How to Make Mead at Home - EASY FULL Honey Wine Process
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2022
- Brew Your Own Mead - Make Honey Wine at Home - FULL Process
How to Make your First MEAD. Simple First Timer Mead Recipe. From Fermentation to inebriation, or start to drinking. Mead isn't so difficult to make as some might lead you to believe. It's really quite easy to make your first mead at home. This beginner mead recipe uses ingredients you can probably find at your local grocery store. Make sure you make mead with a good quality honey though, as the old saying "garbage in, garbage out", still applies.
While this is a beginner mead recipe, it's still one of my favorite meads, and I still make it, exactly like we do in this video, simple mead does not mean bad tasting mead. Sometimes, simpler is better. Can you alter this recipe? Of course. It's a guideline for making your first mead, but you can tailor it to suit your needs as you learn how it works. That said, we urge you strongly to follow it as closely as possible your first time or two making mead for yourself as there's a few concepts that are important to understand before branching out and experimenting.
Happy MEAD making!
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1/4 - 1/2 of an orange Zest (we used orange zest that we dehydrated)
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Water (we used filtered tap water that has the chlorine removed, you are looking to add enough until your mixture goes up to the shoulder of your fermenter)
Beginner Mead Tasting (My First Mead) ONE YEAR LATER!: • Beginner Mead Tasting ...
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I have been brewing mead for a few years thanks to you guys. I guess I can sound a bit harsh in some of my comments but thats mostly because I'm not a native speaker. So today I'll try to sound a bit more positive 😁 you guys are great! Your philosophy that brewing should be uncomplicated and fun really helped me. No magic required. I just wanted to learn how to brew and be done with it but thanks to your way of doing things I keep coming back for more videos. You have really added value to my life with this skill set. I really appreciate it! Thanks!
Happy to have helped :)
Yea we
@@amandacothran2084what does this mean?
Damn 2 years later and this positivity got me feeling great. I’m going to aim to be like you dude. It’s easy to complain but we rarely praise.
Years ago my brother and dad got into beer making and I wanted to try mead. So I used what ever yeast they had. I did just honey. Long and short of it after we bottled it we lost a one of them in the basement and it sat down there for some two and half years and it was better then any store bought I've tried.
Definition of a happy accident
You guys are that cool aunt and uncle that bring homemade pastries and sautéed wild edible mushrooms to the potluck. Thanks for the videos I’m staring my mead today 🤙
I'll climb on this train. I made this recipe earlier last year. It was quite cloudy right up until it wasn't. Gave a bottle to my son who shared it with a buddy that is training to be a sommelier. His buddy could not get over the fact that it was made with 'mere bread yeast'. This really does finish up quite well - a bit sweet, but very nice regardless. Will be making again - this or a version with a Lalvin yeast (don't want to challenge the experts too much). Thanks for sharing.
Fun to see you two's progression. Great video guys!
I've been getting into making home made wines and wanting to distill as well slowly over the past year or so, and you guys have been some of the people that have really helped me learn and go forward in this. Thank you.
Love love love mead, cannot wait to try this now!! Thank you for the fun, thorough explanation of everything. Makes it so easy to follow along and actually understand stay you're doing and why.
Tried my first mead after aging it in a bottle for 2 1/2 months. OMG, better than I was hoping! It has hints of honey and citris in the aroma, and a smooth and subtle flavor of citris and raisins on the tongue. A shout out to City Steading! I scaled their 1 gallon recipe up to 5 gallons.
Thank you for the clearly articulated and no-BS explanation of how to do this. I've wanted to try my hand at home brewing for several years, and thanks in part to your content I took the plunge yesterday and started my first 1-gallon batch of mead using your recipe (with the exception that I went with D47 yeast instead of fleishmann's bread yeast). My daughter even took an interest and helped out! Anyway, thanks again for the great content and keep it up!!
Tasted my first bochet mead yesterday. Followed your receipe for it. It's only been 3 months since I started it but it's the best tasting brew I have done so far. Can't wait to taste it in 9 months when it's actually ready! Thanks for all your videos!
