Home brewing is insanely cheap. People make gallons of beer for a few £/$. Once the equipment is bought (and you can also just straight up use any container with an airlock) the ingredients are cheap as chips
It's fun, Ive been doing it for years. Never bought a lot, sourced everything myself and saved some money doing so. Raw honey isn't cheap but much better than most store honeys.
Yes:) in a same way as we humans do:p overuse our resources and get fucked when there Are too Many of us and too Many non wanted chemichals in our area😂
Normal Mead is simple. 2 to 3 lbs of honey per gallon of spring water (more honey means more alcohol in the final product), a wine yeast should be used, each yeast strain will have it's own effect on the taste but wine yeast can produce up to 18% alcohol. Reading gravity before and after fermenting is recommended but not necessary. After a month of fermenting rack your Mead to a second vessel so the dead yeast won't affect the taste. Then let it clear and age. Stabilize, or dont, it keeps the yeast from reproducing and fermenting any additional sugars when you want to backsweeten the Mead. Bottle, age some more or drink it. It's one of the more simple ways to make an alcoholic beverage. I prefer meads over beers in terms of brewing simplicity.
What you really need: Vessel with airtight lid Some kind of airlock Water Yeast A sugar source Maybe a sanitizer for your gear. Starsan is used a lot in US home brewing. Measuring gravity isn't that big of a deal, if you're not looking for a very specific result. Starting out shouldn't cost you a lot. You can start fermenting in a gallon jug. Food grade plastic won't influence the taste a whole lot (if at all). Everything else is just refining the process. Just keep the sugar ratio at around 20-25% of the weight in water and you'll get results.
You do know that measuring the amount of alcohol using the gravity method is only a rough estimate, right? Reason being that both the sugar and the alcohol alter the density of the liquid..
@@jimmysukamto4389 We separate the fruit from stems, and crush the fruit, than we tap the juices from the bin with crushed fruit that we put in 50 liter glass jugs that are plugged on top, and a small tube in the plug is inserted to vent the CO2 from the fermentation in a pot of water, so it does not catch oxygen from outside and spoil the wine. Once the jug is unplugged, the wine should be consumed fast, unless it will get sour, and the wine is only good to make grape vinegar.
I actually practically made my own version of alcohol not on purpose I made a CO2 generator because the plants that I have a growing supposedly loved CO2 it was the same recipe for creating alcohol fermentation sugar
It's really easy. Airlock and brewers yeast, maybe a drill and a recipe you like. Don't be intimidated, it's easy and fun. Just don't go with luxury honey for your first batch and maybe try a hard cider. Apple juice (as natural and preservative free as possible), sugar and the yeast should be cheap enough and will get you a decent first result.
I wouldn't put the mead back in the jug after reading the specific gravity of it. Even if your equipment is sanitized, there is a chance you contaminate the rest of your production. In another comment, you mentioned you wouldn't distill mead. Why is that?
He mentions that he puts campden tablets in whenever he contaminates the vessel. Distillation is illegal in many places or requires lots of licenses, inspections and taxes. Distilling also has two major dangers of explosion or methanol poisoning. It's not a casual hobby
@@gp7110 I can't speak for other countries but Sweden, which is where I'm from, the police really don't care if you make your own distilled alcohol. They only care if you sell it or they find out you're doing it for other reasons.Then they have to file charges. I.E the police aren't actively looking for people who distill for personal use. So, while it is illegal, you won't see any repurcussions for it as long as you keep it to youself.
Yeast is not able to metabolize starch, you need sugar. There are specialized enzymes you can add to break down the starch. Besides that, anything sweet should work btw.. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartoffelschnaps?wprov=sfla1 just translate the page, there is even a recipe
@eerreerr497 Yeast "eats" sugar and "poops" alcohol (ethanol in that case) and CO2. Just like the grass on the field will stay eaten even if the cow is gone lol
Hey so I know u linked a bunch of stuff on Amazon u know u sent a link to stuff u recommend But nearly all of them aren't available they aren't in stock and might never restock
yeast will produce alcohol until it dies of alcohol poisoning
i will also produce alcohol, using yeast, until i die of alcohol poisoning.
Lmao
Lmfaooo
This video is so emotional, he had to express this by the background music
Thinking the same thing. This song fills me with a bittersweet sorrowful nostalgia. Nostalgia for what? I don't know.
