Mead With No Mixing - Bad Idea? - Let''s Make Honey Wine!

Mead With No Mixing - This Could Be a BAD idea! Step Feed Dump Mead or Honey Wine. The mead made without mixing anything. No stirring, no melting, no heating. Just dumped in the honey and other ingredients and left it. Let's see how this mead works with no mixing.
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2 Teaspoons Lime Zest (we used our dehydrated Rangpur Lime, you can use any citrus zest you wish)
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1 Gallon Water
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[@CitySteadingBrews]

As always, check back in a few days for the second part of the Step Feed Dump Mead, where we finish it, and give a taste test!

[@Winterborn5]

Hi guys. I'm the guy who had that crazy high OG mead last month. Started at 1.180. Just wanted to give you an update. It has been a little over a month and it finally finished fermenting. I just racked it yesterday and it is at 1.090 gravity. It is super sweet (but I like that anyway) and very strong alcohol. I tossed in a little bit of allspice and a cinnamon stick to give it some spice to balance the sweet. I plan to give that about a week and then I'll be back with the final result of taste. Thanks for the tips on how to save this batch. it helped a lot.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

@@noramitchell9327 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnizZqx7fNmJh9E

[@waryrpryncs]

I love how Brian is struggling NOT to stir! Great experiment!

[@goncalosousa7137]

Dr Ian Malcolm Says yes! :D

[@RayMaster_901]

I looove Derica's hair, It's so long! She just rocks it confidently.

[@_M_a_r_t_i_n_M]

FYI, from a now fairly damn experienced make/distiller. He used the Lalvin EC-1118 only because it is such a damn rugged, robust yeast. It is likely the only (fermentation usable) yeast, save for maybe standard bread yeast, that can survive the stresses that he, intentionally, put the yeast up to.

[@RobertJeffersonBased]

Last time, and the first time, I did mead I carefully mixed in the honey. What happened as a result is that the yeast went crazy and exploded sticky stuff out of the vapor lock everywhere. I just put the honey in and didn't mix this time, it's fine! Bubbling away slow, it's only day one yet, just getting going.

[@thebytespider]

Derica's reaction to Brian in the first minute is brilliant.

[@randomlife718]

I love watching her reactions and wondering whatvshe is thinking while he is talking.

[@ChristnThms]

I haven't been bothering to stir for a couple years now. The one concession to that is adding water to the honey bottle and shaking it to get a clean rinse. I'll quite happily leave a full 3lbs sitting on the bottom of the vessel, and in a few days it will all be gone. I mostly use 71b and 1118c for yeast, and those seem willing to start up with just about anything.

[@peterwilber9610]

Rhino farts happen when improper aeration. I tend to air on the side of mix it more. 42=damuch=answer to everything. My capscimel finished up at 15% and is probably the best thing I've brewed. Thank you for the awesome recipe

[@jacobelder3314]

The answer to life, the universe, and everything....

[@kellywest5025]

Look at you wild children just winging it! I could tell it was hard for Bri not to stir. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

[@CaioKaos]

I love this crazy experiments, it satiates our curiosity for the "what ifs" :)

[@knottyneedle]

Can't wait to see the results. Of course, I was thinking of you guys yesterday as I was making about my 3rd batch of strawberry jam, with 2 more to go. And now there is a batch of Strawberry Jam Wine in my closet fermenting!

[@wesp3779]

Hey Brian if you want to see something cool put your yeast in and then drizzle honey in and as the honey hits the water it starts dragging all of the yeast layer down with itself and down to the bottom goes the yeast it’s pretty fun

[@ghetorange9604]

I love the humor!

[@micahestep7679]

Love the high pour.

[@PhyleXTension82]

So the meaning of life is a handful of raisins? 🤣😂

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Perhaps? I never considered it that way, lol.

[@ghoppr71]

Stopping by to say hi... Looking forward to pt 2.

[@rbhhaner6151]

Loved this episode.. All her facial expressions were just funny with your silly antics.. Great episode.