Not sure how many time I watched this series last year when you convinced me to try to homebrew mead ❤
I love your recipes , I hope you keep making these awesome videos .
Love your videos. Just got some of the tools and can't wait to put y'alls wisdom to use😊
I took the plunge with my first mead today. Followed your recipe, in principle anyway. I used chopped sultanas instead of raisins, about 1.25kg of honey (all I had), black tea, lemon peel, and Fermipan Brown Instant Bread Yeast. My fermentation vessel is a 6-litre water bottle with three litres of water put in the large jug and all the ingredients apart from the yeast placed into the bottle with the remaining 3 litres. A good shake of the bejesus followed by a two-minute to-be-sure-to-be-sure shake and then topped up the musk to about 5 litres, gave it a good swirl and added 1.5 teaspoons of the yeast and placed the lid on PawPaw style. Just checked it now a couple of hours later and it's bubbling away like a beauty. I blew her a kiss, said to her "Be lucky!" and I'll look in again over the weekend. The excess water I just put into an empty coke bottle. I like the ease of your method. Get it all together, chuck it all in except maybe 2 litres of water and the yeast, shake it all about, top up with water leaving a gap of say four fingers to the top, give another shake and add the yeast. Loosen the lid and you are done. What I am hoping is that it doesn't need carbonation. Thank you both for your no-nonsense approach to brewing. I like how Derica tries to hold you back Brian, but somehow you always get the nod. I look forward to tasting this in a month's time. Thanks again 🙏
How did it turn out? How many other variations have you created since then?
Love your video and the options that you layout for the beginner.
Great video!! You made up my mind for me. Started watching the video. Seen your recipe. Went out an started a batch an came back to finish watching it. Been doing this for a long time. But still learning. So keep the information coming.
Just started brewing meads and juice wines. Thank you for your content. Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Big bonus seeing MTG on the shelfs!
I'm gonna try and make my first batch hopefully this weekend. Thank you for the info!
Just started this recipe a week ago! I'm excited to see how it turns out! Thank you for your videos!
Got this recipe going under my desk right now... trying to be patient. Thanks so much for the knowledge to get started :)
Never stop giving information with as much passion that you do. I enjoy hearing the love you have for this. That's why I come here for my information and entertainment.
So I finally got all the equipment but the graduated cylinder. I've been watching you guys for about a year or so and I'm really looking forward to making my first mead. I plan to make a gallon for my upcoming wedding and I have time to make a test brew before I brew the mead for the day with aging. I appreciate all the information you guys provide it's insightful and entertaining as well! Thank you again guys!!!
You guys rock haha you made it an all in one video love it. You both got me into brewing mead by watching your videos you guys do an amazing job!! Thank you for all the knowledge 😁
I followed this video to make my first mead. It came out fantastic. I messed up the recipe a little bit, but it still tasted great. I've already started my second batch, with a few modifications made. Thank you guys so much for making this simple to get into.
We are making our first batch of "simple" mead tomorrow...hope we can wait for it to go from good to GREAT! Thanks for all of the detailed information.
I had two people tell me recently that mead making is complicated. I just sent them to your channel :)
I think a better thing to say is that it *can* be complicated depending on the flavors, abv, and equipment used. It doesn’t have to be complicated though
Really good to watch this over again. First batch starting in a couple of weeks.
Gonna make a batch of this! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this guys!
Thanks for your videos team! I made my first meads today, this one, a JAOM and a 'traditional'. Looking forward to seeing his they turn out!
Watched your video this morning . When it was a few Seconds Old . Noticed your Older Glasses 🕶️ style . And other stuff . Plus the sweetness of your Brew . 🤔😉🤠 Another GREAT VIDEO !
Love the videos you guys put out. Gotta try this and the ginger beer.
Cheers from the uk 🍻🥂
This video touches everything. So well done. Both of y'all seem like such fun people. Thanks for the info. I just made my second batch ever. I'm two weeks in on the first. Might start another in two more weeks. Definitely caught the bug. Thank you both for being the people you are. 😊
Awesome! Thank you! Happy Brewing!
