful because you go into detail, you explain the why’s and how’s. Its not just a recipe it’s an education. So keep doing you and never change. 👍🏻
I do find it comical when people say, "You talk too much." when watching a free video. You can always stop listening! If you have paid for an education, you have a right to provide constructive feedback. If someone is offering free education, they can provide it in the style of their choice. Take what is of interest to you and leave the rest.
For the recorded, I love the detail you provide. You are both extremely generous with your knowledge. Through your instruction, I have just made my first mead. I watched 6 of your brewing videos (a few times) and believe I have gotten it right. Thank you.
@@grahammills197 thank you Graham!
I've been watching you guys for a few months now and you have inspired me to make/try to make my very first mead ! Just wanted to say thank you ! I'm doing the basic mead from this video but only had five star rogue yeast just finished getting everything in the fermenter with me luck ! And thank you again
I made my first mead last week. I have another carboy on the way for a cider project. You guys have certainly gotten me bit by the bug in a good way, thank you for making the process fun and simple for newbies!
I just broke into some of my first batch that I started 4 months before they made this video. I learned most of what I used to make it from them, and I can say, they know what they are talking about.
Thanks for the feedback!! I'm so excited to try this myself!!
I’m a week into my first try at mead, using this recipe. It’s looking good, consistently bubbling, and the occasional diver! I plan on making your Vikings Blood 2020 soon. Thanks for your awesome instructions for mead! ☺️🐝
Just ordered everything I need to get started with my first ever brew. Thanks for the guide, tips, and inspiration.
I very am excited about finding you two. I've watched only three of your videos and I already feel my novice brewing knowledge has been enhanced! Great job!
Just bought everything I need to start this brew. I'm really excited for it!
Started watching your videos about a week ago. Binged probably 50% of them. Its amazing learning about this field, and I will definitely be making this (in a few days when my airlock comes in😂). Excited to see how it comes out!
This is genuinely the best beginner mead video, the talking makes it easier to digest info because I have some time to think before they move onto the next info bite, they list out everything you need in the beginning and as someone who’s starting out and has no gear yet I don’t feel like I need to buy a bunch of expensive stuff before I know if I even like mead/the hobby itself. Thank you!
My buddy and I went to renaissance fair this weekend and drank copious amounts of mead. We looked up the brand we had, and were happy to find it was available at the local grocery store (in very small quantities). After digging in to the topic, and your video giving us encouragment, we've spent about $200 on buying a starting setup to run two brews at a time. We figure it's a fun, more economically viable way of having something we enjoy. And we'll have it for our Dungeons and Dragons nights.
Thanks for such a thorough tutorial, and for helping break down the apprehension for this new hobby.
Awesome!
I literally want to try make mead specifically fir dnd nights so we can enjoy an accurate type of brew that was drank during medieval times
Then you should drink beer and wine too. They were more common in medieval times. ;)
Mead for D & D nights
Pretty authentic
So I made my first Mead 6 months ago using this recipe and honestly haven't had time to mess with it until yesterday. I finally racked and bottled AND IT IS AMAZING!!! Its SOO GOOD!!! Thanks for the videos!
Wonderful!
did u ever take the orange peels out mines 7 days in and I'm wondering if I should take them out
You can take them out if you wish. Orange doesn't tend to over extract so we normally remove them with the first rack when fermentation is done.
Just wanted to show my appreciation for all the work you guys have done. Very easy to understand videos, VERY charismatic way of delivery and I can't stress it enough: THANK YOU for putting the list in the description. Been watching you guys for a while and would encourage you to keep making more great videos!
Much appreciated!
Hello Brian and Derica. I really wanted to say thank you so much!!! I just tasted my first batch of mead using your recipe and it's unbelievably beautiful. The aroma is very floral and at the beggining I kind of smelled the scent of white grapes..maybe from the raisins and a sweet aroma from honey. It tastes a bit dry and it ended with a 12,5% ABV. This is incredible and it's my second fermentation ever, wich by the way, the first one, was a red wine from grape juice from your channel as well. I got so excited and impressed that I had to write to you guys and say THANK YOU. Big hug from Brazil.
