mead

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...

I've just racked a moderately sweet, herbal mead following a basic recipe out of Ken Schramm's The Compleat Meadmaker. The yeast is W-Yeast 2049 bought from a Sydney brewing shop, which I am told is a champagne yeast. Starting OG was 1.116 (about same as the recipe) and after one month, on...

Hi all. Anyone made a brochet mead that was hopped? I made one using 2kg of Capilano Honey and brocheted it for 45 mins. It became a nice golden/amber colour but the Cascade hops has made it taste orangey. Drinkable but could be nicer. Got any ideas or experience? Love to hear from you.

Folks A friend of ours runs a food co-op and has scored some raw, unfiltered grey ironbark honey at bulk rates. She has 7 30kg cubes left at $6.50/kg. I've tried it and its lovely stuff. It needs filtering before use to get the bee parts out (just pour through a fine tea strainer) but the...

I bought a bottle of this stuff for a change the other night, and actually really enjoyed it. I don't know much about mead's, or even if this is a good example of the style, but I know what I like - I even tried a little on some good vanilla ice cream, very nice - but I felt combining my...

I plan on finally using my 3kg of Woolly Bud Honey.. and my Wyeast 4184 smack pack. I was thinking 5-6Ltr of water to the 3kg of Honey. I also have yeast nutrients Fermaid A, and Energizer (Diamonium Phosphate).. I was thinking to heat 2L of water to around 70 deg and dissolve the Honey and...

Hi, I am just running my first ever fermentation - this is a dry mead recipe using what I understand to be champagne yeast (it says W-Yeast 2049 on the pack, but can't find that code number searching the Web). The recipe calls for fermentation to occur at about 22degC, which I'm trying to...

Hi everyone, I was reading a brewboard thread the other day which seems to confirm that the Wyeast Sweet Mead 4184 is actually 1084 Irish ale? http://www.brewboard.com/index.php?showtop...056&hl=4632 (Post 10) Anyone heard of this? I'm hoping so because it's one in my collection and I...

I'm a newbie to brewing I've recently started 3 batches of mead. Batch 1 Prepared 19/11/10 Style: JAO Yeast: local breadshop's own brand OG: 1142 I used navel oranges - they were the thinnest skinned variety available. Batch 2 Prepared: 21/11/10 Style: Dry straight mead yeast: 1/3 packet...

Hi Everyone. Ive been makeing a few batches of mead, and then bought a commercial mead liqeuer. It is nice and strong, sticky and sweet, I like it. Now out of curiosity, I thought Idd measure the gravity of this mead, it came out at 1.130! now thats heavier than all my starting musts.... Any...

Hi, I just wanted to get everyones opinions on what yeasts they use for their meads, and what the finished products taste like.. eg sweet/dry/semi/.. I have used: EC-1118 SIHA (Begerow) Germany RIESLING -ACTIVE YEAST 7. Others I have at hand but have'nt used yet are: Vintner's Harvest SN9...

Hi Guys i've got an empty 15l fermenter, 4kg of honey, a small 5g sachet of white wine yeast and a day off tomoro. So the answer is clear, time to try making mead! But i'm worried 5g of yeast is too little of a dose. Do i make a starter tonight of some honey, yeast nutrients, water, and leave...

Has anyone tried Australian Rainforest Honey, I picked up a 1kg bucket at my local Woolies for about $8.50.. Its got an interesting flavour.. Can anyone suggest good supermarket honey for mead. :icon_cheers:

Well Im no expert or even close when it comes to homebrewing.. I just start dabling with mead. But I did something really stupid, I was tired and it was late. I put my hot honey mixture in my 1 Gallon glass demijon and fitted the airlock with a bleach solution.. I know I should not have done...

Hi: Is it possible to use plastic fermenters for mead or do they have to be glass due to the long times for fermentation? R

I come across meads taking 6 weeks to ferment, and some taking a year. I understand that the more honey, the longer it should take but what with the discrepancy? How can I shorten the time before drinkable? Thanks, Reuven

First mead experiment went well until opened first bottle, and ended up cleaning the ceiling. Checked rest of batch (16 Grolsch bottles) and are all over-carbonated. OG 1100 FG 1002. 8 litre batch primed with 40g dextrose, was aiming for something sparkling. What do I do now? Chill and empty...

Gday, I have a 2 month old mead in "primary" (5L demi), it has dropped from OG of 1098 to 1002 last time I drew a sample (3 weeks ago), but the Lavlin EC 1118 is still slowly punching away as evidenced by decent airlock activity. This is not JAO (although I have tasted and enjoyed that recipe...

hey guys, im just making my first mead now and its tasting good. but i drank a bottle of mead tonight i brought back from tassie and while i prefer the flavour of mine the mead i brought back with me had a much nicer mouthfeel. mine is extremely thin were the bought one has a thcker mouthfeel...

I've made a couple of meads in the past but they take so damn long that I still consider myself a bit of a newb, so I want to make sure this all sounds good. Plus, I'm going to have a crack a carbonating half of it to make a sparkling mead, which I've never done before. 1.5 kg honey water to...