I just found you because I just started brewing beer and wanted to try mead. Such good videos. I love your style. So I am going to make this recipe today. Also my wife and I have been throwing around the idea of starting a UA-cam channel and you’ve inspired me to go ahead and do it.
I just got to say I love the turbo bucket and every time she says it!!! it makes me smile so don't stop saying it please very important to make people smile.
Just started this today. I’m very excited 😊
I'm making my very first brew using this recipe right now (started 8/12) and I'm very excited because it has gone remarkably well. No strange colors or smells. I just took a second gravity reading and I'm surprised at how well the yeast did. If I took my readings correctly, I'm looking at a brew with 12.2%ABV. This is well beyond my expectations. I'll take another reading next week and I may be racking this brew. I'm very happy with this recipe so far, very excited for the next step, and very thankful for the wealth of information in your videos that has made this process SO EASY! Thank you!!
Love you guy’s content! I’ve made quite a few batch’s and they have turned out amazing! Thank you again! Keep brewing the world toward happiness! 🍷
Thank you! Will do!
I like when you talk on every thing you do. the more you do the more i learn every time..so i dont mind one bit if you you do.. like i said before you two are the ones who made this look easy and got me into making mead
I still love this video from years ago :) it's amazing to see how much your channel has grown :) original is best :)
Last week I took a mason jar, and some condorde grapes i bought at a local farm, crushed them up and put them with an airlock. The berries already had some natural yeast on them so i let it ferment for a week. It tasted like vinegar but had an ok grape taste afterwards as long as i took small sips. Definitely gonna try this next time.
Started my first basic cider after watching your channel for a bit. Wanted to say thanks for motivating me! I'll try mead next.
I came across your channel recently and really enjoyed it although I thought there was no way I could do it. Then I found this video, now I think I’ll give it a go. Thank You
Really like this video, and the format, showing whole process.
Decided to give this mead thing a go. As an English man, my ancestors probably demand it.
Salutations to you both. 🍻
I really like this format. It's nice to see you have worked out how to show the complete process in a pleasing manor in one video. I'll be making this again in the coming weeks.
That particular honey cost over $78 here in Texas, so I'll stick to the local honey at about $63 (12lb).
As always, thanks.
Trying to put some of the older content together this way. Not all of it works well this way but this was a key series imo.
Love the video been binge watching them with my dad. We are going to make mead now that he’s retired. So got all the ingredients. And some basic supplies can’t wait to try this recipe. We are planning a basic mead first then this recipe. Thanks for the awesome videos.
We hope you both enjoy this fun hobby. Thanks for watching!
Just started my first mead today and used this recipe. IG of 1.111. Thank you for all the advice! I’ll check back in a month or so.
I can't wait to get started you guys are awesome thanks
Happy to help!
Again. I LOVE this series. The only one I can think of thats better than this one, is the one "When Brian was about to shove down the autosiphon into the cardboy and Derica shouted "NNNNoNoNo!""
If you don´t know what I am writing about, search for it, its worth the effort.
@B&D: 💖
I’ve been watching your videos for the past couple weeks and my supplies are coming soon! I’m super excited to start making mead, and I can’t thank you guys enough for your help! Thanks for sharing all the knowledge you guys have about the subject! You really break it down and make everything easy to understand!
Happy to help!
Thank you so much for this video, I finished making my first mead yesterday, and it is delicious, my friends and family really liked it and all just said, "More please." Again thank you for this because it really shows how easy it is to make!
You are so welcome!
You two are perfect for videos
Hey guys I just made and drank some of my first mead. Traditional and was able to yield a 13.4% abv. Made a small 1 gal batch using 3lbs of honey. 7 16oz bottles full. It was a big hit. Thank you for all the information
Started mine last night Thank you guys
Just started brewing a few months ago and started searching YT for education and inspiration.
You guys are amazing love the content, thank you so much 🍻
Our pleasure!
