Blueberry Blossom Traditional Mead (Traditional Mead Tutorial)

[@daisyball2338]

I really appreciate how beginner friendly your channel is! You were the first brewing channel I found when I started brewing a year ago and you're still helping me learn and giving me inspiration

[@ManMadeMead]

Thank you very much! I'm happy to share my content!

[@danglerfish4175]

Oh wow, I love the idea of having a 'house blend' carboy. Gonna have to try that out once I start making more regular batches.

[@ManMadeMead]

It so good! I highly recommend it!

[@ManMadeMead]

It looks like at least 2 people don’t like high quality honey! 😉

[@spikelove9533]

I can't imagine they must of been driving and hit the thumbs down by mistake.

[@FusionDeveloper]

You said "at least". While I can't stand these types of comments, you did the 1 thing I've been trying to tell people to do, which is, to say something like "at least" or "when I typed this", that way, the comment stays accurate. Also, it relates to the video. At least your comment was the least annoying form possible. (Just a note, I gave your video a thumbs up and I'm subscribed and love your videos. I just get annoyed too easily).

[@baghdaddy202003]

Im starting a drinking game....anytime you say "wo" or "interesting" I take a drink of mead. If you say the words "thats interesting" I drink a whole glass. 🤣🤣🤪

[@baghdaddy202003]

Update, I only got 2 drinks this video

[@ManMadeMead]

Oh man! I like this drinking game 😂

[@chefboyrdanbh]

i have made several tea meads as of late. They were awesome! My favorite was hibiscus.

[@mchume65]

I had actually decided to make another batch of blueberry mead this morning before I watched this video. I didn't know about blueberry honey.

[@ManMadeMead]

It's super interesting and nice! I'd recommend getting some if you can!

[@markwhite6018]

You keep making my list of Meads to make grow lol

[@jimjenkins7416]

Really informative video 🍯

[@ManMadeMead]

Thank you very much!

[@theastronomer5800]

I'm making mead with blueberry blossom right now (and cold brew coffee). I like this honey, it's bold but not as strong as buckwheat. Will make a traditional from it likely as well!

[@ManMadeMead]

Let me know how it turns out!

[@louisb7209]

I finished raking my mead today .. feels so good gravity a bit high but i just went by hand .. ill post a pic on the discord... keep it up vidz are really awesome

[@ManMadeMead]

Thank you!

[@louisb7209]

@@ManMadeMead batman meads my 1st batch

[@spikelove9533]

Lol it's high quality it has bug parts. I have the same space problem. I'm am going to have to try Blueberry! My go to for honey is currently out rt now😫 . But I'm getting some fireweed honey that's a new one for me. Thanks as always for the great vid

[@TheSpecialJ11]

The bug parts will become a part of the lees, and they mean that the honey hasn't lost any of its flavor through processing. It's so funny to think what's high quality for flavor is high quality for selling honey on shelves. I have a local beekeeper who sells honey so unprocessed, a lot of people wouldn't recognize it as honey because it's white and opaque.

[@Dave_en]

@@TheSpecialJ11 you need to mix the honey in water by stirring vigorously till everything dissolves. Then filter the liquid through fine cloth. It will be as pure as processed honey. Even it's better as no nutrient is lost.👍

[@Dave_en]

@@TheSpecialJ11 if you get white honey, probably it's cream honey or mustard honey. It's just another variety. It solidifies just like clarified butter.

[@TheSpecialJ11]

@@Dave_en No, it's not creamed. Whatever honey their bees are making crystallizes very easily and so it becomes white once this happens. They do nothing to prevent that, unlike a lot of honey you'll find at the grocery store. That's how I know it's very raw.

