How to Make Cherry Cheesecake Mead: Easy Step-by-Step Guide

[@erikfast4228]

I also should have said that this was your best episode. The pure child like joy you two have... I mean I'll have to flag this to watch anytime I'm in a bad mood. 😁

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Lol, glad you liked it!

[@bigfootwalker5399]

I'm glad CSB is posting more often

[@CitySteadingBrews]

We have done 2 a week for years!

[@bigfootwalker5399]

​@@CitySteadingBrewsThe last 2 weeks it seems like you posted 3 or 4 times a week, not all of those were brews though. Which I enjoy because it's informative and entertaining.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

@bigfootwalker5399 yeah we had a few things to put out there 😀

[@cassandraletton]

Us too ♡♡♡

[@bigfootwalker5399]

@@CitySteadingBrews That's cool! The vibe of your videos also helps me relax, and it's not realistic for creators to produce the content they want to if they're rushed to get it out by an arbitrary deadline.

[@deepforrestalchemy9189]

A great illustration of the joy of brewing - nice to see your inner children being so playful

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

[@dp5548-g1e]

The information on calculating sugars in fruit per serving at around the 5 minute mark is AWESOME, thanks so much!!! another great video

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Glad it helped!

[@GreenfieldsHomeplace]

I was so excited to see a CHERRY CHEESECAKE mead video. Yes! I’m also glad Brian does the math and Derica gives the recipe. Thanks guys! 🍒

[@jamesvatter5729]

"What? How? Why?" That was exactly my first reaction when I read the title. 😂 Now, I am thinking of trying it. 😊

[@AndrewNuttall]

Haha, at 26:50 when you look at the cherries before racking, some of those cherries actually looked like the "eyeballs" you says to watch out for. 😆

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Lol

[@junkman1561]

Just thought i would let you know i enjoy watching your content. Will never be trying your recipes out for I quit drinking 29 years ago for i had a problem with it. But you videos are relaxing to watch and as well i will say this episode was one of your best. Had to chuckle and laugh several times. Cheers!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks!

[@DemonMonkeyGod]

57:14 I don't know if it would be considered a desert mead, but a mocha mead has been in my head for a while.

[@jacobgillespie4758]

This has to be one of my favorite episodes you've made. I would LOVE to see you make a variance of this. Instead of the cherries, combine the technique from the caramel apple and use a half pound of the bucket. I would love to see a caramel cheesecake.

[@eadinize3045]

As someone who is looking to get into mead and wine making I have been watching a lot of your videos> One thing I would like to request would be a list of your favorite recipes, that being an independent video or just a playlist of the already existing videos.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

We have done that a couple times.

[@eadinize3045]

I just had to look a little harder thanks for responding so fast tho.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

No worries! Lots of content to sift through, lol.

[@BeardLasers]

I do love me a good cheese cake. Every time you guys make a brew I wish I could just go down to the store and buy a bottle of it 😂

[@MrJever180]

Same 😅 can you ship some to Denmark please 😅😅

[@elblazintuna6468]

Made a batch of my “interpretation” on a Vikings Blood, had 3 lbs of wildflower honey, 3 lbs of a dark sweet cherry berry blend, added some elderberry some rose hips and a huckleberry black tea that I really enjoy, went to go take my original gravity reading and it was well over the last marking on my hydrometer! Super active and happy fermentation going on, had to already switch to the blow off tube for all intensive purposes haha

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I wish you luck but a stall is likely!

[@elblazintuna6468]

@@CitySteadingBrews I was thinking the same thing, I have some yeast hulls and other yeast nutrient and the other half of my yeast packet left so hopefully I’ll be able to get it back up to snuff when all is said and done! Is that kind of normal with a higher og? Or was it with the elderberry and rose hips?

[@not-on-pizza]

Given how much you're also gaming nerds, using the candy math rocks to put the scores on feels very fitting.

[@stevenbell1888]

haha its always good when you guys get to do a brew you want to do. You're like a couple of kids! its great!

[@tonyambrose5679]

Oh boy, I'm not afraid to say this made me excited :D I would love to see how much harder a raspberry or blueberry version would be, but as far as other ideas go, maybe a blueberry buckle?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Should be roughly the same idea.