Thanks again for a very informative video. I did my first one based off your original video on this recipe. Have 1 bottle left from that original batch and looking for a special occasion to drink it :D
We’ve been watching your videos for a while and finally got around to buying the material for this. We’re following your recipe as close as we can sans orange blossom honey. We think we’re going to make this an Easter tradition! OG 1.110
I wanted I give you an update on my mead so far since you've helped me through my first batch.
I racked it for the first time today. I don't have a fancy siphon but I do have a clear tube that I used the old method. I got to taste it doing that.
It tasted incredible! I know the alcohol is still young so it doesn't quite have that full body flavor but I know when it's aged a bit it'll taste great.
The only thing I had any real trouble with was my air lock kept popping out. I tied it down so it'll stay in. So far it's going great since I did that
Thank you for all your help!
I'm so excited! I just got some gear ready to start making some mead. I've been watching a lot of your videos to give me more rounded ideas on what to do. Thank you, folks!
Glad we could help.
Hope you read this on Sat. MERRY CHRISTMAS AN HAPPY NEW YEAR 😊. LOOK FORward to all your new videos. Love you guys!!!!!!
And to you as well Jim! Thanks for watching!
great vid, wonderful simple brew, and clear walk-through. thank you guys. 10/10
Happy to help!
I'm absolutely enthralled!!! I've totally found a new hobby!! Subscribed. I'm already in love with this process, and this channel! Thank you so much!!
Welcome aboard!
Great, timely choice for a reply! I have a gallon of this recipe from this video about 6 weeks along right now and a 1.4 of your vikings blood going on about the same 6 weeks. Such good mentors, Thank you! I wish I could upload a picture here. Blessings!
Ok guys I just did this mead, the blueberry mead, and the apple cider tonight! The meads are bubbling after an hour so I'm super duper excited!! Thank y'all for the videos and giving me the confidence to try this out!!!!
Yay! Happy Brewing!
Hey! I have that same black/red square bowl and dish set!!
Good beginner video! My favorite mead yeast is Nottingham ale yeast. Seems weird choice for a mead but I like the results.
I’m just starting out brewing and I love your channel I’ve been binge watching all your videos!! I mead them!!
Welcome aboard!
Just racked mine off the lees and raisins at 5 weeks. Followed your instructions, with the exception of ec1118 yeast instead of bread yeast. If I read my hydrometer correctly, sitting at 14.3% abv. Quite hazy still, tastes incredibly good. Going to let it sit and clear out some more but so far I'm very impressed. Looking forward to sharing a bottle with some friends in a couple months
Just started this 4 days ago. It's my first attempt so I'm hoping all goes well, seems to be so far. This is a really easy to follow recipe.
Just tried my first sample of this mead. WHAT A FLAVOUR! Absolutely incredible. I've followed the recipe as closely as possible (converting to metric). Hoping it will be "done" by May for my wedding, if not, no harm.
Thanks heaps Brian and Derica!
Newbie here.
I've been making what I call closet mead (or sometimes backpack mead 🤫) for years now. Only new I needed yeast( which I made from potatoes or fruit or flour) honey and water. Burped my bottles as a goblin would. I know now that I've been making trash can mead. And your videos have inspired me to try a "less raw" approach now. Thank you. Gonna start with what you have done here to the letter.
Time to binge your other vids now.
I love how you guys give so much details, I greatly appreciate it❤️❤️ When yalls let it sit longer before bottling is the airlock needed or can I use a loose cap?! I’m gonna try this in a couple days! Yalls got me so excited to try this, I wanna make some and give away as gifts!!
A big thanks for also putting metric measurements
Discovered your Page a few days ago. Very impressed with your straight forward approach and the fact that you are not trying to force your Own Brands of goods onto the viewer. Looking forward to learning the Fine Art of Home Brewing. I want to share one small trick I was shown many years ago. I make my own Non-alcoholic Ginger Beer.
I had a great Recipe that produced a great drink on a hot day.
