Bottling Mead: Tips, Tricks and techniques

I cover six important points about mead bottling and answer some of the common questions:
1. When should you bottle your mead?
2. What types of bottles can you use?
3. What corks should you use?
4. Simple bottling with no fuss.
5. How to sweeten then bottle your mead
6. How to carbonate your mead so it is sparkling like champage then bottle.

More mead making stuff on my website at:
http://www.stormthecastle.com/mead/index.htm

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• mead
• making
• bottling
• questions
• honey
• wine

[conduct623]

I'm new to the whole mead making world, (regulary brew beer). First can I use a clarifyer, like Sparkloid to clear the mead. Second, can I use beer bottles and oxygen absorbing caps to bottle the mead.

[epicfantasy]

@conduct623 Clarifying agents are quite ok for mead. People have used beer bottles and caps successfully but I generally don't recommend it. I dont think they are secure enough.

[tatt2edsportsman]

If I wait longer than two weeks to bottle my mead after the airlock stops bubbling would that be a problem. P.S I do like the way you put your videos on here really a good help. I have been studying this for a while. I am getting hives this next year. went through studying on building and taking care of hives for the last three years. now I am researching on what I can do with my hives if able to keep them live and well. lol.

[epicfantasy]

@tatt2edsportsman Sounds to me like you are having a lot of fun. The learning and the research is a lot of fun for me. The mead is very flexible. Should be fine to sit in the airlocked container for quite a while beyond the two weeks. As long as the airlock still has water in it.

Amazing how beees will take care of themselves. Some basic info is all you need. The bees will do the rest.

[ahiJabo]

Hi... what kind of yeast do you use...? May I use bread yeast... or is any special yeast for mead... thanks.

[epicfantasy]

@ahiJabo You can use bread yeast. Its fine. I have used it many times. But if you can , spend the dollar and get a real wine yeast like a lalvin d47. or a champagne yeast.

[Spooninbrian]

you should make a playlist for your mead making

[epicfantasy]

@homepie64 Yes, i am a purist and love corks. But lots of people have used screw-on and beer bottles successfully.

[homepie64]

regarding the physical bottling would it be possible to use beer bottles (obviously sanitized) and caps, such as oxygen absorbing caps? or are corks absolutely necessary? I've also heard that screw caps can be used is this true?

[epicfantasy]

@murray821 You really shouldn't. You run the risk of killing or stalling the yeast. Then you get no ferment.