mead

Hi all, Since I began brewing, I've become a big fan of adding a little honey to beer, so I've become curious about mead. I've never tried mead of any description and would like to try a commercial mead to see if I like it before I dive into making some. So my question is what brand / label...

Hi Guys, Eight days ago I made up a few batches of mead, this is the first time I have done this since 1997... see what marriage does to you!! anyways... here is a rough description of what I created.... they are all experiments conjured from the ether... I used EXC-1118 yeast. Sweet Mead 30L...

Hi All, My mead is approaching time to consider getting bottles together. However, I am not sure of the best size/method to bottle them. I like the idea of bottling them in clear bottles with a corked (and waxed) finish. What I am not sure of is what is the best volume bottle to do it in? For...

I'm going to make a dry, sparkling mead tomorrow, but I'm not sure what ratio of honey to water I should use for an sg of approx 1050 for about 7.5% (correct?). I've looked online but either my searching skills are terrible or the only sources are imperial and not very precise, ie."for a dry...

Just had a taste of the mead i made months ago, and I must say I am impressed. It's only just cleared and the orange hasn't dropped yet, but its so sweet and delicious. It's also very alcoholic, I'd almost compare it to a spirit. Over all I'm quite happy with the results. Thanks for the recipe...

Gday,are there any AHB members who are selling or know of someone who sells honey in bulk in Perth? I want 10-20kg for a Melomel recipe based on a Curt Stock recipe.Cheers

Hi, I have bottled my honey/orange mead about a fortnight ago into sterilised glass bottles,this is my first attempt to make mead, it is now very cloudy, tastes nicer now than when I bottled it, but bit worried about cloudyness, I have just popped the bottles into bar fridge is that the right...

Hi :D , I am thinking of tossing in a couple of figs(semi dried, in my food dehydrator) to my next batch of no fail mead( recipe from this forum using bread yeast) has anyone tried this?

Here's my first batch of "experimental" mead (i.e. not following a recipe). It was a very vigorous ferment (spilled over everywhere), and has dropped down from 1.138 to 1.030 so far (14.6%). I've just racked it for the first time after 3 weeks, as there was a lot of dead yeast (about 1cm) and...

Well this is my 2nd attempt at mead The first one was ok but still needs more ageing,but sadly only 1 2lt bottle left. Mind you all who tried it said it was great....but a bit strong about 20% ish This one will be mild compared to my first one (look at my blog for the first one) 4kg organic...

If I want to brew a sweet mead, how do I work out the OG vs attenuation vs ABV etc to get the "right" amount of residual sugars? In other words, if I brew a mead that has an estimated ABV potential of 14% with a yeast strain that only goes up to 12%, will that be 'sweet' or only semi-sweet...

Tell me i'm dreaming if the following is silly, as I don't have a huge wealth of experience... Everyone keeps saying that getting a carbonated mead or cider is hard without back-sweetening or force carbing etc, but wouldn't you be able to do this (assuming that you dont mind a high ABV drink)...

Im just starting to fool around with meads and i was wondering if anyone has tried freeze concentrating? I figure the process would be similar to an ice-bock and the amount that you would concentrate would depend on the original strength of the mead. Has anyone tried this? or are there any...

Hi Everyone Well my wifes really wanting to go full swing into Meads these days but i have a little concern that i was hoping someone might be able to clarify She has a plain Mead down at the moment that started out at 1.105 in a 5L demijohn using EC1118 and is now in secondary and clarifying...

This kid at work knows i homebrew as i talk about it at lunch and have brought bottles in to share (not for the kid obviously!). Anyway as a chrissy present he brought in some bottles of mead that his dad made 10 years ago (his dad no longer brews or drinks). He also said that his dad said that...

So after the resounding sucess of my last mead (4 bottles left -2 for dad for chrissy, 1 to share for chrissy, 1 to show gf's family for chrissy), I decided to put down 2 more this weekend and establish a special christmas reserve of a bottle or two from each not to be opened until next...

Hey all, will be making my first mead this week, slightly Belgian modified, so I am wondering what you think of the recipe: - 62 % flower honey - 38 % Candi Sugar, Amber - yeast nutrient (boiled yeasties) - White Labs Belgian Ale (WLP 550); supposed to be the Achouffe yeast strain ABV for this...

So here it is folks, My First Mead! It's a little basic recipe culminated from a few places.... ingredients are as follows: 2kg Yellowbox Honey 1 cinnamon stick a pinch nutmeg 1 whole orange, in 8 pieces some yeast nutrient White wine yeast (15.5% ABV resistance, packet says it's good at...

Hey guys and gals, looking to use all my extra kit yeasts so though I would experiment with a cider as I have a fermenter free and the weather is nice and warm. Not too phased about making an amazing drink, probably looking at making something with a decent hit of alcohol so if it does taste bad...

I'm searching for the perfect mead recipe. I'm looking for the perfect honey, the perfect yeast, the perfect additives and the perfect procedure to make the best mead possible. So far iv'e found that the best award winning meads contain some form of fruit, and most contain some form of grape...