Mead Making School [ 101 - 501 ]

Welcome to Mead Making School! This is a compilation of all 5 of my videos on mead making from my "Mead Making 101 - Mead Making 501" series. You can find the notes below that I am referencing. You can also find a lot of links to equipment and things below if you are interested in getting started!
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0:00 Intro
0:15 Mead Making 101
9:07 Mead Making 201
20:15 Mead Making 301
35:35 Mead Making 401
1:00:11 Mead Making 501

[@marybois-byrne6729]

Would you please make a video on "Mead Math"? I think that it would be helpful to many of us. Examples: how to calculate ABV, how to calculate how much honey or other sweetener to arrive at the desired ABV from a low O.S.G., etc. It would be good to see examples written out on screen and hear you explain. Thank you!

[@domors89]

I can see Storm joining this video!

[@sheldonnicholl3599]

I only got back into mead making a few months ago after about a dozen year hiatus. I watched this series (more or less) as it came out. However, it is convenient that you put them all together like this. You are one of my top mead channels, maybe even the very top. Keep up the good content!

[@domors89]

Thanks for putting this together! Engagement for the algorithm🎉

[@KD9ZHF]

School, mead, and laundry.

[@MichaelDuncan-ou1jt]

First time to your site. Great info. I’m a beekeeper and ready to try my first try at mead.

[@Dynamo55b]

You going to make it so cheaply

[@Famine_52]

Going to start my first mead in afew weeks. Thanks for all the information and I hope this goes well.

[@ManMadeMead]

Best of luck!

[@Famine_52]

@ManMadeMead thank you. Arming myself with knowledge so things should go well but things can still happen.

[@josephmeyer756]

Great video!

[@siddhantmohite8728]

Thanks for the Great Explanation..🍷

[@domors89]

Regarding stabilising without sorbate/sulphite combo, I've started using Delle units recently. Only really useful for high abv and residual sugar but I like it for my 'big' meads. I still use sulphites for preservation at 25pp.

[@jeremyshearer]

So much great information here. I have three meads going and each one is different flavor

[@TigerPat_9180]

Really Enjoyed Your Video , Thanks ! 🐯🤠

[@FrontlineStrengthTraining]

I think a video that I would really benefit from of a beginners video on any and all terms that a new brewer might run into. Things like YAN, session mead, and TONSA. I’m still learning and I keep having to Google individual terms.

[@marcwaters3478]

THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING! Thank you so much for these. Quick question... in 401, you have a bluish mead in the glass carboy on the upper shelf. What is that? Do I want to make it?

[@sirkrow7118]

If I had to guess I would say a blue fruit like blueberries or even blackberries or a mix.

[@mikemccright7418]

What is the difference between a long mead and a great mead?

[@PatrickBuckles]

first! love the content and tonight's live was great

[@anglo-saxon9182]

The issues with all mine always come out a little vinegary to much oxidation when racking and splashing

[@Dynamo55b]

This is amazing… I just binged the whole video and took handwritten notes 🗒️… thank you so much for your efforts? Liked and Subscribed

[@ManMadeMead]

Happy to share!

[@Skarrald]

what if you age in food approved plastic? Wouldnt that be good enough ?

[@Stewbphoto]

I would say if you are familiar with brewing anything like beer or wine and you need to keep your original gravity below 1.090

[@ManMadeMead]

You need both to stabilize properly!

[@brendanmahner3854]

Why does my traditional mead smell kind of like kombucha/vingary after primary fermentation it’s not overpowering but it’s there. I tasted it and it tastes like honey and it’s sweet so, I just don’t understand why it smells like vinegar/kombucha. Will the smell go away when it clears?

[@ManMadeMead]

It sounds like you had a faulty fermentation or a bad bacteria… unfortunately there isn’t much fix for a vinegar issue

[@GrimShad0w]

so im looking to make my very first batch of mead, when i add the fruit this is before the bottling process correct?

[@ManMadeMead]

You’ll want to add your fruit at the beginning of fermentation or after the bulk of fermentation has completed. You’ll definitely not want to try to bottle it with fruit in it still.

[@GrimShad0w]

@@ManMadeMead thank you sir i just wanted some clarification on that

[@jnchoate]

Just pitched the yeast in my second-ever batch. I’m making a cyser with apple cider and honey. My initial specific gravity reading was 1.136 yielding a potential ABV of 17.85%. I need a sanity check. Does that reading sound crazy?

[@ManMadeMead]

It really just depends on how much honey you added!

[@mybearisdead]

​@@ManMadeMeadAt that potential ABV, would it also depend on the specific ABV tolerance of whatever yeast they used?

[@anglo-saxon9182]

I would age that for at least a year or two mate

[@TheOriginalDroid]

The honey I buy at a local place, 2 lbs gallon carboy, generally reads at 1.125. Just finished one, really tasty

[@WskyHustle]

So what happens if I accidentally had overflow on day 1 and 2? Am I screwed or should I be okay? It's day 7 and I still see some bubbles, just no "floating colony"

[@ManMadeMead]

You should be fine!

[@WskyHustle]

@@ManMadeMead thanks! I was sweating it just a bit. 😅 Love the content, excited for my first mead! Been binging all your videos for info! (especially the 101-501x think I've watched it 4 tines 😂)

[@kgthompson5814]

​@WskyHustle how did your mead turn out?

[@kleverich2000]

Hey, I have a recipe I've been putting together. Can I get your input on it?

[@ManMadeMead]

For sure!

[@merrittmcdowell8675]

What if you don't want to use modern way to produce mead. I watched a video where he added no yeast. Just left the mix out for a few days to gather natural yeast and he added a few raisins meadow sweet and dandelion leaves and achieved a 9% when it fell flat. I prefer to do things in the most primitive ways. Is this not a good way to go?

[@ManMadeMead]

You're welcome to brew how you want! The stuff I teach leads to repeatable brews. Unfortunately, wild yeast aren't very predictable or repeatable unless you harvest them

[@merrittmcdowell8675]

@@ManMadeMead sounds good. I am still in the research stage and just want to be safe. With regards to repeatable I'm not so concerned with that. I like to experience things our ancestors did and how they did. So consistency was no such thing back then haha. Maybe i will learn both ways it dont hurt and thats what intrigues me. Is there is no right or wrong way and if you mess up keep a mental note and move on. Learn learn learn!

[@boycefenn]

A lot of the time back in the day they would keep the sediment from beers or ales and use that to kickstart wine or mead brews. You could do some small ale brews to try and capture some wild yeast then use that to start your mead. You could even make a sourdough starter with wild yeast then try using that. Consistency is achievable I think and it was important to ancient people as well they had traditions that helped their brews succeed they just didn't have the scientific understanding to get to nearly 100% All in all it sounds very doable. I wouldn't want to do it because it's too much work. but it's a fun concept.

[@Tigerssnakes]

Ok this did not help me at all i want to know what yeast do i use to make cherry mead

[@ManMadeMead]

Lalvin QA23 or Red Star Cotes Des Blanc in my opinion

[@Tigerssnakes]

@@ManMadeMead ok how do I figure out how much hazelnut I'll need

[@Tigerssnakes]

@@ManMadeMead I'm a paramedic lol mead is a new hobby in South Africa there is little to no one I can ask so it's a trial and error way of learning for me . I'm excited and really confused about the yeast food and balancing thing

[@ManMadeMead]

@@TigerssnakesI haven’t used that before but I would try adding a small amount and then add more of your flavor to the taste you want!

[@teridacktaljones4553]

🦝