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.
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We Turned Carrots Into Mead (Two Recipes!)
Today we're making two carrot blossom honey mead recipes! One of them is a traditional and the other is a metheglin. Carrot Blossom honey has a warm spice and earthy ness that is super interesting and I thought it would be fun to pronounce that character with a metheglin. Of course I wanted to also make a traditional with that honey - so that's what I've done! You can find both the recipes below. This video was a lot of fun and I'd appreciate you liking and subscribing to support the channel.
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Traditional Recipe:
2.5 lb of Carrot Blossom Honey Water Up to 1.2 Gallons 2 Grams of Lalvin Bourgovin RC-212 1 tsp of Fermaid O -- Stabilized with Potassium Sorbate & Metabisulfite --- Backsweetened with 8 ounces of Carrot Blossom Honey 1 ounce of Medium Toast American oak
Metheglin Recipe:
2.5 lbs of Carrot Blossom Honey Water Up to 1.2 Gallons 2 Grams of Lalvin Bourgovin RC-212 1 tsp of Fermaid O 1/4 tsp of Nutmeg 1.5 oz of Crushed Juniper Berries 1 Crush Star Anise 1 Crushed Clove -- Stabilized with Potassium Sorbate & Metabisulfite -- 8 ounces of Carrot Blossom Honey to Backsweeten 1 ounce of Medium Toast American Oak
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0:00 Introduction 0:20 Carrot Blossom Honey Information 0:50 What does it taste like? 1:45 The Recipes 3:10 Starting the Meads 5:10 Tasting After the Primary 6:15 Post Primary Changes 8:30 9 Month Tasting 14:00 Wrap Up
Simple Traditional Mead -Let’s Finish and Bottle it.
Simple Dry Traditional Mead, finishing abd bottling. Get in my bottle! We're working to finish up that Simple Traditional Mead we made. It's dry, not sweet, and so far tastes pretty good! High hopes for this one. On to finishing and bottling some mead!
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How to make a Session Mead | A crispy hydromel recipe made with fruity honey and a touch of sparkle
This session mead recipe is ALL about the honey. A good-tasting honey is critical to this mead's success. At a low ABV riding just above 5%, this crisp, refreshing hydromel mead is perfect for summer sipping. Great either bottle condition or on draft. Why not home brew one right now? It can be ready in under a month if kegged. In this video we show you how to make mead, but unlike a traditional mead this is a light and crushable drink more akin to a honey-flavored lager or hard seltzer than a big, sturdy traditional mead. We've brewed this recipe dozens of times, and it is a trusted winner!
Ferment all the way dry, with front-loaded nutrition.
Back-sweeetening: 1# orange blossom honey to backsweeten (1.010-1.015, pasteurize or stabilize first, and keg) -or- 12oz erythritol (1.010, keg or bottle condition)
Target for CO2 is about 2.6 volumes. Use a priming calculator to be precise!
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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
I Made an Multi-Award Winning Mead Recipe
So I stole an award winning, mazer cup mead recipe and made it for myself! I took Nathan Zangmeister’s Black Locust traditional mead recipe and made it! This mead recipe won awards at The Mazer Cup, Valkyrie’s Horn and Mead Stampede. I was lucky enough to get a bottle from Nathan and I really enjoyed getting to try and make it. I made this mead in two ways - I made “my version” and “his version”. The only difference is that I used Fermaid O in mine.
Here’s the recipe:
2.5 Pounds of Black Locust Honey Water Up to 1 Gallon 5 Grams of WLP 715 My Version: Add 1/2 tsp of Fermaid O Top off with Water after Primary
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My Weird Dry Mixed Berry Mead Recipe
Today I'm sharing my weird mixed berry mead recipe with you. This is dry mixed berry mead that features raspberries, blueberries and strawberries. This mead got rather experimental over time... I wanted to make a dry mixed berry mead and ended up deciding to do some experimentation with it as it went along. I hope you enjoy this journey! Be sure to subscribe for more content!
4 Gallon Dry Mixed Berry Mead Recipe:
9 lbs of Orange Blossom Honey 8 lbs of Frozen Mixed Berries (Raspberry, Blueberry & Strawberry) 4 tsp of Pectic Enzyme Water Up to 4 Gallons 5 Grams of Lalvin BM 4x4 12 Grams of Fermaid O 2 oz of American Oak Chips (soaked in 375 ml of Tauny Port Wine) 1 oz of Vanilla Bean Extract (from Vanilla Beans soaked in whiskey)
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Glass Carboy (& Airlock): Short Auto-Siphon & Tubing: Long Auto-Siphon & Tubing: Hydrometer: 1 Gallon Keg: Star San (Sanitizer): Scale: Hand Bottle Capper: Bench Capper (Optional): Hand Corker: Floor Corker (Optional): Wine Corks: Bottle Caps: Bottling Wand: Wine Bottles: Synthetic Corks: Red Star Yeast Sampler:
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0:00 Introduction 0:39 What did I do? (Recipe) 1:19 Making the mead 2:50 How long did it ferment? 3:23 Next Steps (Stabilizing if you want) 3:58 Experimenting 6:30 Looking at it 7:43 Tasting with Tony