Mead Making: The First 72 Hours

Today we are talking about the importance of the first 72 hours of mead making. Check out my notes above to follow along or just read yourself. Make sure you have a hydrometer, yeast nutrients and energizers and some patience! Consistent mead making takes a little time and some effort.

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[Wulfjager]

Just a heads up to anyone doing the staggered nutrient schedule. I just added a small amount of diammonium phosphate to my mead at the 24 hour mark and had a coke and mentos situation. I didn't degas my mead prior to doing it and it foamed up a storm and made a disaster out of my kitchen. Make sure to dissolve the yeast nutrient in a tiny amount of sterile water before adding it

[adventuresofziggydude]

Heya MMM! I have been watching your videos for some time now prior to brewing my first mead! I am about 12 hours underway now and am super excited to see my bubbles. I've always wanted to brew mead but never had the space for it until recently. I'm excited to get going and try different things. I don't think I could have done it without your channel and your guides / 101 classes. Thanks a lot for helping a dream come true!

[ohfanboy]

Thanks so much for this video. I’m just doing some small 1/2 gallon blackberry + rosehip and cinnamon honey mead and it’s fermenting decently. It’s nice to learn more and do better for next time

[brocknspectre]

I just painted the ceiling with a carboy of mead and a degassing wand. So maybe I have more to learn about aeration....

[buzzboop]

This is great! This is very educational, I have learned so much from your channel. This is very true. While you can chuck every thing in and let the yeast burn through the honey, it will make boozy rocket fuel Mead which needs three years to age. Taking care of the fermentation for the first few days will improve its flavors and allow the honey to come forward. This shortens the amount of time from pitch to bottle and then to drink. I have definately made my share of rocket fuel. Great stuff man!

[kaseyhanus]

So helpful. You answered ALL my questions!! Great teacher 🙌🏻

[josefogarciaperez]

after watching your videos . last night finally did my first Mead Ever , wish me luck 😁

[Funpants]

I'd be interested to see if there's anything you'd change or add to this video 3 years later. Like a 2.0 video.

[dubbel]

Learned a lot by your videos thanks for that. Started my first 3 gallon batch. didn't started with wyeast sweet so repitcht with lalvind47 after 72 hours. I only have fermaidK available as nutrients and added some raisins. Started with sg 1.114, day 3 it is at 1.090. added 1/4 tbs (1 gram) fermaidK at the beginning and a the third day. Plan is to add a little less on the 1/3 break. I only use fermaidK and read different stuff around the internet. read someone even suggest that when u dont use DAP with Fermaid K, he recommended to triple the amount when only using Fermaid K. What should do? Stick to plan or add more fermaidK? First timer bit unsure. 😁

[erathor]

I remember City Steading made a nice video on nutrients and raisins

[charlessiems]

What is a sugar break. I see in some recipes. Has to do with adding yeast.

[rav]

Can you reshare the notes here? Link isn't working

[BanditK]

I put yeast nutrient and sugar in before the yeast

[jamesthomas]

Also, do some KVIEK yeast videos. It's a good strong tolerant killer yeast but I have no real guidance in its usage.

[jamesthomas]

Question, do you add nutrients in your starter or is it best to do right before applying to the main must batch?

[jacobsussman]

Hi! Just started my first batch of mead. I tried to get your notes to follow along but it says the file wasn't found.

Would love to have the notes to make my mead better if you can fix it :)

[axelvanterheijden]

So i have a question. The yeast nutrient and starter you divide in 4 parts and stagger the adding over 4 moments like you expained. But do you use the first quart to add to the yeast to rehydrate /and/or make a starter with some of the wort? Or is that a seperate process and do you add the nutrient mix 4 times after adding the yeast. If that makes sense?

[Gs_Bees]

Question:
If your OG reading is 1.12 and has the possibility of 15-ish%, but your yeast maxes out at 14%, what happens to the yeast when fermentation stops? Doesn't this mean that your FG reading will be greater than 1.000, and therefore the mead would have a sugar content that hasn't been eaten up by the yeast? Would this make the mead taste sweeter? Would fermentation still need to be halted with white powders or pasteurization?

Thanks!

[redditama]

1.12–1.11 gave me 0.01.
I was trying to do some of the calculations here and make notes to follow along and to understand better but the calculations don't add up. Could you please help me further? I think i may be missing something

[xxAleksTxx]

How much yeast nutrients and energizer do i need for 1 gallon of mead? I understand that it's dependent on multiple factors, but is there a middle ground estimate for adding it all in at once?