[@etceteraleatherworks1103]

As I was chuckling to myself about Derica's look of concern, you mentioned wondering about her expression! Great minds, and all that, I suppose.

[@micahestep7679]

Much love to you both.

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

Raisins are for flavour. As such they are part of my circle of mead friends. Love this experiment. I’ve been considering doing this but haven’t gotten around to doing it.

[@aqhan]

Very nice experiment. Can't wait for other parts!

[@the_whiskeyshaman]

Took me a while to find this one. Now to the new video

[@ogasnor]

"The raisins have plumped back up a bit..." Or as I like to call them: Grape Zombies!

[@silvestrass]

I think if you don't mix it the mead kind of automatically becomes step feed. The honey dissolves gradually and yeast can't get to all of it at once.

[@DocBrew69]

Intriguing.

[@canadianbench2554]

When I read the title on the picture, I thought this was going to be about when a mead go's bad and you should dump or save. Imagine my happy surprise when it was about testing other ways of getting the brew started.

[@elricthebald870]

Phew. For a moment I was afraid you were going to commit the unforgivable sin and dump your mead. Looking forward to how it turns out.

[@yourmetalgod69]

FUN!

[@gumsloughmead2881]

Freaking Great.... Love to see this.... Thanks...

[@christophermorrow5995]

Hey there folks, I have a great idea for a video! It could work for both channels too!! How about a vinegar how to!! You could disguise it as a regular wine or mead(??) how to and maybe sabotage the batch? Idk just a thought.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Well... we plant to do vinegar, but that's not really how it's done. We won't sabotage a brew, since there's no guarantee it will make usable vinegar and not just get some other infection. However, we will do a vinegar video, and it will likely be on the other channel :)

[@mrfng5]

Oh Brian :D ever so funny. Stay like this forever.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I don't know how else to be... :) Thanks.

[@loganalvarez2985]

Hi yall, i cant wait to see how this turns out,i had a question about cleaning the narrow mouth fermenters, ive got a couple that still have crosiont stains on them and i cant find any tool to get in there and scrub, do yall have that issue and if so what do yall use?

[@alexlarsen6413]

Raisins make almost every mead better. Besides, the yeast loves them! They are literally dried grapes, lol!! It's beyond funny to me when I see some channels seemingly going out of their way NOT to use raisins...because they're not "proper nutrient". As if anyone in the last decade or so ever said they were. 😂

[@CitySteadingBrews]

So true!

[@brandonw2471]

I've done the "no mix" method with sugar wines and it just dissolves on its own eventually, although it seems like it's still more saturated with sugar on the bottom of the fermenter until you mix or swirl a little.

[@nicholaskarako5701]

This no mixing/ not shaking dump mead experiment would be moot if you'll lived in California or somewhere that has a lot of earth quacks instead of Florida.

[@DannyV1988]

Hi, New biggest fan of your channel XD. I'm going to start my first mead tomorrow. I have quiet a sore back and shaking the jar for O² seems quiet taxing. Could I use a mixer (sanitized!) and mix the water and honey, then add the yeast/flavors, then stur? I dont see why not, but I wanted your opinion on the matter :). Keep up the great work!

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Sure. You can use a mixer, sorry to hear about your back.

[@Cliff82]

I can see Dericka quietly freaking out over there. 😄 Hope I spelled your name right.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Close! Derica.

[@AlexandersAmazingApiaries]

I have a question about the 42 raisins but I don't know what it is, deep thought. Get it.. huh... nudge nudge...

[@CitySteadingBrews]

LOL, I get it.

[@daigledj]

My 2 issues are 1: the name, dump mead does.... not sound appealing. Maybe Lazy mead or something like that. 2: Id be worried about things floating getting moldy

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Noted.

[@glennlowder9654]

I made strawberry wine I caped the berry’s heated this to boiling over cooled it down put it in the carboy it’s doing great number two I didn’t bring to a boil it blow the air lock out some ingredients in both What did boiling do to make the difference.???

