Make mead in 2 weeks -Delicious Near mead

This is an easy recipe for making a simile to regular mead without having to ferment and wait six months for it to age. You simmer white wine with honey and spices and you can drink it once it cools. Or you can re-bottle it and let it age for two weeks.
This is a great way to get your first taste of mead before you embark on making your own and having to wait six months or more before trying it.
Comes out quite delicious.
The ancient romans called mixing honey with wine "Mulsum" and if you mix it with spices then let it age you get something the ancient romans called "Conditum" which is something similar to what we make here.
More mead making stuff on my website: http://www.stormthecastle.com/mead/index.htm

And I have lots of complete mead making tutorials and videos here. Check my playlists.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• mead
• wine
• honey wine
• home brewing
• tutorial
• conditum
• mulsum

[dubyrunning]

A word of warning: He isn't kidding when he says go easy on the cloves! I thought I could handle four. That was three too many.

[epicfantasy]

@dubyrunning lol,oops. Just go ahead and make another batch!

[dubyrunning]

@epicfantasy I'm going to - I can tell it would be good if not for the clovesplosion.

[epicfantasy]

@dubyrunning clovesplosion! That's a great word!

[dubyrunning]

Tell me if you think this would work: To avoid having too much alcohol evaporate, while still ensuring the spices get suffused into the mix, create flavor base first, before adding all of the wine. Add half the honey, all the spices, and just enough wine to cover the spices and honey, and bring that to a boil. That should get the spices suffused into a wine and honey base. Then add the remainder of the wine and cook that on low for less time than you normally would. What do you think?

[epicfantasy]

@dubyrunning THis is a great suggestion. I think itwould work very well. Thanks!

[GunnySGT1911]

@NitroDSP As he pointed out in the video, this was not to create an actual mead, but rather a way to produce something with the flavor and character of mead. Yes, in this process, much of the alcohol has been cooked out. If all you want is to get a buzz, go buy some rotgut. Or if that is too low end, get some Everclear or some Bacardi 151. That should have all the alcohol content you can handle.

[GunnySGT1911]

@dubyrunning I'm not sure, but that sounds like it would work. Watching the video, I had my concerns about cooking out all the alcohol. But as he pointed out, this is not a true mead, but rather a way to get the mead flavor. So perhaps the alcohol content is of little importance to him. Personally, if someone want to try mead, I would recommend Camelot Mead. It is available just about everywhere here and is about $7.00 a bottle. Not the best, but not bad for a commercially produced mead.

[dubyrunning]

@dubyrunning I just tested out this method, with a modification. I added ALL the honey, all the spices and a little of the wine, and simmered that for close to an hour, skimming honey scum as it formed. The honey got very dark by the end. I then added the wine, and skimmed more. Then I simmered as you show in the video for about 5-10 minutes, skimming as I went. That's it. I think the alcohol content is probably still pretty good, as the wine didn't cook that long.