The most simplistic answer is it's a wine using honey as the fermentable sugars instead of grapes or other fruit.
You can make a gallon of show type mead by putting 3 pounds of honey in a gallon jug, fill with water, shake the crap out of it to mix and aerate then add a pack of dry wine yeast, shake to mix, attach some sort of air lock and wait...it could be good, it will take a long time and could stress the yeast but you'll end up with mead.
Check out the stickys here, look at other first time threads or go to gotmead.com and look for the newb guide to see how some real simple things like hydrating the yeast and adding some nutrients changes it from just making mead to making decent, even good mead, also search JAOM, the grocery store ingredient mead, damn near fool proof
yes and no..... is it possible yes, is it recommended no...as a general rule, your primary fermentor should be 2x the batch size to prevent must from bubbling up into your airlock/blow off tube. growler as a secondary and for bulk aging would be ok thoughCould I use a one gal growler as my fermenter for a one gal recipe for mead? Just get a bung and air lock to fit?
I have a few sitting downstairs not being used. Hmmmm...
ExoticMeadMaker said:yes and no..... is it possible yes, is it recommended no...as a general rule, your primary fermentor should be 2x the batch size to prevent must from bubbling up into your airlock/blow off tube. growler as a secondary and for bulk aging would be ok though
That's right and wrong at the same time......yes and no..... is it possible yes, is it recommended no...as a general rule, your primary fermentor should be 2x the batch size to prevent must from bubbling up into your airlock/blow off tube. growler as a secondary and for bulk aging would be ok though
...as a general rule, your primary fermentor should be 2x the batch size to prevent must from bubbling up into your airlock/blow off tube
Gotcha, thanks. I've been pondering trying the mead and wine making too. However this is all new to me, I've only done one batch of beer. I may have to try a batch of mead sometime though.
opus345 said:stormthecastle.com has a good section on making mead and some decent tutorial video's
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