[@brokentablespodcast]

I been seeing a lot of people saying a traditional mead packed with Craisins has consistently made one of their favorites. Have you guys tried this yet?

[@davidhowell7279]

Read the package carefully. Some contain sucralose, an artificial sweetener, which isn't fermentable and has an off flavor.

[@LailokenScathach]

You're a mad man, will no one challenge your fiendish ways!?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Oh, stick around and read the comments... I'm sure someone will, lol.

[@trinityzaku]

Watching this makes me feel even worse that my first two attempts of mead making have failed in one way or another. Just finished assembling my third try so let's see what happens. I think if I fail again I'm gonna be over it.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

I'm so sorry you are having problems. What seems to be the issue? Perhaps we can help.

[@trinityzaku]

So my first batch set, because I did two different ones my first time, they both ended up with a weird black oily film on top that appeared to be mold. And ya I had prepped everything with star san. The second time, I only did one batch, and I could not get the yeast to do much of anything and I pitched new yeast two times in it and it finally started going but when it was all said and done it had a very off yeasty flavor like all the yeast that had gone it but didn't work just turned into flavorings.

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Sounds like you either used something with oil perhaps dried fruit and or you may have had a pH issue.

[@trinityzaku]

I used sun-maid raisins from a new container. As far as pH, I don't know. It wasn't something I was keeping track of.

[@jordanstamps5475]

Would 3 gallons of cyser leave to much head space in a 5 fermenting bucket with 71b?

[@izekhibbard9409]

Have you thought of making a ginger beer using a ginger bug?

[@elijahkaehler9369]

Have you guys ever made 2 different Brews and added them into 1 brew?? (I mentioned combining the lemon mead and ginger mead you guys made or would you just make 1 brew

[@thestarnerd7172]

I have a weird question what is the driest you have had a brew go?

[@martinvejrup3646]

1 question: Have you ever made a prune mead... Could it bee about the same as the raisin mead..?

[@theastronomer5800]

One of my friends actually made something with prunes (mead or cider) and said that it was the worth thing he ever made! But, that should not stop you from trying!

[@micahestep7679]

Poured tea anyone?

[@theidiotphilosopher13]

General question about my mead i started about 12 hours ago. Its pretty foamy and had to empty out my airlock, have i done something wrong?

[@thestarnerd7172]

So i had a mead stall but it was to a sweetness that i liked would it be safe to bottle or should i let it sit

[@garymcconnell1072]

Please make a liquorice methaglyn

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Doubtful. Neither of us like licorice.

[@sagerat8188]

Have you experimented with Kveik yeast?

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Not yet.

[@sagerat8188]

I know it's tranditionally a beer yeast, but I've heard some folks starting to use in ciders and meads. I think it would be interesting to do a 2 batches using something such as 71B and one using KVEIK and see what the differences in taste are during and aged. It is a warm loving extremely fast brewing yeast. @@CitySteadingBrews

[@matthewalton7721]

How do you spell "croisin" or whatever it is? I can't find a reference to it.

[@buffalojoe78]

Krausen

[@matthewalton7721]

@@buffalojoe78 Thanks!

[@OrKkTeKk]

I wanted to try it but I only have 41 raisins

[@CitySteadingBrews]

Guess you will have to save up!

[@OrKkTeKk]

@@CitySteadingBrews yeah, apparently someone hasn't seen the prices of raisins.

[@garyburch4816]

u diddnt THWACK the pack blasphlamos

[@ManMadeMead]

I did this test a few years ago and had some interesting results!

[@captnron740]

dropped you good people a like off

[@adambomb42x]

Your Sherlock Holmes shirts is a logical fallacy. How can you be sure that you have eliminated all possibilities? Sorry to go off topic. Back on topic, I really need to get a Little Big Mouth. Also, I really love seeing the tests.

[@DarciaSidTV]

"Not mixing". xD