[@heartemisart700]

Well, because, science and Mead just rocks! Brilliant

[@dallasmobley9359]

I did a strawberry cheesecake mead... By far my absolute best home brew so far. I did Add a small amount of raisins for body, But I used cheesecake powder, Graham crackers, Lactose powder, And lactic acid. Started primary with just honey and strawberries, Then all of the dirty ingredients went in secondary. Had to use bentonite... lol... Also because of the salt from said cheesecake powder, Had to Add extra lactic acid and tannin. The final step when I taste tested for final adjustments were more lactic acid and tannin. And viola... Hands down the best brew i've ever made. However in the future, I think graham cracker extract Would be a good edition Because adding actual Graham cracker Did give it a very slight beer smell and taste due to the grain. Just very slight. I'm probably the only one that complained about it

[@Eistier]

now that mead is some pure eye-CANDY! (can't think of anything better to put in the word of the day).

[@stephenhegarty6179]

Oh this is definitely a mead to try ….color is so intense 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻☘️

[@jartotable]

Dang it! You're clever! I phased out about the time you picked up the calculator and phased back in again when you finished writing the notes. I tend to put in what you put in and thank my lucky stars I have you guys. ❤

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Glad you liked it.

[@stonerainproductions]

That's it, I'm getting these extracts! This sounds really amazing. On an aside, I think this video is a good example of why I like the old system. An 11 on the old scale and you knew it was extremely good and a 20 sounds good, but it doesn't break the 1-10 rule in my opinion. If you called it a 21 I think it might come off as more spectacular. Not sure if I'm wording it right, I guess to summarize, an 11 just came across as a rule breaker for a reason, we don't have above a 20 atm. I love you"re content and I don't want to come off as critical. I hope you both have a great day and thanks for this gem!

[@brianscott2141]

Candy........You 2 inspire me more then any other KZbin brewers. I made an ApplePycer that is increadable because of you and the information yall have given us so thank you.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks, and thanks for watching.

[@Polydactyl_Pterodactyl]

Well, Larry and I share a favorite cheesecake with you both. As a matter of fact, our wedding cake was a cherry chocolate cheesecake. I just bought everything to make this. Hoping maybe I might have it done in time for our 9th anniversary next month. Hoping mine will turn out all CANDY like as yours did.

[@TheStraycat74]

12:57 it won't break, it won't break! It broke... 17:39 fuzzy wazzy was a bear, fuzzy wazzy isn't in there. 33:55 candy 45:29 but is it Dolphin Smooth? 55:51 Nat-20's, critical success!!!

[@waldogarcia2605]

Another cool video. I scrolled through the old videos and either it hasn't been done or I missed it (LOL) but also being (South) Floridian maybe Key Lime pie Mead?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Yup, not been done. But, we are thinking up a recipe for it.

[@jimbozerothtee4131]

Ended up with 4.25 gallons because I didn't think of the volume of cherries that I would rack off of. Added entire bottle of cheesecake flavoring and most of graham cracker. Back sweetened with appx. 5 pint jars of honey to 1.052. Tastes great! I don't really taste the cherry as much, and I'd add some more cheesecake flavoring if I had any, but it's fantastic as it is! First sweet mead I've made, and I can't wait until I pop open the first bottle.

[@laakins]

I can’t wait for the top 10 in January. I think this will be #1.

[@tommybarrett29]

I just ordered all my supplies to start brewing my own mead! Thanks for the really informative videos, appreciate all the help for us beginners! I’ll be using your basic mead recipe with black tea and raisins for my first brew, wish me luck!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Luck not needed, but good luck anyway. Happy to help.

[@ozziedudemike]

The colour/color against the spaddle as you were stirring in sweetening ingredients was sensational. 🥰

[@silverAlphashooter]

I was looking for more dessert ideas, and a few that come to mind are 'Bananas Foster', pecan pie, S'mores'. We have started 3 meads and welchs wine. Meads are Grocery store, Fruit cake and Habenero pineapple❤❤❤❤ Next month, we will be doing this cherry cheesecake!!!

[@davidroberts4685]

Yes please make Bananas Fosters Please.

[@blu3l3vithan86]

great video cant wait to take a stab at making it...i think a strawberry short cake with whipped cream mead would be a fun one for yall to do its my favorite dessert

[@Wthhyblocaaaa]

Ahhhhh…. Have been thinking about making cherry mead, my partner is obsessed with cheesecake. Immediately decided on this! Going to make this next week thanks!

[@mkdouglas8919]

Candy, candy, candy! Nothin' but candy! Now off to get ingredients to make cherry cheesecake mead!!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Lol

[@tonyb2205]

Thank you for all your videos and ideas because of you guys I had a wonderful successful bottle carb for a delicious mixed berry sparkling mead

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Awesome! Happy to help.

[@thehoennbazaar]

The music on the Brian rants is such a good touch 😂

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks!

