“Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy,” Benjamin Franklin
Bees make honey but men make mead – the latter being the more remarkable. Mead is extraordinarily simple to make and fairly idiot proof as I myself have proven.
I have taken to making my mead from the cooked honey that I get when I melt my wax. This past weekend I racked my second attempt and then made a third batch. I tasted the mead as I siphoned it and it tasted pretty good – at least it didn’t taste off. It was a bit dry but I had used a dry recipe. The simple recipe I am using is from stormthecastle.com and is as follows:
- 12 lbs. of Honey
- 4 gallons of spring water
- 5 teaspoons of yeast nutrient
- 5 teaspoons of yeast energizer
- 2 packets of Lalvin 71b-1122 yeast (or a suitable replacement)
- 15 lbs of Honey
- 4 gallons of spring water
- 5 teaspoons of yeast nutrient
- 5 teaspoons of yeast energizer
- 2 packets of Lalvin 71b-1122 yeast (or suitable replacement)
- 18 lbs of Honey
- 4 gallons of spring water
- 2 teaspoons of yeast nutrient
- 2 teaspoons of yeast energizer
- 2 packets of Lalvin 71b-1122 yeast (or suitable replacement)
However, I don’t make five gallon batches as that is just too much honey to waste on an experiment. Instead, I make one gallon batches and alter the recipe by parts. Like this:
- 1.5 part Honey (1 quart)
- 4 parts spring water (2.75 quarts)
- 1 teaspoons of yeast nutrient
- 1 teaspoons of yeast energizer
- 1 packets of Lalvin 71b-1122 yeast
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