Questions tagged [mead]
Mead is a fermented beverage that uses honey as the primary source of fermentable sugars.
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Mead made from Agave nectar?
The health food store near me has a sale on dark Agave nectar such that 1 kg costs less than their average 1 kg of honey (usually it costs slightly more than honey). I noticed on the nutritional info ...
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What exactly should I measure while brewing?
I want the answers to be geared towards meads/wines if possible.
There seems to be so many things to measure. Which are the ones that really matter? I've started spending a lot of time taking all ...
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How do you blend your meads/wines?
How does one typically blend their meads & wines? Do I need to worry about layering because of different S.G. levels or ABV levels?
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My mead is too sweet and stopped bubbling. Recommendations?
I brewed a mead with OG ~1.12 and it stopped bubbling at an FG ~1.05. It is undrinkably sweet. I used champagne yeast, and was expecting a much lower FG. Should I re-inoculate the batch? ...
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How to correct Mead with too much citrus?
I put 5 oranges into my first 5 gallon mead and after 3 weeks it tastes overpoweringly like grapefruit. I don't like grapefruit.
At 10 days, I racked 2 gallons into a carboy with 2 lb of mulberry (...
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Possibly infected mead: is it worth keeping?
I tried making cherry mead again (the first time I tried this it got infected). I tried again yesterday, and it looks like I've got some sort of contamination ("infection").
This time I thought that ...
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Cherry vinegar (was supposed to be mead)
Last week I started a cherry mead and discovered yesterday that it had turned to vinegar (and not even nice-tasting cherry-flavoured vinegar - it smelled and tasted awful, though the colour was great)....
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Banana Mead Yeast Suggestions
I'm planning to brew a banana mead, and would like to start fementation with a Belgian yeast so that it has a good strong banana nose. I will finish with a champagne yeast, so I'm not particularly ...
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Can I keep mead/wine in stainless steel bottles?
So what do you use for bottling? I'm really starting to look into stainless steel bottles. There are companies that make them (with customized artwork, no less) for conference shwag but you could ...
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My latest batch of Must had half a dozen floating spots and low sediment, what happend?
Sequence of Events:
March 21st - Boiled water and honey and placed in sanitized plastic bucket with airlock (containing sanitary solution: Iodophor). Bucket placed in basement to cool overnight.
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Recipes for Mead Jelly
I have been making mead for awhile now, and I just came across Mead Jelly in the market. The jelly was excellent on hard cheese, and I'm wondering if anyone has made it and would like to share their ...
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Longevity of bottled mead
I have some mead in bottles, which have been stored in a reasonably cool, dark place for possibly as much as two years old. I had intended to leave it for about a year for bottle conditioning, but now ...
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Concerns/Considerations for making mead with raw honey?
I may be able to source enough raw honey to make a batch of mead from it.
Are there any special concerns that I need to be aware of?
If I don't boil it, should I use campden tablets to control any ...
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Mead is taking up space in my carboys. When can I bottle it?
So the mead I made six weeks ago did not taste great when I moved it into secondary. Plenty of solvent notes. I have big plans for lager season and want that secondary back. I'm planning on force ...
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Can I ferment mead without campden tablets?
I think that campden tablets lend an odor to my mead that requires my letting the wine breathe for a while. I get headaches from this too.
Assuming I'm right about this, would pasteurization of the ...
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What are some good online sources for recipes?
What are some good online sources for recipes? Please specify the type of recipes the site has (extract, all-grain, mead, cider, etc.).
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What equipment do I need to start making mead?
What equipment do I need to start making mead at home?
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I have some "expired" mead yeast, is it still good?
I have some liquid mead yeast that has expired a couple years ago, according to the date on it. It has always been kept in the refrigerator. Could it be revived and used or do I need to buy some new ...
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What to expect when making mead?
I've been brewing ales for almost two years (extract plus specialty grains), and I want to try my hands at making a mead. What should I expect to be different in the brewing process? Will there be a ...
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Recipes for Banana Mead
I was inspired to make a banana mead after reading Gravity's Rainbow. I have made mead before, and looked online for recipes, but all of them contain grape juice.
Is the grape juice there for some ...
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why do you degas wine but not beer?
After reading this post, I was wondering why have I heard of people degassing wine, but never beer? Does one also need to degas mead?
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