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metallicafan

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Posted: Aug 12, 2006 8:38 a.m. - Subject: how to make mead
mead is simple to make but it does help to have the right stuff. i used the following:

2 litre milk bottle

1 litre PURE apple juice

about 250 grams honey ( half an average jar)

half a litre of water

yeast

yeast nutrient (optional)






first pour all of the apple juice into the milk bottle,
pour honey into a jug and add half a litre of boiling water, stir until all the honey is dissolved then add the dissolved honey into the bottle with the apple juice,
then there is the optional step of adding yeast nutrient, i did this because honey is harder for yeast to break down and the nutrient helps the yeast speed up fermenting.
then put in a teaspoon of wine yeast and put on whatever airlock you want.


thebeerbaron

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Posted: Sep 21, 2006 11:14 a.m. - Subject:
this is a recipie for a drink that i allways knew as metheglin which is any variation of the standard mead recipie which uses clean rainwater insted of apple juce


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Posted: Jul 25, 2007 7:45 p.m. - Subject:
ok so you all seem pretty knwledgeable on the subject... i know very little. I don’t have access to wine yeast, would rapid rise work or regular baking yeast? and as far as honey goes is it safe to buy something from the super market? or is it manditory to be straight from the hives?


thebeerbaron

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Posted: Nov 02, 2009 2:44 p.m. - Subject:
haha, well, i posted this like 3 years ago now... if you’re still out there mortified penguin, baking yest is ok, preferably fresh (available if you ask at a bakery, looks a bit like wet clay) and so is rapid rise. the problem is that they both create an unplesant bitter taste in the mead (less so with fresh yeast) so wine yeast is best. you can get this from wilkinsons in the UK... dont know about the US unfortunately...

the honey is totaly up to you, it neads to be clear runny honey, not the set kind. it depends on what quality of mead you are making. the best mead needs the best honey and yeast (and maturing for like 2years) but if its your first time, supermaret honey and bread yeast isnt going to matter....

peace


Noble_Cries

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Posted: Nov 03, 2009 2:25 p.m. - Subject:
Stick around, I’m new but you seem like a knowledgable member. Also M0rtified is still around and very active from what i’ve seen.

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