[@davidroberts4685]

I just started this as a wine,4 days ago and am ordering your flavorings tonight. I think I will alter recipe by adding 2.5 oz of Creo brew to give a slight chocolate flavor. This will be my 5th brew thankyou. Just bottled 3 brews this week, Root beer Meade, Pine apple coco nut Meade that smells and taste like Carmel, and my multi berry mead which I have already enjoyed 3 glasses of now bottled until Christmas.

[@davidroberts4685]

Started this with 2lbs of frozen dark cherries Costco. 24 oz dark Marrano cherries in a can. 1 cup of Craisins and 2pounds of sugar. Hoping Craisins will give it some body.

[@Brandonligon]

I was thinking about this one last night! Glad to wake up to this notification, I'll definitely be watching this after work

[@markillsley6488]

Another fantastic video and along the lines of something I have been thinking about for a while. One possible tip regarding the extracts / flavours however. I make my own eliquid for vaping using these types of flavourings. One thing to test or remember at least is bakery / combined flavours can take anything up to a month or so to start to settle down and really come into their own. A lot of people that make their own e-liquids and make things like custard and other complex desert type flavours will leave the e-liquid once mixed for a month or so for the flavour to come out properly. A flavour that you cannot really taste now in a few weeks may become to dominant flavour.

[@dragostea]

I've been watching for a long time but never comment. I'm hispanic and the first thing that came to mind was doing a flan mead. I was thinking either caramelize the honey lightly before fermentation or add caramel extract in post for the caramel flavor. Half my family is puerto rican and I grew up and still make flan de queso which is just adding a brick of philly cream cheese to the flan batter and it comes out like a cheese cake/flan-custard hybrid which is to die for. I would LOVE to see your take on it.

[@scottreinke5761]

CANDY........will be adding this to my brew list. This week starting Mt. DEW real sugar mead. Root beer Mead and Peach mead

[@rossrichert2022]

All aboard to the Fermen Station! Next stop Brewville!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Lol

[@alexcan669]

We got our first 20 😂👍. I love the whole idea behind this. Cheesecake it’s one of my favorites desserts. Well done guys!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@nekobat1962]

Cherry Cheesecake Mead sounds delicious!

[@johnp.2267]

You two teach us so much, and you make it more fun than should be legal. By the way, something you said made me ask myself "What if someone doesn't have a scale to measure ounces of honey?", so I looked up how much a cup of honey weighs, and found it weighs 12 ounces. Two cups of honey is 1.5 pounds, and 1/3 of a cup is 4 ounces. Now I can measure my honey without spending the money for a nice digital scale. :D

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I would still recommend a scale. Our small one is like $15. Far more accurate to use weight than volume: amzn.to/4eNFNs2

[@heldaneurbanus5135]

Amazing! I am going to have to wait to try - brewing season is over. Too hot now :( Cherry cheesecake, black forest gateau ... some of my favourite things so I am sure I'll love this! Getting the right cherries is going to be tricky. I have an admittedly wild suggestion for the mad mead scientists: coffee and walnut cake mead.

[@ReginaldPFisticuffs]

Totally going to take credit for the cherry cheesecake idea 😊

[@monsterbass4311]

I’ve never made mead before and would like to start. Watched your beginner video and hopped to this one. I’m definitely gonna try it now. Thank you. Oh yeah. Candy!!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Hope you enjoy!

[@wadmoore]

I will have to try this out, I just finished up a Cherry Pina Colada mead that turned out wonderful

[@trudyhoffmann6405]

Just a quick update on mine. I think this is the most active fermentation ive ever done. I used lalvin QA 23 yeast, and super excited. One week in and the bubbler is percolating away. I swirled to make sure the cherries stay wet and man alive.

[@mofredur]

you guys are the best cheers from iceland

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks!

[@hotchef1984]

This wine sounds amazing and I definitely like the improved scoring system.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks!

[@jticonchuk]

I would love to see you guys try a tiramisu. I know I've recommended it before. Wife just threw down the peach cobbler gauntlet as well

[@peterpissott9849]

Im also partial to cheesecake nice work gonna definitely try this one and perhaps a second with blueberry. 😊

[@thehoennbazaar]

When Brian and Derica drop an hour long video, it's time to get some popcorn and bundle up on the couch

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Glad you think so!

[@Robochuck]

I checked in the Montreal area of Quebec Canada, Costco does carry the Kirkland Wildflower unpasturized/unfiltered honey.

[@troybishop1804]

Thank you for taking me to the candy shop.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Lol.