[@spikelove9533]

@@Dave_en I'm ok with bee parts. They will sink to the bottom when I syphen the Mead off the lees. When I was very young I remember eating some apple sauce my grand mother had made and canned her self. There was a ant in my portion, and I showed her in disgust. She very madder of factly informed me that's how you know it's homemade. That made perfect since to me at the time so I pushed the ant aside and finished my yummy home made apple sauce lol

[@fretwalker1]

Question: Would you possibly lose some of the sweetness from the backsweetened honey if you cold crashed? I'm wondering if the dissolved, unfermented honey would fall out of solution at cold temperatures.

[@jasonmoore3980]

I’ve got some Crystal’s Blueberry Blossom honey on its way. And I’m using 100% blueberry juice instead of water. The juice was $6/32oz at Walmart. Bought 5 of them.

[@HexenProzess]

Great vid. I started a Cinnamon Toast Crunch Mead. You should do one and let us know how it turned out.

[@giusax89]

Hey, I wanted to ask you, how do you decide the ABV of your traditional meads? The range for traditional meads is so wide (8-14%) I have trouble just picking one OG value. How do you make a decision? For instance, how did you come to 1.080 OG for this one?

[@ManMadeMead]

Normally just by the booziness you want or the body you want. Generally higher abv brews have bigger bodies, so lots of traditionals seek to have big bodies!

[@playmay35]

9:00 so you wanted for 24h or 2 weeks after backsweetening?

[@ManMadeMead]

You just need to wait at least 24 hours after stabilizing

[@alexreis5639]

How does someone dislike this!

[@RobKinneySouthpaw]

Fumble fingers?

[@gonzaler99]

Bieber fans?

[@kuunda8363]

How do you keep your honey so fluid??

[@ManMadeMead]

I use it before it crystallizes!

[@multipurpose4111]

When are you gonna do the papaya mead???

[@ManMadeMead]

I haven't started it yet! I am going to start it soon though. It'll be quite awhile before that video is out! Haha

[@thisguyaa63]

I had a commercial mead made with blueberry blossom honey. I definitely agree with the cotton candy smell but the taste of it just was not my thing. Had an artificially sweet taste and just an overall mustyness I wasn't a fan of. Hesitant to try using blueberry honey myself because of it.

[@ManMadeMead]

I think that’s totally fair! There are a ton of different honeys in the world and I think you definitely don’t have to like them all!

[@cheekiebreekie5014]

does anyone know how to find the abv% in your meads and wines?

[@ManMadeMead]

You need a hydrometer! Take the gravity reading at the beginning of your mead before it ferments and then after it finishes fermenting. Then use this formula: Starting Gravity - Final Gravity x 131.25 = ABV. Example: 1.100 - 1.000 x 131.25 = 13.125% ABV

[@cheekiebreekie5014]

@@ManMadeMead thanks man

[@RuffellTube]

I'm making a blueberry mead using crushed blueberry juice. I think the yeast took away all the taste in the primary. I swear I'm never flavoring in primary again.

[@ManMadeMead]

Depending on the yeast - the primary can definitely be vigorous! I agree it can be tough to use fruit in the primary!

[@Volgeirea]

I always find it strange that everyone measures honey by weight, not by volume - but we measure other liquids like water by volume. When I buy honey I always feel a little shorted, it’s a liquid at least when it’s not crystallized… so it should be by volume… Anyways I love your channel I just would like to see some conversions to volume by the community in general… might make me seem petty, not trying to be, it just makes more sense I think…

[@larsbrown9322]

Prickly pear mead?

[@jasonmoore3980]

I’ll make one of these when Prickly Pear honey is in season again. There is an apiary here in Phoenix I’m going to get it from.

[@ManMadeMead]

I still want to make one of those one day!

[@jasonmoore3980]

@@ManMadeMead maybe I could send you some of the honey. Maybe a little mead-off lol.

[@larsbrown9322]

@@jasonmoore3980 i hear that mesquite honey is good with prickly pear mead, a good southwest desert drink.

[@JJ_Adventures]

Dang, didn’t think a innocent little comment would hurt your feelings.

[@kuunda8363]

You should fucking start a mead school.