Home Made Mead (Honey Wine) l Easy Recipe

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Mead is an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various fruits, spices, grains, or hops. The alcoholic content ranges from about 3.5% ABV to more than 18%. The defining characteristic of mead is that the majority of the beverage's fermentable sugar is derived from honey.
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[@samroxonline]

I'm wondering why you haven't got 10k subs yet bro.. this is definitely a 1 million subs channel !! I love this.. love from Sri Lanka ❤️ 🇱🇰

[@TheDaaruTV]

Thank you for the love and support 🍻

[@LloydMajor]

@@TheDaaruTV Sure thing Daaru!

[@AugustinTomasOBrienCaceres]

Because he's advertising a cheap and sole way of making it without buying lots of unnecessary equipment

[@joeramirez709]

It's sounds so simple. I think I'm going to give it a try. Thank you

[@TurtlesHorizon69]

wow you make everything so simple ita great

[@LloydMajor]

Thank you for the information!

[@kaustubhdeshpande8722]

I tried this at home and it turned out really well! Thanks for this video =D

[@elizabethinilapli7181]

Simple and easy... Thanks... I have 8 hives but never tried this...thanks again for sharing you ideas

[@prashara]

straight and neat, thanks dost not much beating aound the bush. thanks

[@ivelinivanov1310]

Man I loved the video, you're awesome!!!

[@Dave_en]

I usually make mead in the winters and it takes 40 days to complete the fermentation process. It's much slower than fermenting sugar. But I would suggest to degas the fermenting liquid if you want to minimize the yeast odour. Also use little raisins to make mead stronger. In three months, this mead is ready to drink and can be aged for better flavour and transparency.

[@Dave_en]

@Mecanic Z1 just few raisins to supply organic nutrients for the yeast. Add around 10 raisins chopped into pieces per litre. If you add more, it would alter flavour and taste of the mead. Let the fermentation stop and then only transfer the contents to new jar after removing the raisins and yeast sediments. It takes 3-4 months to clear the mead or any wine to be drinkable. So do not hurry. The mead attains maturity at 9 months though you can drink it after just 3 months.

[@jennifersequeira1651]

@@Dave_en how can I degas the mead?

[@Dave_en]

@@jennifersequeira1651 just stir the mead with wooden ladle or shake the bottle once a day to let off the dissolved gases.

[@p.saiteja285]

@@Dave_en can I know the process.of making of mead...I want to do this as my minor project plseee

[@Dave_en]

@@p.saiteja285 definitely I can help you in mead making. Take 1kg pure unrefined honey and 2 litres of boiled and cooled water. Mix them while the water is warm (warm enough to take bath). This will speed up the dissolving process. You can take 1:3 ratio too. Add few golden raisins for natural honey coloured mead, black raisins for little darker mead. Add the juice of a small lemon to adjust the pH to make the right environment for the yeast to work efficiently. You can also add little bit of apple juice about 50ml. So together (raisins, lemon and apple) works as acid blend, fully organic alternative to expensive chemical additive which is available at Amazon. This is my invented secret formula which nobody thought of. It's also verified practically by me. Now prepare the yeast by dissolving a teaspoon of it in little warm water. Add to the honey water mixture and shake vigorously. Keep it under airlock and stir for two minutes twice a day for 7-10 days. Then you can degas your mead once in a while. Temperature should be around 22-25 degree C for best results. After a month of fermentation, keep it undisturbed for another month in dark place. In fact, this jar should be kept at dark place all the time, no sunlight should fall on it. Siphon it after completion of 2 months from start. Again siphon next month to get clearest mead. You can also bottle the mead during second or third racking.

[@2002georgezacharia]

Thanks mate ...this is pretty popular in Central/ east Europe side ..... wanted to try at home

[@dhruvyadav78]

Hey. Amazing channel , loving your recipes. What do you use to sanitise the bottles?

[@leninjohn1981]

Made it! Came out well. Next batch o am adding some fruits & spices.

[@Dave_en]

Try rhodomel using rose petals and honey.

[@rahulpatkar2148]

Bro u r god in lockdown days thankyou

[@18mangolights]

May i know the sanitizer used here to clean the bottle. Can you please provide the link. Thank you.

