Mead

Mead

Mead is a name that has been given to a wide variety of drinks from wines, to ales but it is basically the name of one of the oldest alcoholic drinks and it is derived from honey and water.

If you haven't tried mead, take the opportunity if it arises, imagine a warming but not cloying honey wine thats 10%+ and you will have tried the sort of drink that i am hoping to produce.

Honey 1500 grams
Water 4 Litres

Citric Acid
Yeast Nutrient
Champagne Yeast

I heated 2 litres of water and mixed all the honey into it, stirred
until it had dissolved. Added the other two litres of water to cool it
poured into a demi john and added yeast, yeast nutrient and citric acid.

This is an experiment to see if i can make a mead, its a drink that needs to be matured for a much longer period than any other that i have attempted.


Most mead makers recommend a minimum of 6 months and this involves rereacking several times to remove the dead yeast.

I have used cheap honey but if this works i would look into doing another with better honey, apparently the better the honey, the better the mead.

smiles
adam