Bottling?

Tsuyako · 10-20-2009, 03:08 AM

Okay so I'm new to mead making and I have a 1 gallon of simple mead going (honey/water/yeast) and it's been sitting for a good couple of months...I think six. Anyway how do I bottle this? Not as in 'put in a bottle then enjoy' but more like do I need to prime it in anyway, throw in more yeast, throw in more sugar, what?

...I think I'm thinking to hard...

DavidSteel · 10-20-2009, 03:25 AM

If you let it sit that long, it's not likely it will carbonate unless you added like 1-3 small specs of yeast per bottle but I'll assume you are not looking to carbonate it (though carbonated mead pwnz all others imo). Just rack it and bottle it; nothing complex. You using wine bottles with corks or just beer bottles?

Tsuyako · 10-20-2009, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by DavidSteel

If you let it sit that long, it's not likely it will carbonate unless you added like 1-3 small specs of yeast per bottle but I'll assume you are not looking to carbonate it (though carbonated mead pwnz all others imo). Just rack it and bottle it; nothing complex. You using wine bottles with corks or just beer bottles?

I have a couple of wine bottles just no way to cork them so I'm going to stick with beer bottles. I like the idea of carbed mead though...could be tasty.

KCWortHog · 10-20-2009, 03:34 AM

Oh yes, sparkling mead is delicious! I actually prefer it to still mead for dry-to-medium meads.

**Nurmey** · 10-20-2009, 03:37 AM

I've carbonated just like beer. I've never had to add yeast to get it to carbonated and I usually age them at least 6 to 8 months.

Tsuyako · 10-20-2009, 03:48 AM

Well that answers that question. Thanks a bunch.