making 15% ABV apple mead at home in just 9 days!

mead is wine made with honey instead of sugar! on today's episode of home winemaking basics, we're making APPLE MEAD! the easiest, yummiest fall drink with brewsy. brewsy is a home winemaking kit that turns ANY juice (or drink!) into 12-15% ABV wine, cider, or mead at home in just 7 days. get yours at GetBrewsy.com! #getbrewsy #brewsy #homemadewine #winemaker #winemaking #cider #hardcider #mead #meadmaking #honey #wine #winetasting #winelover #drinkrecipe #datenight #scienceexperiment #craftideas #girlsnight #doityourself #recipe #recipes #recipeideas #applemead #falldrinks #fall #fallinspiration

[@mattheetehanskyhighgroundl2800]

If you age that stuff for a month or so and let the honey and apple marry it’ll taste much smoother

[@Thkshomebrew]

Hydrometer has left the chat.

[@KINDERGARTEN-COP]

Hell I don't use mine anymore. I did when I 1st started. Now I don't care because I know it's gonna be dry as Fk lol

[@Thkshomebrew]

@@KINDERGARTEN-COP if you’re making a dry brew and don’t care to know your ABV then i suppose you wouldn’t need one. I usually always make sweet wine/mead so I religiously use mine to avoid bottle bombs.

[@someguyuknow214]

How would you know the abv without taking a hydrometer reading? Oh. You wouldn't. Cool.

[@wallyandjilly375]

@@someguyuknow214what’s abv

[@donakahorse]

how to make honey apple flavored laxative in 9 days...

[@DefaultDaddy731]

15% in 9 days? I just started and that seems like a stretch...

[@shakes1026]

Was just thinking that

[@brycemaskell4806]

Yea its probably like 5% tops

[@isaiahhiggins]

If its kept in a warm place or some kind of turbo yeast is used that's totally possible. Probably wont taste great at that point tho

[@Quinny1394]

I'm actually a homebrewer, I just had an 11% traditional mead ferment & clear out in 4. Yes I use a hydrometer they're like $10 Also bulk aging is good and you don't have to rush to rack or bottle, leave it sit for a while, you'll thank me.

[@DefaultDaddy731]

@@Quinny1394 Refer to the previous comment even if it did ferment that fast. It probably taste like jet fuel Mr. Expert.

[@jeffberridge176]

I’m sorry but nine days? Assuming the fermentation is even finished, wouldn’t you prefer a nice clear beverage?

[@nelkam5543]

Different strokes for different folks I guess

[@magacop5180]

@@nelkam5543 uninformed strokes 😂

[@poopenvarten]

Does it become more clear over time?

[@jeffberridge176]

@@poopenvarten Yep. Once you transfer it off the lease into a new, clean vessel, it will degas and any sediment will sink to the bottom, all while the flavours mature.

[@cjmortemore329]

@@jeffberridge176 how long start to finish would you give it?

[@mikemadonia2272]

I taste lies. 9 days? Your drinking the live yeast.

[@trevg111]

Please stop lieing to people, if you bothered to pull a gravity reading tour sugar content probably isnt even high enough to pull 15% and if it is it didnt hapeen that fast.

[@VeljkoJevtic]

i mean it would almost be possible if they used turbo yeast

[@Shaker1000]

The fact its was atill foggy you didnt give the fermentation process long enough time. Fermentaion takes much longer than 6 days. Much longer.

[@obsessive8332]

I hope the company doesn't tell her to wait 9 days...

[@masonmax1000]

@@WINT3R_94 then they are a BS company. selling a gimmick.

[@allentrobaugh]

You can do that with any juice sugar and bakers yeast same thing and only the price of juice sugar and about 1$ for yeast and wait a week

[@_EatShit_]

No it doesn't do the "same" thing.... Yeast specifically made for making alcohol raises abv by quite a bit.. believe me I've used just regular yeast plenty of times but it doesn't do the "same" thing as you suggested.

[@Bootyriphic]

Yeah but bakers yeast makes most home brews taste like how pennys smell in a sweaty hand

[@knightpyro]

​@@Bootyriphicwow that is so specific 😂😂

[@knightpyro]

​@@Bootyriphicthat comment made me laugh

[@alexdelapena4872]

How do you know the alcohol % if you don’t have a hydrometer ?

[@ryanblais6208]

I’m making this with honey 🍯 and maple 🍁 syrup, but going to let it ferment and age for at least a month.

[@carsonlohr2781]

and rack it a few times as well

[@ryanblais6208]

@@carsonlohr2781 yep, it turned out pretty well. Honey 🍯 wine is a good wine to start with.

[@carsonlohr2781]

@@ryanblais6208 literally just finished 5 mins ago moving a big batch of actual wine into a 6 gallon carboy for second fermentation👍

[@ryanblais6208]

@@carsonlohr2781 Nice 👍 I have a few gallon carboys of various fruit wines that I need to bottle, just slowly emptying the bottles I made this summer

[@Andy32410]

I love how (at the time of this comment) there's 1.2k likes on the video but everyone in the comments are calling her out for not waiting long enough.

[@MrWorstNews]

How did you calculate your abv?

[@num9908]

Might want to let your mix cool before adding the yeast unless you want all your yeast to die.

