Normal Mead recipe?

Ktownbrewin · 04-24-2009, 04:56 PM

Can anyone please post on here a normal mesd recipe i dont want anything with fruit in it and i dont want it dry or with some exotic garbage, i just want a normal recipe for a half gallon-1 gallon please....and if there is a way you can list the equipment needed i would be very grateful.

-- Eric

**summersolstice** · 04-24-2009, 08:16 PM

I don't know if this would be the right forum then since we discuss mostly fruit, dry, and garbage meads here.

If you want a "normal" mead, just look at a recipe with all the things you don't want and leave them out. Simple as that. "Normal mead" is honey, water and yeast.

**jezter6** · 04-24-2009, 08:29 PM

From my (limited) experience, you'll just have to backsweeten to get a non-dry mead, or put so much honey in it overwhelmes the yeast at which point you'll have a rocket fuel that needs extra aging time.

The basic 1g recipe I've seen posted over and over is 3# honey/gallon + water + yeast. For a little less alcohol, drop to 2# and prepare to backsweeten with a small amount of honey after your fermentation is finished.

Ktownbrewin · 04-24-2009, 10:11 PM

Haha and now for the always idiotic question :P what do you mean by "3# honey/gallon" ? lol

and btw if i wanted to ry to make just the honey, water and yeast mixture...for about a gallon how much of each would i need and how long would it have to sit?

seabeefrantz · 04-24-2009, 10:16 PM

check out stormthecastle.com they heve a very basic one that worked good for me.

Jason

**jezter6** · 04-24-2009, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Ktownbrewin

Haha and now for the always idiotic question :P what do you mean by "3# honey/gallon" ? lol

and btw if i wanted to ry to make just the honey, water and yeast mixture...for about a gallon how much of each would i need and how long would it have to sit?

3 pounds of honey per gallon of water. 1g batch = 3#. 1/2g batch = 1.5#, etc.

How long you have to wait is based on how it ferments, etc. You're looking at 6-9 months, probably better around 12.

If you want something quicker, check out mead recipes section and look at Malkore's Ancient Orange Mead.