[@jayeshitekar8264]

Your's review is so osm

[@muthukumaran1781]

Sure will try bro

[@ransomburroughs5262]

Surely I will try

[@jack_separo]

What you use to sanitize the bottles?

[@Jason-xu6pi]

As a beekeeper... I seriously appreciate this. Excellent video.

[@adamyasingh3713]

Cruel business

[@JulianGarcia-oz8dg]

From USA love your channel

[@randomm5893]

Great video

[@darpansarma8984]

What do you use for sanitisation ?

[@speed47_]

Which sanitizer do you use?

[@saurabhkumarsahu7676]

Bro farmanting tube ki jagha normal cap use kr sakte hai kya mai ye banana chahta hu

[@imperatoraurelian3410]

Congrats ya got subscriber

[@johantsalamandris2723]

Dis guy a... Teacher🤣 good video keep making good content.

[@annvandermerwe7763]

Will sure try to make it...... let you know if people it

[@devensony1607]

Wow. Guruji.. Nice👍😊 u r superior man in this world.. Like God man..

[@jennocontreras623]

Where do you buy and airlock cap?

[@anilkumarappana-wh5gz]

@The Daaru Tv Can you make a video of checking of alcohol percentage after making wine.

[@azreal_a_blyss2731]

Can you make mead with high alcoohl with the Wine making kit from company called GUTbasket?

[@shashwatpandey1371]

Where to buy the airlock from?

[@Deeksreddy]

Can we include any fruit to it? Or carbonate the end product?

[@cibdizzy]

Is it really this simple to make a alcoholic beverage. Sweet dude I'm getting drunk.

[@blakepiercy1800]

I’m getting drunk….. I’m 2 months

[@adamyasingh3713]

Hooligan

[@mdshafeequrrahman5710]

Which honey did you use

[@vineetprabhakaran6819]

Thanks... ❤

[@julieannenoel5875]

After the fermentation ends, would it be possible to pressure can the drink in glass jars?

[@ashfaqhossainabir4128]

We can use any type of yeast

[@drmangalchandagarwal7303]

Can we keep this wine for a long time

[@reflecsonepointone4587]

This guy has got it

[@foewunfive7293]

what do you use to sanitize the bottle? nice vid man...super simple

[@RootofYishay]

70% Isopropyl Alcohol

[@probablecausetocheckhard-drive]

Does it have to be raw honey?

[@GexgLalnuna]

So anyone noticed after taking a sip he’s kinda mumbling.. is it really that strong 👍🏻👍🏻

[@2of238]

Any idea on the percentage of alcohol in it?

[@sritomam]

Nice

[@imthelazyguy01]

What sanitizer do u use ?

[@davidwebb8393]

Hi so what are you using to sanitize your bottle? What liquid is that?

[@piyushkcnlu]

Form where to get the airlock

[@BrytTrades]

i dont have an airlock. what can i do?

[@anandkamath1584hd]

Is it really 18%abv??

[@Edfiki86]

Is the wait period the hardest part?

[@Sourav696]

Is there any specific santizer for brewing or will any santizer work, thanks.

[@TheDaaruTV]

Any food grade sanitizer would work

[@PsychicEmanation]

Does it smell while doing this? I don't want my family to know I'm making this lol.

[@sukumartudu3113]

Could you please tell me the honey and water ratio in the brew.

[@user-zs4yd8xr6f]

I doubt you've used a baker's yeast and got to 18% ABV. What did you use?

[@ad.earth59]

Yes. You'll never know the actual values unless one uses a hydrometer or another measuring device.

[@mocromo2010]

description: The alcoholic content ranges from about 3.5% ABV to more than 18%.

[@SukhjinderSingh-ru1ts]

We can add 50% honey and 50% water or no

[@anuranmukherjee9022]

What do you use to sanitize the brewing bottle?

[@paglababa7932]

Same question.

[@ad.earth59]

VIM liquid.

[@RootofYishay]

70% or better Isopropyl Alcohol

[@foewunfive7293]

Can you mix honey with a juice but still have that alcohol content? Love this vid bro!