Same man. Sparks that feeling though. A blue feeling, not necessarily a "down" or "bad" feeling, idk how to describe really. @@joesteadman343
@@joesteadman343nostalgia for that sweet sweet XXX
The song is called Snowfall by Oneheart and reidenshi :)
This seems like a seriously economical option people who dont drink much especially considering that jug would probably cost $40-$80
Most mead kits I've seen are around 50 dollars and come with all the basic equipment including the jug
@@jogen906 🤣 not the jug itself the jug of alcohol poured into bottles and sold would cost that much
Home brewing is insanely cheap. People make gallons of beer for a few £/$. Once the equipment is bought (and you can also just straight up use any container with an airlock) the ingredients are cheap as chips
@@nxxynx5039eh beer is still relatively expensive compared to buying it from the store, but the rest is affordable
@@nxxynx5039thank you could not have said it better myself.
my uncle used to make wisteria wine , banana wine . that shit would tear you're head off.
I read that for a second as “Listeria”, in which case, that would tear your intestines out.
U make me want to brew wine. I feel myself being drawn to your ordering page and wanting to spend money and start experimenting
It's fun, Ive been doing it for years. Never bought a lot, sourced everything myself and saved some money doing so. Raw honey isn't cheap but much better than most store honeys.
This dude is what inspired me to open my own bar after I retire
Right when the video started, I entered a hypnotic trance because of the music, I don't remember anything from the video, but 10/10 nonetheless lol
So yeast basically unalives itself if it can…
Yes:) in a same way as we humans do:p overuse our resources and get fucked when there Are too Many of us and too Many non wanted chemichals in our area😂
Plankton: *correct*
they drink themselves to death
Can you make a full video on every step? Or like a mead making series?
Normal Mead is simple. 2 to 3 lbs of honey per gallon of spring water (more honey means more alcohol in the final product), a wine yeast should be used, each yeast strain will have it's own effect on the taste but wine yeast can produce up to 18% alcohol. Reading gravity before and after fermenting is recommended but not necessary. After a month of fermenting rack your Mead to a second vessel so the dead yeast won't affect the taste. Then let it clear and age. Stabilize, or dont, it keeps the yeast from reproducing and fermenting any additional sugars when you want to backsweeten the Mead. Bottle, age some more or drink it. It's one of the more simple ways to make an alcoholic beverage. I prefer meads over beers in terms of brewing simplicity.
Can you talk about and list all the equipment you used please!
What you really need:
Vessel with airtight lid
Some kind of airlock
Water
Yeast
A sugar source
Maybe a sanitizer for your gear. Starsan is used a lot in US home brewing.
Measuring gravity isn't that big of a deal, if you're not looking for a very specific result.
Starting out shouldn't cost you a lot. You can start fermenting in a gallon jug. Food grade plastic won't influence the taste a whole lot (if at all). Everything else is just refining the process. Just keep the sugar ratio at around 20-25% of the weight in water and you'll get results.
Can you stop the fermentation process early if it's at an alcohol content that you want, but it's not done fermenting?
You do know that measuring the amount of alcohol using the gravity method is only a rough estimate, right?
Reason being that both the sugar and the alcohol alter the density of the liquid..
A rough measurement is all you need. A difference of 3-4% AbV isn't too serious, you want to know whether it's 3% or 20% 😂
@@nxxynx5039 Sure that's true.
Where can i find a mason jar like that?
All the equipment I use is linked in bio
We are making wine from grapes that grow around the house. Fermentation starts by itself after 2-3 days. No yeast added.
really? do you mind to explain the process?
@@jimmysukamto4389 We separate the fruit from stems, and crush the fruit, than we tap the juices from the bin with crushed fruit that we put in 50 liter glass jugs that are plugged on top, and a small tube in the plug is inserted to vent the CO2 from the fermentation in a pot of water, so it does not catch oxygen from outside and spoil the wine. Once the jug is unplugged, the wine should be consumed fast, unless it will get sour, and the wine is only good to make grape vinegar.
can you make maraschino cherry and mango wine please with a hint of chocolate 🥹
Can you make mead out of rolled oats or something like that will certain fruits? Also can you make mead out of bananas and watermelon?
Where do you know which calculator type you need to use???
How long does it take for a batch like this to finish fermenting?
What if I only want something around 10%. Can stop the fermentation at anytime or is it beat to let it go until it stop naturally
Any links to buy the equipment?
Can you make strawberry mango mead?
Sure
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@@goldenhivemeadyou never did ☹️
Could you use this as a mash for whiskey? Or i guess brandy? Just curious
Can you put any kind of yeast?
What type of yeast do you use?
Can I use the same one I test battery acid with?
