How to make a simple homebrew mead

Hello YouTube

There are many mead recipes but at its heart all you need is honey, water and yeast and within a few weeks you'll have made mead

The honey to water ratio will determine the ABV but generally its 3lbs (1.36kg) per gallon (4.5l) for a mead of around 14%

You don't need much equipment and its relatively cheap to start brewing I used the glass bottle I bought some cider in with a rubber bung and airlock;

Please note this is an affiliate link and as an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying purchases on this link but you will not be charged any extra, I have not been paid to review this product

I'd love to hear what you guys thought so please leave a comment or a thumbs up and if you liked and maybe you'd consider subscribing

I also post on these platforms;

I hope you enjoyed watching, thank you!

Take care

Roo

#homebrew #mead #homebrewing

[kevindouglas]

Thanks for the quick video. Most people drag this out for half an hour...

[thekevstertv]

Happy to see a video that shows how easy it is to make mead. It's hard to show how easy the process is to others when every other videos is 30 min+

[kiritsakis]

I stumbled upon this video again and I'm so happy 😊
In these couple of years, i have a lot of brews under my belt (mostly beers).
I still love this, the simplecity of it and how easily you can add amything to your liking to it.

[bailey]

This, this is what ive been looking for . A quick simple to the point British video using things i van buy from Wilko's, may amoe some this weekend and hope its drinkable for a festival mid August

[Pooter-ityg]

Just doing my Christmas batch now so I thought I'd add some details.
Before starting use a very dilute solution of ChemSan to sterilise the demijohn and all implements you'll be using. Just fill up, whirl round and chuck out - you don't need to rinse afterwards. This is to prevent contamination. Fill the airlock with ChemSan solution as well. All kinds of funny little things can take an interest in fermentation and none of them can make it past sanitiser.
After full fermentation (which can take up to 6-8 weeks) the yeast will have eaten all the sugar, sweated out as much alcohol as possible and farted off a lot of CO2 leaving you with a totally dry mead. Interestingly the honey flavour and the sweetness are separate taste components. If you want to sweeten it there are a lot of considerations and possibilities. Most important thing to appreciate is that even if carefully siphoned off (racked) there will still be some yeast in solution and adding sugar to it will restart fermentation under the right conditions. You absolutely don't want this in sealed bottles because the CO2 will accumulate and explode the bottles.
The simplest and safest thing to do is to add stabiliser for a couple of days once you're reasonably sure fermentation has stopped then siphon into bottles and keep them in the fridge to be sure fermentation doesn't restart. To sweeten, simply stir a teaspoon or two of sugar into each glass when serving.
This is probably enough for a no nonsense approach but..
Tip 1. Add a cup of cold black tea to the water at the start to add tannins.
Tip 2. Demijohns can be a pain to clean. Another option is to use a food fermentation jar with a wide neck - eg Kilner. Not only easier to clean but easier to get all the stuff in and you can use a whisk to mix and oxygenate instead of shaking.
Tip 3. Mark the bottle with the date you started the ball rolling - easy to forget which is which and you can't tell by the bubbles.
Tip 4. If you want to be precise about the alcohol content (all being well) and more importantly be sure that fermentation has completed, you'll need to use a hydrometer. Separate discussions there though.

[shovelhead]

you can use a piece of paper as a funnel for the yeast, Thank you for the how-to, Roo. Stay safe and stay warm

[fawkyou]

you have no Idea how long it took to find a video that doesnt use gallons and pounds and american bullshit I needed to translate, fucking lifesaver mate

[paulhadfield]

perfect video, this is how all homebrew vids should be, cheers,

[scottwilkins]

I put some rosemary in along with everything, really special.

[nwprigo]

Amazing guide, nice and simple. I'm gonna start making mead soon thanks for sharing brother

[vipervidsgamingplus]

I decided to make mead for myself because I didn't want to pay the high price for it from a shop and I am so far pleased with the process.

[RSSquid]

Using glass 2 litre cider bottles!
Honestly the thought never even crossed my mind, I feel daft now that I never put two and two together! We used to have loads of demijohns but my dad gave 'em away when I was a kid!
Thanks, I'm amazed I spent as long as I did wondering where to get the bottles!

[Summervaycay]

Literally off to the shops to get the stuff. Cheers for this amazing.

[janstewart]

You can make the juice into wine first before you use it for mead. The apple juice is a kit in itself just add the honey or sugar and yeast

[davidlees]

Great instructional video and great money-saving tips too. Thanks.

[Kirusion]

I have got 4 of those cider bottle from Xmas gifts, I'll be getting my stuff from Wilko tomorrow, this is exactly how I'll be doing it, can't wait to get started

[DXmYb]

Love your videos, no messing about.

I've just followed your simple apple juice coder recipe. I'll be making the mead next!

[patrickmaguire]

Great video thank you very to the point

[MichaelR]

Roo, very cool, thanks for sharing, stay safe, God bless !

[skelter]

Great Video!
I'm going to do this over the weekend.