[@ticklepickle7786]

Hello, idk if this helps but wenn you change the botle for the secondary fermentation you can had any flavour you want, I saw it in another yt video

[@anmolsoni5776]

Bottle cap k upar kya laga tha ... White colour ka

[@1DJSkittles]

How would you male this alcohol free?

[@sonysujitha6319]

Alcohol fermented from honey is called madhava in sanskrit which is written in ancient texts like ashtang sangrah 3rd chapter in vasanta rutu / spring season which is best time to drink it.

[@manusimba7736]

Bro where can we buy this bottle with airlock, can we buy online, please suggest

[@TheDaaruTV]

Air lock u can buy it on amazon

[@sdbadboy226]

Its called madhvik in ayurveda....im ayurveda student thanks me later.....sura...varuni...madhvik...madya..draksha asva..all recpies found in ayurvedic text

[@MegaRivu]

Mardhvika is from grapes. Madhavasava is from Honey. And that's not it because it is fermented. All fermented wines (Ayurvedic) are classified under Arista. There were multiple wine processes including fermentation. Most of them are lost.

[@tanishkesharwani5231]

Well where we can find accurate recipes of these mythological drinks(sura, varuni)

[@utkarshpuniani4849]

---Help Requested--- I brewed Cranberry wine about a month ago with ' real' brand cranberry juice and regular yeast. Brewed it in dark atmosphere with proper airlock facility, after a week i filtered the yeast out of the brew via muslin cloth. For few days i still saw bubbles rising from the bottom in my brew, it's been a month now and i haven't consumed even a sip of it. Today i saw some kind of weird thing at the bottom like you get layer on milk (can't explain in words) i took a sip and it kinda tastes harder than before. Is it just aging or has the brew been ruined, now i wanna consume the wine but don't know whether it'll get me into hospital or high???

[@liamthewisey9486]

Lol its called Lees it's the result of fermentation. Syphon your alcohol out leaveing the residue after fermentation is finished age and its good to go

[@2002georgezacharia]

It's just excess yeast

[@KiranPatel-ef3gh]

Alcohol persentage?

[@feroznandanwar]

How about one tea spoon of mad honey 🤔 what would be the out come?

[@kiennguyentrung8396]

How about alcohol degree?

[@michaeladamstone2911]

And you added another ingredient that you forgot to mention after the yeastt what did you add to it sugar

[@sarawagrakesh13]

Does it also contain some amount of methanol?

[@Dave_en]

No way. Even if it's present, it will be in trace amounts say mg/litre. It won't harm you until you consume atleast 10gm of methanol. For such quantity of methanol, you have to drink more than 20 litres of wine/mead which is not possible.

[@singhpraveen27]

what is the Temperature needed to ferment the mead ? is it 17-20 degrees C or something else , because in north india , now a days temp is 42 degree C

[@intellectualindian2486]

That's temperature outside, not inside houses.

[@shreyasitambraparni5713]

​@@intellectualindian2486 yes. It's barely lower inside the house

[@muthiahvivek6824]

Where shall we buy airlock

[@TheDaaruTV]

Amazon you would get it

[@sidjones_46]

Please do an apple mead recipe.🤞🤞🤞

[@shuvradeeplahiri5776]

Distillation is not needed ????

[@wolfkid13011992]

@The Daaru TV i don't think your drink has 18%,only if you have a super sweet honey with more sugar,speacial yeast for beer or wine not baking yeast and how much yeast you use,in 30 days you can make maybe 6,3% and you interuppted the fermentacion process when you switch the bottels,a good mead it has to stay minimum 2 months until fermentation stops and another 1 month to chill.What you have there is just water with honey and some alcohol, like a soft beer.

[@sheerfishin5729]

I agree that it’s not it’s not nearly 18%, but he probably reached 10-12% since he used the regular amount of honey for a 14% brew. He interrupted fermentation but only for probably 30 minutes or so. And if he used bread yeast it can reach up to 13% if he was lucky. I’m guessing with the small amounts he’s working with that he got 10%, if it was a little sweet still.

[@wolfkid13011992]

@@sheerfishin5729 that drink ot will give you headaches and hangover pretty bad,but with a proper drink prepared you will not have such problems.

