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 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....
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. Antipodal Mead Brew Date – 08/19/05 Batch Size – 5 gal. Honey Varietal – Clover S.G. goal – 1.100 % ABV goal – 15%...
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...
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 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....
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 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,...
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...
There are dozens of honey varietals. This list is a work in progress. If you have a varietal that I’ve missed, drop me a line at gotmead@gotmead.com and let me know! If you have a photo of the honey or the plant it is a varietal of, that would be great too! If...
The basic process of how to make a Mead has now been covered, and you are probably asking yourself what the next step is. The simple answer is to keep learning. The GotMead forum has a wealth of information a large group of people who are more than happy to help. ...
At some point during the process, something will either go wrong, or you will not know what to do next. In the immortal words of Douglas Adams – DON’T PANIC! There are two ways of dealing with the situation. First, check the answers below; second, go to the forums....
Bottling is perhaps one of the most time consuming parts of the process of making Mead. There are many options for how you intend to bottle, some requiring a little more equipment, but none of them are particularly difficult. Examples of bottling options are: Wine,...
Mead Lover's Digest #1425 Sat 30 May 2009 Mead Discussion Forum Contents: Re: Pyment? (mail-box) My First Batch (Joe Kuhl) Questions on Starters and Fizz ("Randy Wallis") Ready to try my 2nd batch a Raspberry Melomel (Joe Kuhl) NOTE:...
Mead Lover's Digest #1424 Sat 23 May 2009 Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor Contents: Re: Mead Lover's Digest #1421, 2 May 2009 (Chuck) Pyment? (MeadGuild@aol.com) A quick observation about oak and maple...
