Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Making Mead (Honey Wine)

If anyone is interested in learning how to make mead (honey wine) here are some resources:
What are the Basics?
Mead is the oldest alcoholic drink known to man. When honey has water added, or if it hasn’t been fully cured, it will ferment. To make mead you basically add water to honey and yeast. Then you add an airlock, or a balloon, remember MASH when Hawkeye would use a surgeons glove? That prevents air coming into the container. The mead ferments for about a month and then your “rack” which is siphoning it into a clean container. The dross is the yeast or any fruit you may have added for flavouring and that gets thrown away. It gets racked a second time a few weeks later and then it’s ready for bottling.
Facebook groups: They are very friendly and very helpful and many really know their stuff
Meadmakers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/meadmakers/?fref=nf
Homemade Wine Making https://www.facebook.com/groups/395689390477976/?fref=nf
Fruit Wine & Mead Making https://www.facebook.com/groups/807348336004726/?fref=nf