Then I tried another recipe. It produced a better brew but I had the Dreaded Bottle Explosion Problem. And I do mean Explosions! Under my House I have 12 Feet 6 Inches to the Upstairs Floorboards. The Glass necks of bottles and other Glass was embedded into the Floorboards. Ticking Bombs that Exploded at random with impressive force
The solution I was shown was simple. Before Capping use fine Fishing Line to tie a Standard Party Balloon over the Neck of the Bottle. It will fill with the Excess Gas. After Approximately Two Weeks you can remove the Balloon and use your Capping Press to seal the bottle as usual. I now have a superior brew without the Explosions.
I did try fiddling with the recipe but it never tasted the same. This trick works a treat!
Hello from Thailand. I just recently got interest in mead. And all I can say is this is the best mead video I found yet. Your video is very educational and also very fun to watch. Definitely gonna try your recipe.
Wow, thank you 😍
I started your recipe for “My First Mead” on 12/3/21 and it’s still in “secondary/bottle conditioning.” It is clearing from the top down. Yes, I did substitute RSPB yeast and it went dry. I’ll definitely use FBY next time. Right now it is at 15.35% ABV. Looking forward to trying it in (checks calendar) a year. 😂 👍
I’m finally commenting, I just started my second batch of mead. I made my first one aug 2022. It turned out beautifully. I always come back to this video to get the order right. Thanks!!
Happy to help!
love this channel. for the new people who buy a hydrometer buy one which goes to at least 1.14 specific gravity.( so when u do buy a yeast with a 18% tolerance u can measure to a little bit higher than 18%) the one they link goes to 1.16 that's a great one.
I'm on it watched videos. Binge watched all week got brewing vessels Friday. Got 3 gallon batches going within 6 days of watching sll your info good stuff 👍
Your videos are fun. Informative keep up the good work guys. 👏
I agree 100% that home made Mead is far better than anything you can buy from a Bottle Shop, I tried a few different commercial versions and nearly didn't bother to make my own Mead as I was not impressed at all, I wouldn't even have served people i didn't like that much a commercial version as I am not that cruel ;)
My Wife said don't bother if that's what we will end up with.
I thought after watching near 100 videos on Mead making that surely not everyone has no taste buds :) I am glad I tried a one gallon batch as my first attempt, it has now lead to a great hobby and I seem to have gotten more friends and people that didn't come over that often seem to ask are we home a lot more ? Must be my great wit and conversations skills ;).
The one great thing I love about making my own Meads is the fact that I can experiment and make a Mead no one else may ever have made.
I follow recipes to the letter normally, but with a Mead, there is a lot of things possible, we have some Banana trees in the backyard a week into flowering so will be trying out a Banana Mead in about four months, Banana Rum is great so have high hopes for a Banana Mead :)
Of I’m not mistaken this is a re-issue of the first mead video you already posted, right? It’s a wonderful recipe and thank you for re-issuing it as a start-to-tasting video. Perfect for any beginner to get into mead making and it answers most of the beginner’s questions. It’s a nice incentive for someone to get their feet wet and into home brewing of meads, wines and ciders.
My blueberry mead is quietly chugging along. Airlock sniffer that I am, it.s beginning to smell like wine and the colour is GLORIOUS. So happy… Yesterday I cracked open a bottle of my dry-to-semi-dry passionfruit mead just after dinner. It’s wonderful and I really would like to know if you’ll be doing a passionfruit mead or wine anytime soon. How are your passionfruit plants doing?
I’m also wondering if you’d ever consider using kiwifruit. They’re on offer quite often at the supermarket… but quite acidic so I’m wondering how you’d plan your recipe.
Yup!
I love Mead. Going to make a pumpkin Mead next September
I've been at it for a bit over a year, thanks to you guys. You "Bourbon Bochet" inspired me to do a "ryed" mead. Do you have any thoughts on adding malted rye to a basic or a metheglin?