[@Bam_Like_Dat]

😳....oh my. Must do!!

[@LeeAmmons-v1x]

I prefer long videos. I could watch them back to back.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Should we do the "movie" like gamers do and just string a bunch of videos together in one 8-10 hour video? Lol.

[@Sirrahlala]

Sounds fantastic! I can't think of anything better on cheesecake than cherry, imo. Maybe a tropical fruit compote would be #2. I would do this one with a short cinnamon stick extraction for a lil extra kick.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Could do that, sure.

[@DjLoktar]

Hi Guys, love the channel and have used your recipes for ALL my meads!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnmetcalf9931]

Key lime pie? You already have the graham cracker flavor.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

True!

[@mkdouglas8919]

​@@CitySteadingBrewsI wholeheartedly second the motion of key lime pie!!!

[@chuckitdumpstertrailer2298]

I 3rd Key lime pie

[@laakins]

Me 4th!

[@barvin9271]

I will say the peach extract from a million videos ago has served me well and makes all my ciders taste like Candy, so I'm going to have to give these flavor adds a try too. Graham cracker crust cheesecake is the superior cheesecake, though.

[@jayvandenburgh855]

Another fantastic video!!! Love the new grading system too. I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and we'd get the famous Eli's Cheesecake...YUM! I don't know which is my favorite cherry or blueberry. This will be on my MUST of meads to do...SOON! As for suggestions, we all grew up loving candy, but I'm a chocoholic! I love anything chocolate. You've done a few meads using chocolate, but how about a fudge-flavored mead?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Hmm... could check into it!

[@rachellemazar7374]

I can’t wait to try this mead

[@larryabbott4633]

amazing video, small steps in the process, are something I still need to practice.

[@werelwolf]

Loved watching the two of you craft this brew!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thank you for watching!

[@tylerstout1549]

One technique that we have had success with for simulating, creamy pies, etc. Is to use a combination of vanilla, lactose and vanilla wafers. The wafers, or even graham crackers, tend to sink to the bottom so they aren't exposed to air and prone to molding as you had Indicated was a concern

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Fair enough.

[@Nudgeworth]

Wow, I couldn't sleep, so I have watched your latest brew video instead 😊 Its colour reminds me of ruby red cooked quinces, yum yum:) I would really like to try making this sometime 😊

[@CitySteadingBrews]

It's really good!

[@ptowntravis]

Very nice thanks. I came to learn how to add a dairy/milky (or cheese) type flavor ina brew to pair with chocolate. I stayed cuz i was craving candy.

[@dickonkl]

I'm going to try making this. It sounds amazing

[@CitySteadingBrews]

It really is. Came together nicely!

[@nicholaskarako5701]

I had bought the cheese cake extract after watching this video to add to my four gallon batch of carrot cake mead which I had just recently racked, back sweetened with pineapple juice, crystallized ginger and added three cinnamon sticks, ten cloves, allspice, star anise. So basically you add half of a 2oz bottle of this extract to a one gallon batch. I will probably end up add the whole2oz bottle when I rack and bottle my batch of carrot cake mead. Unless I taste it and feel it needs more back sweetening/ more time to clear. If it comes out tasting really good then next year I will make a 2-3 gallon batch of Humming bird cake mead.

[@Marvel170]

Candy!! This sounds really good, maybe make it into strawberry cheesecake. 😋

[@JayDudeUgs_pubgM]

These recipes are insane! I love them

[@Hammer_OJustice]

I like the new scoring system, but I would think a 10 point scale would allow comparison between the old scores and the new scores, espescially when you have a 1 year tasting on the old scoring system. Plus with this sytstem, there will be no more 11s... I'll miss those. On a different note, this is a FANTASTIC video. I can't wait to try this

[@heartproblems2727]

This was a fun video. Another recipe on the list. Thanks for all you do.

[@johanstrieter-bh2wq]

Thanks for the great video. I can’t wait to try this. I’m gonna order the extract tomorrow. Thanks for all the great information and the great video and you guys do great. Have a great week. I can’t wait to see the next video.

[@chuckitdumpstertrailer2298]

You guys are awesome 😎

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thank you!