I can’t wait to try this. Awesome video, I just got into home brewing, I’m just getting so this video was definitely a motivator to make Mead.
Was sure it was going to go like this:
What do I mean about shake the bejesus out of it?
Look there *points at the honey in the bottom* you see the bejesus there?
Shake it until you don't see it no more!
Lol I missed an opportunity!
Bottled the mead yesterday! It has turned out really good! Thank you for the recipe! Now it's time to start experimenting! 😁💛
Really appreciate your videos like this. I gave this a try last year, and am very satisfied with the result (what little I have left 15 months later). It was neat to watch/make/drink, and I'll definitely end up making more.
Your guys channel is amazing. I’ve learned so much over the past few months and started my first mead a week ago. Thank you for all of what you do!
Great to hear!
We made this exactly as described (except lemon peels) and it's amazing. Better than store bought and so much fun.
Hey guys. I'm from South Africa, so I use rooibos tea (a very popular local tea) in my mead. I included it in my caramel orange mead... I caramelized orange slices instead of using dried citrus. Also used bread yeast and I really can't fault it at all. After maturing for about 4 months, the resulting mead was awesome :-)
Thanks for the video! :-)
I want to give you a big THANK YOU! I finally got the courage to share the mead I have made with other people. I shared the simple mead recipe. Everyone loved it and wanted more! 🤗 Thank you for sharing all the videos you do!
Awesome! Glad you’re enjoying it!
Been watching these videos obsessively lately and started my very first mead on monday following this video!!! Thank you guys for all the information.
This inspired me to make a mead again. Just finished racking yesterday. Smell and taste was wonderfull. One reached 13.1% and the other 10.8%. Both using the same generic supermarket breadyeast. Really fun to do. Thanks for the clear instructions and explinations
Thank you so much for this video!! You made mead making seem much more possible and less intimidating than so many other instructional guides 😁
Glad it was helpful!
I've brewed a few times at home (ales) and stopped for a bit. I discovered your channel late last year and have been binge watching religiously. You've re-sparked my brewing creativity as well as added a new dimension. Thanks for all you do.
I’m so happy I found y’all’s videos. I finally decided to start my first mead. I really appreciate the simple approach to mead making and the entertaining, informative videos.
Thanks for watching!
Since I started brewing mead, I have always used bread yeast and it has always been tasty. Thank you for inspiring us to break the standard. 🙏🙏🙏
Great information guys. I've been brewing various things for... too many years, and I love your attitude. A great intro for noobs. And I'll take a few of your ideas and play. :) For example, I'd have jumped to wine yeast, unless I was making a mead ale. Experimentation is what brewing is all about.
I love mead and found your videos 2 days ago. I have since ordered everything I need to make the mead in this video! Looking forward to trying my hand at it
Love you guys. Just made mine yesterday and she is bubbling like craaaaazy. Excited for this hobby to take my life over lol I'm used to just making nalewka
Two bottles of mead in my fridge that I made last year...and 5 carboys in my pantry fermenting that I made at the beginning of this year....should rack those soon.
Love the energy guys. Great video and good instruction. Appreciate the rants as well. Its nice to see some brewers that remember what its like to start the hobby.
Will be starting a batch next weekend. Hopefully will be ready for thanksgiving 2023.
Cheers and happy brewing!
Just attempted this recipe today, thank you so much for all the advice and tips! Can't wait to take my first sip. Cheers.
Hi guys! Love your channel! I just JUST made my own mead using this recipe as a base. I threw in an orange and some cloves! I can't wait to see how it turns out.
I'm really just commenting to boost your YT algorithm, as I think your video is more highly valuable than many others. Liked and subbed.
Wow, thank you!
I have been binge watching you guys for a few weeks now and I am officially starting my first mead next week! Thank you both for all your hard work and explaining everything so well.
How did it go?
@@shawnlewis9607 it is still in secondary but just listening to the bubbling in primary was so satisfying 😁
@@amandacampbell9450 Yeah, there's nothing quite like a bubbling airlock to make your day. 😃👍
So is it done? How was it?
How did it turn out? Any suggestions for starters?