Just got my first attempt at making Mead going, I decided to try it after watching this video. Great explanations, clear steps, and enthousiasm. I will edit my comment in about 7 weeks to let you know how it is going :D
Wonderful! I hope all goes well for you!
for better or worse i went more creative with my first mead (blueberry lavender) but this video really helped me start, so thank you for all the info!!
I so like your video's. I've been making mead for about 20 years now. Starting with a cola bottle as a fermentation vessel with a punctured balloon as a airlock, I know really prison like. But now I'm making about 5 liter of mead every few months and every time its different.
You showed a really nice basic recipe here which can be done by everyone which may become a starting point for many a journey.
P. S. I. Really like your faster style of content next to your, both of you ofcourse, normal content.
Just finished my very first brew, followed alongside the best I could. Lets see how it goes in a couple of months!
Been wanting to try making mead and tonight I finally got around to sanitizing two carboys and starting two different meads tonight following this video(hopefully following close enough). Using D47 instead with steeped Tazo English black tea. I didn't use any orange peel but I am using a clover honey from a local winery for one batch and a Kirkland wildflower for the second. Hoping that I didn't misread the hydrometer and that I didn't add too much honey. The first batch I read was at 1.130 and the other was like 1.145 so I added a bit more water down to 1.135.
I made this a year ago and got it bottled and forgot about until this past weekend I'm so glad I forgot about it from bottling until now the flavor is absolutely amazing it tastes like a completely different brew and I just started another batch to get more 🤣
did this as my first minus the orange zest. was amazing.
Our first batch! We just racked. Thanks for your help!
Woohoo!
I thank you all for making your videos and the how-to videos. I'm starting my first mead and it's going oddly smooth, hopefully the flavor and texture of the mead follows. Thank you all again
If you have any recommendations, the meads are
an orange peel and raisin mead with champaign yeast and then a toasted almond and raisin with similar yeast
I really enjoy it when you get "descriptive"👍!
Some may call it a rant.
Whatever you call it, I hope it's contagious.
Creative time spent is a luxury 😁👍🙏
Thank you!
You know, I've been a homebrewer for years and I've made Beer, wine, cider and jack of all kinds, but I have never been able to make mead. Weird right? It's been years since I've tried to brew anything since our move but I found my notes the other day, after watching several of yours and "Man Made Mead" videos, I re-read my notes and I think I may have found my mistakes.....not enough honey in the batch (it was lower than a session) and no nutrient....it lost too much of it's antibacterial properties being too thin and nothing extra for the yeasties to stay healthy.
So, now with your helpful videos (and they are REALLY good) I've got the itch to give it another try. I'd sold off a lot of my equipment before the move to our much smaller place so I decided to start doing 1 gal batches, cheaper and I can brew more often, but this time I'm getting Fermaid O, diammonium phosphate and Go Ferm. Hopefully this time i can keep it for getting infected.
Thank you for the great videos, keep them coming and I'll keep brewing.
Thank you
Started my first batch yesterday after watching this video. Exact same recipe. Just wanted to thank you guys for making this soo easy.
You are welcome!
Ooo how's it going so far?
Hi guys just found your channel. iv been brewing for a few years now and one way i de chlorinate my water is to add a campden tablet to the water and leave it for an hour. iv only tried mead once but will be trying it again now iv found you guys. thanks for the vids 😁
I just made it. My first mead. Got a 2 peice air sprout thing since it came with it. Hopefully turns out good
Y'alls video's are the most entertaining and knowledgeable I've seen here. I've been researching meads learning everything I can before starting. I've gotten everything to start tomorrow. My question is do I need to use raisins? I don't like raisins. Would dried cherries without preservatives do the same? I'm also considering a vanilla cherry mead. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys
I got my first batch of mead going right now. I looked at a lot of channels for research and this was one of them. My first brew is a traditional and I’m planning on adding in oak chips and lemon peels for some extra flavors. I’m looking forward to seeing how it’ll come out
First mead is now brewing and wanted to say thanks for the simple and easy to follow video!
hopefully it doesnt fail!
If you followed along, should be fine. Good luck!