[@Mehrzul]

Hello, i had 2 questions. Do you do anything after the fermentation? Did you use bakers yeast? Because that is what i heard ,but i was not sure.

[@kshitijlonare9523]

Sir is air lock must?? And if it is must how can we make it or purchase it ??

[@TheDaaruTV]

Yes

[@hamtaru]

u can find it on amazon

[@ckcineflix6644]

what sanitiser liquid u use to sanitise the bottle ,link pls , awesome recipe ,thank u

[@TheDaaruTV]

Food grade sanitizer

[@sainathmaru]

What honey u used? Link please...

[@TheDaaruTV]

Use any organic honey ..

[@sainathmaru]

@@TheDaaruTV ok thanks

[@PankajGupta-sz8og]

Bhai itna easy...yarr

[@Dave_en]

Easy but requires patience. More you keep, better it tastes.

[@_bakihanma]

nasha hoga kya ?

[@johansantoso6826]

If I don't have the airlock, can I open the bottle every 24 hrs?

[@shapingahmed7182]

Yes...If you don't have an airlock, DO that. (The whole purpose of an airlock is to avoid air pressure from from building inside the bottle.) Hope this helps somebody ;)

[@johansantoso6826]

@@shapingahmed7182 thanks

[@Evaristo.Fernandes]

@@johansantoso6826 or else use a balloon and poke a hole or two in it it's works the same

[@SKhandleYT]

Can I cover it with a muslin cloth?

[@Evaristo.Fernandes]

@@SKhandleYT yes you can in olden days they used to use silk ot cotton but better results if you put an airlock or else a balloon and poke it with holes for an airlock substitute

[@leninjohn1981]

Is sanitizing a must?

[@Dave_en]

Yes, else unwanted bacteria would spoil the mead even before it's ready. Just like making pickles, bottles need mandatory sanitizing/sterilizing.

[@D33Lux]

Yes, or else you will get sour wine like vinegar.

[@jennifersequeira1651]

@@Dave_en can I sterilize the bottle by boiling it in hot water?

[@Dave_en]

@@jennifersequeira1651 yes, it would be better. But you can also keep it in the sun for few hours after washing it with warm water and mild soap.

[@jennifersequeira1651]

@@Dave_en Thank you

[@dhyeypatel5537]

Hello Ratan, I tried this and the mead is murky/turbid... Also, the dead yeast hasn't settled down. Please give a solution... P.s: I used a regular plastic bottle and not a glass one

[@shuvradeeplahiri5776]

Distillation. Boil the drink . And then condense it to extract the alcohol from the yeast.

[@vaibhavsolanki4065]

Till how long we can store this in bottle?

[@TheDaaruTV]

Around 6 months

[@Dave_en]

If you do not open the bottle it will stay good for 2-3 years. Generally it won't last more than 2-3 months as you would gulp it down soon.

[@D33Lux]

@@Dave_en LOL, I will drink it in one day.

[@Dave_en]

@@D33Lux I know we can gulp down all the bottle but it needs some time to remove off flavours and mature. It's your mead, drink it as you want. I do not drink more than 750ml @ 12-14% ABV. Too much of anything is bad and I don't drink for the sake of showing how big drinker I'm. I just enjoy the process.

[@BhavinKavaiya]

Very nice and simply recipe of Mead! 👍👌👌 Can you please tell me how we sanitize the glass bottle? Which liquid do you used and water required? Please reply. Thanks.

[@TheDaaruTV]

Use a food grade sanitizer

[@BhavinKavaiya]

@@TheDaaruTV Thanks a lot!

[@priyankamanohar9161]

Can you please provide a link to buy the food grade sanitizer

[@7th_gear940]

removing the yeast from the drink.... After that also the alcohol % gets increase.?

[@TheDaaruTV]

No it doesn’t

[@7th_gear940]

@@TheDaaruTV ok bri

[@Dave_en]

You need to remove the yeast or your stomach may hurt next morning along with diarrhea. Also yeasty drink tastes worst. So let the yeasts settle down before drinking. Rack 2-3 times till the beverage gets clear like glass. Keep it for atleast 3 months if you want to enjoy the taste of your own homemade mead.