I actually practically made my own version of alcohol not on purpose I made a CO2 generator because the plants that I have a growing supposedly loved CO2 it was the same recipe for creating alcohol fermentation sugar
I wonder if you can use regular yeast
I need to buy a sett
18% ABV? dude that would knock me clean out after a glass wtf lmaoo
Make some using mad honey
What is stabilizing?
What happens if you don't add artificial substances like the one you added.
What if you make an alcohol using wine as the liquid
So if I add sugar, will the rating go up?
Gravity?
is cherry wine good?
Sooo how do I make it like idk 30%
How do I get 99.99% alcohol?
Distillation
Do you have a course or can you take one for tutoring... Really want to start something with this
It's really easy. Airlock and brewers yeast, maybe a drill and a recipe you like. Don't be intimidated, it's easy and fun. Just don't go with luxury honey for your first batch and maybe try a hard cider. Apple juice (as natural and preservative free as possible), sugar and the yeast should be cheap enough and will get you a decent first result.
Can you make a hot pepper mead?
Hold on satan
What does it mean if your hydrometer doesn't float at all?
You need to put more liquid into the cylinder
I wouldn't put the mead back in the jug after reading the specific gravity of it. Even if your equipment is sanitized, there is a chance you contaminate the rest of your production.
In another comment, you mentioned you wouldn't distill mead. Why is that?
Not if both sanitized
There‘s not a lot of stuff that survives an alcohol content of 18%
Distilling is illegal
He mentions that he puts campden tablets in whenever he contaminates the vessel. Distillation is illegal in many places or requires lots of licenses, inspections and taxes. Distilling also has two major dangers of explosion or methanol poisoning. It's not a casual hobby
I would be more worried about oxidation than contamination. Plus it is fun to drink your sample to get an idea of how your beverage is progressing.
I’m gonna call it water down vodka
No? It’s mead. If this is watered down vodka, is beer watered down whisky? Wine is watered down cognac?
So, how do I get it to be even stronger
Distillation, which is generally illegal. Also dangerous if you don't know what you're doing so do thorough research before you try.
@@GeneralToxicus just joking lol, the one on the video is already too damn strong
@@GeneralToxicusoh no it’s illegal! Is there anything fun we’re “allowed” to do without daddy gov approval
@@gp7110 I can't speak for other countries but Sweden, which is where I'm from, the police really don't care if you make your own distilled alcohol. They only care if you sell it or they find out you're doing it for other reasons.Then they have to file charges. I.E the police aren't actively looking for people who distill for personal use. So, while it is illegal, you won't see any repurcussions for it as long as you keep it to youself.
Can I use rapid yeast?
You could but it wouldn't be ideal
So I want to make alcohol with some potatoes I'm growing, can I chop them up and just make them in a bottle like you're doing?
Well it would depend on if you wanna try a potato wine
Yeast is not able to metabolize starch, you need sugar. There are specialized enzymes you can add to break down the starch. Besides that, anything sweet should work btw..
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartoffelschnaps?wprov=sfla1 just translate the page, there is even a recipe
@@sebastianmaier5328 thank you, I have japanese sweet potatoes I'm growing and I can't wait to make something from em
how does the yeast survive in a very old alcohol if it can run out of sugar and die off? Apologies if I misunderstood anything
The yeast doesn't survive long past fermentation. Once it's converted sugar to alcohol its job is done
@@cameronfrary9896 ohh I see! The yeast doesn't need to survive for the beverage to remain alcoholic?
@@eerreerr497 yep that's right
@@cameronfrary9896 makes sense now! Tysm bro
@eerreerr497
Yeast "eats" sugar and "poops" alcohol (ethanol in that case) and CO2.
Just like the grass on the field will stay eaten even if the cow is gone lol
Have you ever distilled it and aged it in barrel?
(Brandy)
Damn that would be some good mead!
It's called Honeyshine not brandy
@@infernaldaedra They’re referring to aging it in a Brandy barrel, not calling it brandy.
Distillation is illegal
I’ve never barrel aged mead, but I love adding oak cubes or oak chips for the same affect. I wouldn’t distill mead however
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how much to make wine out of piss
how much honey for 40% abv
You need distillation to get to that level of alcohol. Doesn't matter how much honey you have, the yeast alone won't tolerate much past 20%
Hey so I know u linked a bunch of stuff on Amazon u know u sent a link to stuff u recommend
But nearly all of them aren't available they aren't in stock and might never restock
Just buy other similar things or look into a homebrew store nearby you
No AI got a like, I will dislike any of your videos with an AI voice. Too many will get a do not recommend again.
Fuck I search just how to do Alkohol in jail