I made a 2 gallon batch with your recipe. My first attempt. It came out great at 10.5% and tastes fantastic!! Thank you!
Just started this ,as my first mead, in a little big mouth bubbler I picked up!! 1.3 gallons, starting gravity of 1.110. Stoked to see how it comes out! Thanks for doing what you guys do!
Following this recipe right now for my first mead. I'm so excited!
How did it turn out?
Love that you guys are making these beginner videos and concepts!
More to come!
I found your channel years ago from your first 42 minute Mead extravaganza. I'm glad you released an updated thorough Mead video.
Just found you guys in starting to look at making mead. Love all your detailed explanation and pointers.
Always love watching y'all's videos. My wife and I just got a new house, and I'm hoping to start my first attempt at mead. 😁
Thanks to you both, I went from no brew experience in January to being a semi-confident mead maker now with a few pretty awesome brews under my belt. I just wanted to say thank you! Its been a real joy and I've learned something new every video!
You are very welcome!
this is the video that helped me get started. I made my first batch and it turned out great! just finished drinking it this past week and now I'm back for a refresher before I start batch 2. of all the "how to" videos on youtube, this one was by far the most helpful.
Thank you so much! We are happy to introduce new brewers into the fun and exciting hobby.
Starting my first mead today and came across you two! Love this video and how in depth you guys are. I subbed so I can check out more videos! Thanks!
For those that argue about which year to use: both brewers and wine, and beer for that, are Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
They are pretty much the same thing, just they have been bred to produce slightly, and I mean slightly, different characteristics.
Signed: A Microbiologist.
thank you! we made wine in my microbiology class using bread yeast and i was surprised that people online said bread yeast cannot be used for brewing. thank you for clearing this up!
Derica made a very nice layman’s comparison in another video: she said the different strains of yeast are a lot like dogs. They’re bred for different purposes and are good at different things but they’re all... dogs. Granted, dogs can interbreed. Yeasts... not so easily. But for lay people, the comparison is sufficient to understand the idea.
Thank you
Thank you! Very helpful! That was my thought too!
@@jaicabardo4357 Weird, where im from it's all we use to brew :D I'm astonished to find all these yeast's that I apparently need ::D
With my first mead I got the glass jug, yeast, and airlock as a mead making kit for around $20. Honey costed $16. Was one of the best drinks I have ever made.
Where did you purchase your kit ?
So glad I found y’all. Thank you for the knowledge and the rants; I appreciate that extra info that a lot of how too videos don’t share. 🤘😁
I'm starting this exactish recipe this evening! on may 24, 2022! love that I found this channel!!!
I have to give you guys props for your videos. I got interested in making mead because of your videos last December. Since then, I have successfully brewed around 14 gallons of mead using your recipes, all with success. Thank you so much for your time and for sharing your passion for this.
That is awesome!
Took my second reading today (after the 1.110 OG), 1.040, 3.5 weeks in. And I tasted it. I didn't use tea like you guys just because I wanted to see how mead develops from honey without additions. Nonetheless, man this tastes so incredibly good. And it's not even done fermenting. Exactly as you said in the racking video it's obviously still boozy but it's absolutely drinkable as is. Rich, full-bodied, sweet, floral. Your guidance is really precious. Thanks for all you do!
I started this brew yesterday. I was not expecting the bubbling to start within a couple of hours. I am super excited. This is so fun! Thank you both for these awesome tutorials. I have learned a lot.
Happy to help!
Hey guys i just want to thank you both very much! Been watching your videos for a while now and finally started this one. Really excited and just wanted to say thank you again yall are amazing
Our pleasure! Thank you for watching and happy brewing!
I never would have tried making mead if not for this video! You made the whole process seem so simple! And your more laid back approach made me feel comfortable trying something new! Definitely saw the “elitism” you mentioned in other similar instructional videos
Glad I could help!
Thank you for this wanted to get into home brew (6 kids trying to figure out zoom calls enough reason) this video has given me the knowledge and courage to start. So thank you again!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for getting me started. I love mead but not most commercially available meads. They are also hard to find. I just started my first mead and am excited to be on my way to making my perfect mead. You guys are awesome keep up the great work.
