Mead Lover’s Digest #1429 Wed 24 June 2009
Mead Lover's Digest #1429 Wed 24 June 2009Mead Discussion ForumContents:Distilled spirits yet again (docmac9582@aol.com)On the subject of Concentration by Freezing (MeadGuild@aol.com)NOTE: Digest appears whenever there is enough material to send one.Send ONLY...Mead Lover’s Digest #1428 Thu 18 June 2009
Mead Lover's Digest #1428 Thu 18 June 2009Mead Discussion ForumContents:Re: Mead Lover's Digest #1427, 13 June 2009 ("Louis J. LeBlanc")Re: Mead Lover's Digest #1427, 13 June 2009 (sid_washer@hughes.net)NOTE: Digest appears whenever there is...Mead Lover’s Digest #1427 Sat 13 June 2009
Mead Lover's Digest #1427 Sat 13 June 2009Mead Discussion ForumContents:Re: Raspberry melomel (mail-box)Re: Mead Lover's Digest #1426, 6 June 2009 (Marc Shapiro)NOTE: Digest appears whenever there is enough material to send one.Send ONLY articles for the...Mead Lover’s Digest #1426 Sat 6 June 2009
Mead Lover's Digest #1426 Sat 6 June 2009Mead Discussion ForumContents:Raspberry melomel (docmac9582@aol.com)Granddaughter Mead (docmac9582@aol.com)Re: Mead Lover's Digest #1424, 23 May 2009 ("Louis LeBlanc")NOTE: Digest appears whenever there is...
The NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Appendix 9: How to Read a Hydrometer
The following steps will make it easier to get the gravity readings using a hydrometer:
- Take a sample of the Mead using a sanitized wine thief or turkey baster.
- Try to put it into the hydrometer’s measuring tube as carefully as possible to avoid creating bubbles.
- Gently lower the hydrometer into the liquid, again to avoid bubbles from sticking to the base of the bulb as this will affect the reading.
- Check to make sure it is not touching the sides of the tube.
- Record the value on the scale at the bottom of the curved meniscus (the surface of the liquid). See the diagram to the left for reference. In the case of the diagram, the reading is 1.0225.
The NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Appendix 8: Sample Recipe
The following recipe is from ‘The Complete Joy of Home Brewing’. The notes are basic, but point to what is needed to reproduce or improve on the recipe.
The NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Appendix 7: Conversion Tables
Liquid Weight Metric Imperial US Cups US Pints Metric Imperial 30ml 1 fl.oz. 1/8th 25g 1 oz 60ml 2 fl.oz 1/4 50g 2 oz 90ml 3 fl.oz. 75g 3 oz 120ml 4 fl.oz. 1/2 1/4 100g 4 oz = 1/4lb 150ml 5 fl.oz 125g -5 oz 180ml 6 fl.oz 3/4 150g +5 oz...The NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Appendix 6: ABV/BRIX/S.G. Charts
SG Gravity Brix Baumé Honey(lb&oz/US gal.) P-ABV (%) (degrees) (degrees) ((SG-1)×220)+1.6 lb oz 0.6Br-1 1.000 0 1.6 0.0 0 0 0.0 1.005 5 2.7 0.7 0 2.2 0.6 1.010 10 3.8 1.4 0 4.4 1.3 1.015 15 4.9 2.1 0 6.6 1.9 1.020 20 6.0 2.8 0 8.7 2.6 1.025 25 7.1 3.5 0 10.9 3.3...
The NewBee Giude to Making Mead – Appendix 5: Instructions for Using the Mead Calculator
The GotMead Mead Calculator helps you to determine various aspects of your mead batch, such as specific gravity, amount of sugar (honey, fruit, etc.) needed, and other tools to make the calculating simpler. It was created by forum member JamesP, and gifted to GotMead.
The NewBee Guide to making Mead – Appendix 4: Food Grade Plastic
Plastic containers are made from different polymers, the combination of which results in a product that is or is not of food grade quality, as defined by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). All plastic containers used to store food must be of food grade...
The NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Appendix 3: Additional Equipment
The following pieces of equipment are useful, although not necessary: Yeast Starter Bottle – We should first make note that there is a difference between a ‘yeast starter’ and ‘rehydrated’ yeast. If you are following the instructions on the dry yeast packet,...The NewBee Guide to making Mead – Appendix 2: Types of Mead
FYI – The following is provided solely as interesting information and is not required reading to make your Mead. Different cultures and civilizations all over the world have made and drunk Mead for thousands of years, each one giving it a different name. Forest...