[@cable5653]

Every mead makers nightmare

[@Bugsie2020]

Cold crashing doesn’t kill yeast

[@ilovemywife2685]

NO WAY 15 percent abv in 9 days.

[@flum4us]

i love when my honey just says "pure" on it HAHAH then you KNOOWWWW its the good stuff

[@mattscorpio_official]

Yeast can still be active even if you put it in the fridge :o Looks to me like you are drinking alive yeast, and without a hydrometer.. how would you know it’s 15 %? I’m sorry love, but this does not look nice. And I wouldn’t go as far as to call it a good mead.

[@comradekitten9883]

Nine days? I just got into fermenting, making orange mead right now, I'm on day 6 and it's still bubbling. I don't think I'm gonna call it 'finished' at nine.

[@DavidPT40]

Citrus is notoriously hard to ferment. Maybe that's why yours is coming along slower.

[@dj3y3]

That’s because mine days isn’t remotely long enough for fermentation to finish. Primary should take a few weeks, depending on the yeast. And this video doesn’t even mention racking into secondary for aging or backsweetening or anything like that.

[@scubastevedan]

How much vodka did you have to add to get the ABV to %15 in just 9 days?

[@toddb6576]

Bonus. You will also shit out a bread loaf the next day.

[@johnodom-wf8km]

How did you get the settlement separated

[@elimogenson3316]

Simply by putting it in the fridge most of the stuff falls out of suspension.

[@seanlydon972]

Putting it in the fridge isn't necessary, the sediment at the bottom will appear whether you put it in the fridge or not because the yeast multiply and die as they ferment. This causes them to fall to the bottom. To clear it you can cold crash for a couple of days, but to really clear it up, I'd recommend a fining agent like sparkeloid.

[@masonmax1000]

@@seanlydon972 time also clears things up...

[@jaybiker95]

9 days? Those yeast on steroids or something. Shit let it sit for 10 days at least. Also there enough sugar in the apple juice along with the honey to make 2 gallons of mead. That’s one sweet brew.

[@NoldorinPrince]

It's not very clear ..

[@BaseballNBacon]

Hazy cider is an actual thing. I've been making hard cider for years (although not in just 9 days 👀) and def prefer a hazy cider over a "clear" cider. Not everyone is the same.

[@falldmg6306]

15% in 9 days 😂

[@ichaboi6643]

It’s cloudy so you racked too early

[@royalwayne7244]

No for mead u need At least 3 weeks for a high alcohol 😂

[@Jaguar-lr7jq]

How do you make only 5 to 6 percent alcohol?

[@marektakac9653]

less sugary base or a lower tolerance yeast is an option. edit: if the alcohol content gets too high the yeast dies, if they run out of sugar they stop producing alcohol.

[@Exeggutive]

Just follow this video, since in 9 days there’s no way in hell it’s 15%. Would be a stretch to even say it reached 5%

[@BLUNTED331]

15% after 9 days? 😂😂 you barley even half way through the fermentation process by that point

[@NickBEADG]

Cyser.... You made cyser. I'm really starting to dislike this channel so much bad info

[@dj3y3]

Man Made Mead and Doin The Most are much better. They actually know what they’re doing.

[@TheSatisfiedPig]

A cyser is a type of mead, though.

[@ajhandsome01]

lol the algorithm do shown me so much, gotta rack it into a second container and let that mf age a lil bit, still prob gets you right tho

[@MrMittens1974]

The tik tok ADHD generation. You too can drink yeast water in a few days!

[@007Nameless]

Plugging in her product and lying

[@jeremy-ez6nd]

at 9 days your drinking mostly yeast 🤢🤭 let it clear for a month or 2 and rack away from the lees that fall to the bottom... nobody will like it at only 9days old-- wine takes time

[@alexandrafokine3227]

I find your lack of sanitation disturbing 😅

[@SAWTHISRIGHT]

Yeah all you guys telling her to wait I got news for you you're in the wrong channel 😂

[@kellybrown7658]

Ummm. No

[@AD-ll4iz]

gonna start making my own alch lmao

[@devalonian]

good idea! this creator is a bit misleading though.

[@dj3y3]

Check out better content creators who actually know what they’re doing. Man Made Mead and Doin The Most are both really good

[@masonmax1000]

@@dj3y3 City Steading Brews is also a good one.

[@dj3y3]

@@masonmax1000 I wouldn’t recommend CSB. I’ve watched a good amount of their content, and myself and others have concluded that there’s a lot of misinformation there that can result in brews that don’t come out right. For example, the whole rough racking thing was oxidizing the brew, which completely fouls it. They’ve improved somewhat, but there’s still a lot there that I would recommend a beginner to avoid doing. Plus, it isn’t a good look when you have to remove content for being misinformed and also possibly very dangerous. Remember flavor carpet?

[@kenadair20]

Ooof

[@Barbrady007]

Find another person to make your videos. 😂😂😭😭😭

[@briannedillon4810]

𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓶 😇

[@KingSkrap]

Wait you just dump the fuckin yeast in? No rehydrating?

[@daddyofalltrades]

*No hydrometer was harmed in the making of this video

[@daddyofalltrades]

Drinking this concoction would give all kinds of gastrointestinal issues