So thankful for your instruction I’ve come back to watch this again and let you know I’ve got a few meads in conditioning one is huckleberry excited beyond words
I’m excited to try this and my supplies just showed up.
I hope I’m still on recipe here in the Philippines.
They sell honey in 750ml bottles, so I’m using 2, which is 1.5 liters. They don’t have Fleishman’s Yeast here and the cheap Chinese yeast sold in the market is kinda sketchy, so I found a quality “beer” yeast. In the gas valve, I’m using a coconut vinegar as it’s a natural preservative that insects tend to avoid. If you think I’ve left the recipe or am on the edge of a disaster, let me know.
Thanks for the channel. I am a big fan. If this works well, I plan to offer it in my restaurant.
All the love!
I’m starting my first brew tonight! Really excited to see how this goes
Update it’s amazing and I have two more gallons in the making now, once it’s autumn again I’m going to start making 5 gallon batches
This looks like the recipe for me. When I get the supplies together and my nerve this is the one I'll be making. Thanks for doing the leg work for me.
Awesome recipe, definitely making it this weekend!
Started my very first Mead on Tuesday. So far so good.
Made a start on my first ever mead, following this recipe yesterday! Thank you for the video and making the content so accessible and understandable. I've used some locally sourced honey a few miles from home, I hope my brew does it justice!
How did it turn out?
For a first attempt, it was decent! I over oaked it slightly (I was impatient and put the oak chips in while the brew was still warm after pasteurizing so it extracted a little too much of the oak flavour). Even so, it was a great brew and I still enjoy drinking it on a weekend with some sport on the TV! I've learned my lessons (mainly patience) and have made some even better brews since.
@@michaelg8179 Excellent! Glad the first one went well!
Awesome video. Thank you for being so down to earth in the explanation. I really enjoyed watching and learning. Will continue to follow you.
You are welcome! Thanks for watching.
Brian and Derica; THANK YOU! I bottled my first batch of this at 9 weeks old on December 22nd. And after 8-1/2 weeks in the bottle (over 18 weeks since I started the primary) I tried my first glass yesterday. IT WAS AMAZING!!! Crystal clear, nice honey aroma, and the taste was smooth, full, and honey forward. It has great mouth feel, viscous and smooth and the flavor is very honey forward with no hint of harshness. I will definitely be making this again and again.
Fantastic!
Want to share that we have officially finished our first meed using this video as a basis and it’s come out looking like a yellow stained window it’s so clear! We accidentally put a little too much honey is as a slip up haha but over all it’s a very strong and sweet meed came out at 19% because we used ec1118 as I couldn’t find the same yeast and the only one a local brew shop had was it. We have since made a Vikings blood with the exact method and ingredients as you have for the 2020 video hoping it is as good as it looks thanks
I started my first two meads yesterday - a simple mead using this recipe and a blackberry, raspberry and cherry mead. All bubbling nicely in my cupboard. Thanks Brian and Derica
Racked my blackberry, raspberry and cherry mead last night. ABV around 12. Fermented out to 0.998 and so sweetened it to just above 0.010. Very clear, minimal foot smell and very little degassing. I've English Oaked two bottles of it. The was enough left for two large glasses. Nicely dry, a good hint of blackberry, lovely tannin mouth feel and cherry in the middle, blackberry hint on the finish. A nice surprise 5was the returning cherry note that occurred a couple of times a few minutes later. Although it's young it tastes surprisingly complex.
Thanks Brian and Derica.
I racked the traditional last night. It still seems to be off gassing. It fermented out to 0.996 gravity for an ABV of 13.77%. I put it into two bottles that I cold crashed to drink soon and racked the rest into a two litre demijohn with oak chips while it conditions. We had about nearly a bottle left to test.
