The most important Mead Lesson

If you make mead honey wine or are thinking about making some you have to be very conscious of the santitization of your equipment. This tutorial looks at how to correctly clean and sanitize your equipment so you have a successful batch of mead.
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Howto & Style

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• mead
• making
• sanitiation
• easy
• clean
• potassium
• metabisulfate
• honey
• wine

[Mortaryan]

If I wanted to make a sparkling Mead...would that process be the same as the (pre-bottling) end process of beer making?

[epicfantasy]

I am not familiar with the process of beer making but to make a sparkling mead you would add a small amount of honey or sugar just before bottling. I have some info about this on my website.

[phishead07]

hey i'm making my first mead right now. it's a traditional mead (except for some raisins i threw in there).

it's a 2.5 gallon batch with 3.5 kilos of honey. it's been fermenting for a week and the gravity has only gone down from 1.1 to 1.095. is it supposed to be that slow? it's bubbling about once every 2-3 seconds.

[epicfantasy]

I think your mead is ok. It's slow to get started, but the specific gravity will go down. 1 week is too soon.

[Ladynbizz]

after about 2 weeks of fermenting, how much alcohol does the wine contain ?

[epicfantasy]

After 2 weeks the alcohol content is still very low. It needs a lot more time to ferment (months) and will climb up somewhere around 10-14% alcohol depending on the type of yeast used.

[duckling2405]

Another awesome video....

[Wraithofvolsunga]

Does Boiling water do enough to sanitize some of the smaller pieces of equipment?

[Patriotgal1]

I could not agree more- I have tried, and been lucky, doing it the "natural" way- NOT pasturizing the honey after it has been diluted- but, it always a gamble! Use the best ingredients, keep everything clean, and be patient! Drinking a good meade, that you have crafted yourself, is one of life's great pleasures! :)

[epicfantasy]

The yeast will naturally die off with time and as the food supply in the mixture is exhausted. You can halt the growth of new yeast by using something called Potassium Sorbate.

[apache6225]

i have a question how do you kill the yeast in the mead, after your done with making