[@ray4life08]

Candy is the sweetest treat that brings joy to everyone. Whether chocolate candy, gummy candy, or hard candy, there's a type of candy for every taste. Candy comes in various shapes, sizes, and flavors, making candy a versatile delight. From childhood, the love for candy never fades. Halloween is when candy is abundant, with children going door-to-door for candy. Candy canes at Christmas and candy hearts on Valentine's Day are festive staples. Some people prefer sour candy, while others enjoy sweet candy. Candy is often given as a gift, and candy stores are magical places filled with endless candy options. Making homemade candy can be a fun activity. Candy is not just for kids; adults indulge in candy too. Candy can brighten a bad day and is a perfect party favor. Whether it's old-fashioned candy or modern innovations, the love for candy is universal. Candy, in all its forms, is a beloved treat that never fails to bring a smile.

[@davidroberts4685]

Candy corn Meade. what a great idea.

[@TheHaloman555]

First mead I made reached .992 and I was freaking out not knowing why it was so low I found out it was okay and now I’m glad it’s mention in this video. Abv below 1.000 is dry and strong alc

[@KSJBtrades]

Awesome as always

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Thank you!

[@trudyhoffmann6405]

This sounds and looks so yummy. Can't wait to try this.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

It's seriously good!

[@Erowens98]

Buckets are underrated. Super cheap, and if they're the right kind of plastic do the job as well as you could hope. They've pretty much been the standard in Finnish home brew for years. A lot of finns use one of those electric whisks for baking to airate and mix the must.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I agree, but still prefer glass.

[@tomlammers9861]

my store didn't have the oregon brand cherry but they did have the blueberry, so guess i will be making blueberry cheesecake!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

We have links to the cherry in the description, but either works!

[@Quitt_Chan]

If you could somehow bottle pecan pie, that would be awesome. Salted caramel mead would be great too

[@13thCharacter]

I got one of them spaddles. I can confirm its usefulness.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Pretty cool, huh?

[@johnjones4706]

Now on to strawberry and Blueberry cheesecakes

[@gregorytomasulo4313]

Candy wine sounds delicious!! Could you ferment Skittles, or even Sour Patch Kids?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I guess? Dunno.

[@cassandraletton]

No weezing the juuuuice 😁 Candy 😅 LOLz Hello from the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia 🇦🇺 😊 Our local meadery makes a fruchoc mead, its desert like - as this.. Fruchoc, is milk chocolate and dried Apricot flavor... I'd love to see your reaction to tasting this!!! We have our own bee's, we're hoping to make our own variety of mead's soon ♡

[@nathanielsizemore3946]

Have you seen "Tasting History" Black Mead, by Max Miller? If you have, what are your thoughts?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I did and Max makes great content.

[@colleenforrest7936]

I grew up with sour cherries. I would go for those 😊 Could you use a 2 gallon cookie jar for see through?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

If you have a way to add an airlocks I guess?

[@colleenforrest7936]

@@CitySteadingBrews Ah, there is that 🤔 A drill press if I can manage to not crack the lid maybe. I've no experience drilling glass. My guess would be to go slow and cool water to keep the heat from getting too high maybe? ? Anyone have any suggestions?

[@Furiousknitter]

I’m trying to decide what mead to do. Now I have to many choices. 🤪 Also - Xmas cake mead WITH the marzipan. That’s what I want. 😘

[@jamesvatter5729]

😮 Nice tease! What is North Mountain Supply sending? Is it their translucent bucket? BTW, I cannot tell you how much that pitcher has made brewing a lot easier.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Many things. We are working with them on products now too.

[@frankburcham6991]

Hey all you should try some Mexican vanilla in it. best Vanilla ever!!!

[@jonathanmiller2701]

Awesome video as always! Question for both of you..I ended up really busy and have fruit sitting in primary for 8 months. Floating at the top of the fermenter, it is a strawberry kiwi mead. Do you think it would be fine? I don't notice any mold or anything. The fruit has zero color left since it has been sitting for so long. But the entire brew is crystal clear

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Most likely fine if there is no mold or strange smell.

[@jonathanmiller2701]

@CitySteadingBrews Sweet, thank you so much you guys are awesome

[@nicbaye9660]

8:23 Even the fifth time hearing both, "You paid for that juice" and "You like-a da juice", I still laugh. I may have even gone back a few seconds a couple times😅

[@dantaylor1724]

54:08 said like a true Brit ! 😁

[@Joseph_Dredd]

Ah DnD dice for the scoring!!! :)

[@aimeevanlandingham3844]

I walked up to my husband and said "the newest City Steading recipe is cherry cheesecake mead" and his response was simply "yes".

[@CitySteadingBrews]

This is THE best comment we have received in 6 years. Thank you! Enjoy!

[@aimeevanlandingham3844]

@@CitySteadingBrews you're very welcome! ☺️

[@jonathanfarmer5811]

I just made a blackberry jam mead with a hint of mint extract