It. Is. Amazing. Already it's the best mead I've had. No off smells or flavours. It has a hint of citrus at the start. Very refreshing. There is tannin but the tea smell it had has has completely gone. There is a on aftertaste that I cannot place, not suite citrus, not quite honey, not floral or herby... very mysterious. Thanks Brian and Derica.
when did you add the rasberries to the mix
@@andhislilmonkey it was all added in at the start. It was a bag of mixed frozen berries
I started my first ever mead after this recipe two days ago. As a beekeeper I have a lot of leftover honey that isn't quite good enough to sell, but perfectly fine for mead. Not the bottle is in my bathroom, happily bubbling away. I am quite excited about the outcome of this 😁
Started my first batch of mead thanks to you guys and this video. Thanks!
I just bought that fermenter, I went to many grocery stores and it was ONLY at Publix. I had a very nice British Gent help me find it. Although that Apple juice was on the expensive side, the glass gallon jar was still cheaper than buying one from Amazon/Walmart (Mead kit). I was so excited to find it I bought 3 I'm thinking I should use them to make the strawberry 🍓 cider, spiced cider and something else.
Thanks for saying Publix!
I've been looking, and have only found plastic. Publix here I come!
I just made one, but I used voss kveik yeast, it is fermenting at 35°c... fast and clean. You have to try it... thanks for the learning.
Started this batch couple days ago with my hive wildflower honey along with a half gallon batch with some citrus honey from my sons hive 100 miles away... The wait begins. Thanks for all the videos and laughs... You guys are great.....
So interesting! Love how it's explained in detail
Hey, wanted to thank you guys for such informative and encouraging videos!
At the end of August I started my first brew(s) using this recipe. Instead of doing it as one gallon, I split it into quarts with half using the same bread yeast used here, and the other using ec-1118 champagne yeast, just as an experiment. (I also split half of each between fresh and dried orange peel, but my hypothesis is this will make no discernable difference).
So far all is going well! I don't see any more bubbles so took a hydrometer reading in the hopes of racking next weekend. Bread yeast brew appears to have reached an ABV of 12.6%, and the champagne yeast 14.31% and 14.57% (slightly different starting gravities between those quarts).
Update:
Racked it earlier with a friend of mine, as the gravity readings held stable. Poured a little bit of into two shotglasses from the bread yest brew and champagne yeast brew we got the most fluid out of, and sampled, along with my other half. We agreed it's tasting pretty good so far, and are excited for the final product to be ready! Even more, excited to get started playing with flavor/ingredient ideas we've been throwing back and forth.
@@champagnelewis7049 - Brewing is tons of fun... with a great reward over a longer period of time. I’ve got my birthday later this month and guess what’s on the wish list my loved ones requested from me?
Carboys (wide mouth and narrow mouth)
Stoppers
Airlocks
Yeasts
Honey
Swing top bottles
🤣🤣🤣
Started making my brew based off this video yesterday. Really hoping it turns out well
Fingers crossed
If you did as we did... it will be fine!
Thanks for your videos. I started my first mead today, inspired by your videos. 🇦🇺
I’ve been thinking of this brew making hobby; I’m sold after hearing you teach it.
I made a traditional mead from y’all’s earlier recipe and after 4 weeks it came out to 1.032. Then I racked it and all the sudden it started bubbling again and it was kind of cloudy. Three weeks later it was 1.021 and gradually a line of clear mead began to descend my fermenter.
Hey...its the Alton Brown of brewing! 😆
I absolutely like the narrative with the video. That being said I have to chuckle. My last batch of meade I went way out on the limb and used....wait for it! Buckwheat honey! So how did it turn out? Hmmmm....kind of a ohh...errr....uhhh....hmmm....yeah. Justvlike that. Lets go with woody? Very sweet and woody leaning towards coffee if that is even possible. I used Madagascar Bourbon vanilla beans as my tannin source. Kind of wished I'd left them in longer though. 3 for a 3 gallon batch. Also used 6 pounds of honey for the 3 gallon batch. Some other things here and there. Currently sitting in the secondary getting happy.
Currently making a batch with fireweed honey, how did it turn out?
This was the first mead I made that i was proud of. I started 3 separate 1gal batches of it on June 8th 2021 using 3 different kinds of yeast (Lalvin 71-b, Fleishman's bread yeast, and Lallemand CBC-1) just to see if there might be differences in them due to the high temp summers in my area. Two turned out great! The Lallemand CBC-1 had an off flavor, but i think it was stressed in my 90' Apartment... Thank you so much for teaching me, I continue to enjoy watching your videos and have tried several other recipes that have turned out great.
