My family has been into wine making for a long while now and I want to try something different so I am going to try my hand at mead making.

has anyone ever made mead before apparently it's pretty much just honey, water and yeast plus whatever you want to add for taste (fruit/spices)

I'm starting a 3 gallon test run with just the essentials with no additives to get a feel for it. If it turns out I will try some new stuff and up the quality of honey that I utilize.

I just wanted to know if anyone had ever made mead before and if they had any tips or combinations that turned out really well

 

I have never heard of " mead " before?

 

Future shine maker here.

 

Alot of people haven't

spark notes version

It predates wine
It's made from honey
It was big with Vikings lol
The Greeks called it the necter of the god's


Rape, Pillage, Burn, drink mead, repeat

 

Never have, but thought it would be cool to brew my own beer. Wine making would be kinda cool, but I practically have 40+ wineries in my backyard.

 

Never seen the 14th warrior?

 

Well I have everything I need to start hopefully I will get a chance to start the process this weekend

When wine making you generally don't need to add any nutrients for the yeast because they get them from the grapes.

with mead you just have honey so the yeast has all the suger that it needs but no other nutrients

so you have two choices one is to add a powderized yeast nutrient but that can cause a metalic taste that can take up to a year to age out

the other choice is to add a nutrient source for the yeast like a fruit

I chose to buy some raspberrys to solve this issue aswell as add a little flavor to the mead

 

let us know how you make out, a buddy of mine should be back from Dubai in April and he is wanting to try making his own beer to see how it goes.

Could be rather interesting...