[@skrillztheentourage]

2:01 dudes water pouring is next level 😳

[@harshmehta9952]

Sir if we don't have air lock?

[@TheDaaruTV]

Air lock is needed. I tried it without the airlock it didn come out good as you have to open the bottle every 24hrs to release the pressure or else the bottle might explode

[@baljeetsinghgill9695]

Brother there are too many ideas to made homemade air lock.....check on KZbin....its too simple to prepare

[@Dave_en]

Just put a plastic sheet over the mouth of bottle and tie it using rubber band. That way it won't explode but still release the gas inside.

[@D33Lux]

@@Dave_en Do you have to poke a hole i n the plastic?

[@Dave_en]

@@D33Lux not needed actually. The air leaks from it due to some pressure. Don't tie it so hard that the plastic sheets explode at some point. It worked for me when I didn't have an airlock.

[@VishalSingh-dw3jo]

Where are the gravity readings bro?

[@jatinchuglani]

Can you let me know which sanitizer are you using ?

[@theastronomer5800]

He didn't seem to mention, but Starsan is very popular and easy to use. I use Pink Chlorinated Cleaner, it's a powder that you dissolve in water, clean things with it and then rinse in warm water and then cold.

[@malikshyteel3671]

Hi.how much alchool?

[@TheDaaruTV]

Around 12%

[@wolfkid13011992]

@@TheDaaruTV i don't think so,only if you have a super sweet honey with more sugar,in 30 days you can make maybe 6,3% and you interuppted the fermentacion process when you switch the bottels,a good mead it has to stay minimum 2 months until fermentation stops and another 1 month to chill.What you have there is just water with honey and some alcohol, like a soft beer.

[@nabilmostofa6137]

Can I use plastic bottle?

[@TheDaaruTV]

Yes

[@Dave_en]

Avoid plastic, use glass. I'm telling you from my long experience. Plastic makes bad taste.

[@sathyasharvan]

Wow mead!! U can't see much in india

[@Dave_en]

Only one company in Maharashtra called moonshine meadery. But they won't give strong mead as per our requirement and price is high. You can make it at very cheap rate at home. Say 100 rupees a litre if not more

[@7th_gear940]

If we are not using air lock Every 24 hr we should release the pressure..... Will this process affect the taste of the drink.? Bro....?

[@TheDaaruTV]

Yes it will effect the final product

[@7th_gear940]

@@TheDaaruTV ok bro

[@Dave_en]

I would recommend stirring it daily for few minutes. That way bad flavours would go away leaving you with best mead.

[@manikandan-se2si]

Are you sure.its have 10%Alchol

[@mritunjaynatani7679]

Bro thanks Parents will not no what we are drinking at home

[@tanixbd2187]

I am thinking the same 😂😂

[@Dave_en]

If any of your parents have science background especially biology or knows what yeasts are used for, pretty sure they would catch you. I have made plenty of mead variants but still I hide the jars in carton and tuck away into secured place so that my mom doesn't find out. Luckily I don't live in my hometown and mom visits me once a year.

[@D33Lux]

"Mom, I'm just drinking apple juice" (Drinks out of jug like a pirate)

[@Dave_en]

@@D33Lux if it's apple juice then she would like to have it too. In that process you would get caught. Moms are old generations but not fools.

[@dv9239]

You can tell them it is ayurvedic drink since it has honey lol

[@Jd-bu1cv]

I’m so sad mine molded

[@rachidbelfakih4732]

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[@ransomburroughs5262]

The Ginger Beer turned out superb

[@TheDaaruTV]

That’s awesome 🍻

[@nabilmostofa6137]

I also follow your recipe. But its taste sour ! Why ?

[@amyfrezgy4198]

I think the yeast have to be a small amount if I m not wrong. Your sour honey wine can be used to replace the yeast, it will work fine. You can use one full glass. This drink is very common in Ethiopia & Eritrea. We use yeast only for starter if we don’t have honey wine already made @home. once we make 1st batch, we no longer use yeast instead we keep using from 1st batch & so on…