Just tasted my 7 week old batch today while taking gravities. Turned out better then I expected! Bread yeast for the win.
I made this today, 2020-11-05, yeast was pitched around 1930PST. A couple of minor differences... 1. I made a lot, should net at least 5gal when it's time to keg/bottle. 2. I got my honey, all 15 POUNDS of it, from a farmer I know that lives nearby who has a pretty large apiary, so... not from the grocery store. Other than that I closely followed your recipe, just X5... The O.G. was really close to yours at 1.1 and I had activity in the airlock inside of the first hour, I'm so stoked. It's been a long time since I brewed anything. So glad I didn't sell off or get rid of my brewing equipment. I'll post an update here and on the "How to Make your FIRST Mead - Racking and Bottling" video when I get to keg/bottle this one. Thank you so much for the inspiration!
I really hope that you two see this comment ... I may have come up with another reason to comment. Soon, maybe 6 months, after making this batch of mead that I'm talking about in the above comment I thought it had gone bad because it tasted off and I almost threw it out. Then there was some chaos in my life and I just didn't deal with it but all my info, brew date, original gravity, etc., got lost... except I put the important info up there in my comment from wayyyy back. It's 2023-05- 06 now and there's that old comment of mine. Encourage people to comment with their brewing notes. Not only to share them but in case they loose them!
Oh, and I still have that forgotten batch of mead. It's still in the secondary fermenter. I should get around to bottling it sometime soon.
Wow… hadn’t thought of that!
For shoving the raisins in the bottle, I had luck sort of rolling the raisins like a cigar in some parchment paper. Once rolled, I squeezed the cigar tightly in my fists and then unrolled it. The raisins now looked like, um, something I wouldn’t wanna eat, but they easily plopped right into the bottle.
"Plopped" hehe
Was so inspired by your channel, I finally bought the necessary gear and am currently brewing 1 gallon with this recipe (I used Sumo orange peels because my fiancee loves them). With an og:1.116 and g:1.008 at 4 weeks old, I was amazed at how great it tasted, and how easy the process was. Currently conditioning the batch for my wedding in ~4 months. Looking forward to a lifetime in the hobby :)
Hi Brian and Derica, thanks for making such great videos. This year I decided to start a brewing hobby as my birthday present to myself... and large glass vessels are not cheap or common in Japan, I tell you what. But whatever, I will be using these things over and over. I now have two brews I started up a week apart. First is a modified version of this recipe (I don't like raisins so I subbed in 2 grams of dried cherries, and I used a Red Star yeast instead of bread yeast), and the other is just the recipe that came with the kit (water, 3 lbs of honey, a teaspoon of nutrient powder, and yeast). I am looking forward to seeing how they come out. In the mean time, it is fun just watching the brews happily bubbling away. I already have plans for what to do next. There is a small honey farm only 20 minutes away from where I live, and I think I will be checking out what they have to offer soon.
I started my first batch about a week ago and uncorked it to check the gravity yesterday and have a little taste test. The ABV is already at 7.5 and it actually tastes ok, after 1 week! I can’t wait till it is done! Thanks guys for this recipe.
I began this today. I used fresh orange peels and everything else was as instructed. I'm looking forward to the results.
Thats what I'm using now fresh orange. Happy brewing.
@@colemonthanks! I think it's of to a good start. Day 6 and it has a very kombucha-ish scent.
@@TheJasonCrystal I just bottled mine today that has fresh peel. I wish I used a little less. Still good, but will surprise you if you’re not ready.
Hey buddy how's your brew going?
@@colemon so far, so good I believe. I have it the swirl on day 15. Activity is low at this point on day 2 1 so I'm going to let it settle for the next week or so before moving it to secondary fermentation. Thanks for asking.
It’s been about 3 years since I’ve brewed anything, I’m glad to know I can use bread yeast since it’s hard to find brewing stores around where I live. Thank you for teaching me what you know