SPICED MEAD - OAKED 6 MONTHS! CITYSTEADING Collab!

This is a collaboration video with the @City Steading Brews channel where I use their recipe for a Spiced Mead (Metheglin), then aged it on various types of wood for over 6 Months.

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City Steading Metheglin Recipe: 1 gallon
OG=1.137 FG=1.040 ABV=12.7%
3.5 pounds Honey – raw, unfiltered honey preferably
Strong Black Tea – brew 1 cup
30 chopped raisins
1tsp Orange Zest
6 Allspice berries
2 Cloves
1 stick of cinnamon
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1. Warm the honey in a hot water bath for 1 hour so it flows easier. Sanitize all equipment and add all the ingredients to your fermentation vessel. Top up with water, then shake well to completely dissolve the honey.
2. Check initial gravity with hydrometer. Seal fermenter with an airlock and store it in a dark place for at least 4 weeks, but you may need to wait longer to get a stable gravity reading.
3. Once the gravity reading is stable for at least 3 days, the mead is finished fermenting.
4. Siphon the mead to another sanitized fermenter, airlock it and allow it to clear for several weeks.

#CitySteading #AgedMead #Metheglin

[CitySteadingBrews]

Awesome video! We need to do another one!

[coryclark]

HAAAY-O ... Brian and Derica sent me ... stopped by to check out your channel ...

[papadunbar]

lol “gonna stick my wood in it” You know you can also stick your wood in cider. (Read it out loud) 😂

[Just_The_Average_Dude]

I have a "Joes Ancient Orange Spiced Mead" that I made in 2016. It has been sitting in my closet since. I didnt like it at all when it was first made. I forgot about it and tasted it again about 3 years later and it was much better. I just rearranged my closet yesterday and found this stuff again. May be time to try it again.

[Michael-fruw]

This is kinda awesome. because City steading got me into brewing. then I started watching bearded and bored/Still it so its cool that it all comes together with my influences!

[kevincrowley]

Thx bro, just tried the apple brandy and it came out awesome, love the videos

[bbrutality]

Collaboration was so epic! Thank you!!!

[Rubberduck-txbh]

I love crossover episodes! Like Magnum p.i. with Murder She Wrote and with Simon & Simon in the 80's!!!

[MMAJBowman]

I watch you both. Nice to see the colab. Awesome

[Backdaft]

2 of my 3 favorite channels, now to get the crazy kiwi involved. Seriously tho so awesome to see this and bonus points that it’s my favorite mead!! Awesome dude!

[honeylady]

Love your video! I watched the CS tasting video first, and it's so cool to see how it started!

[theintrovertedcalifornian]

I live here in california in central valley and i used 3 lbs of honey using your mead formula and after 3 months i let some people who work in the wine industry try some and they were amazed at the taste

[georgecolby]

Love both channels, this is *awesome*!

[mishellekochel]

Found you through CS Brews, my first watch w you. Great video. Look forward to future watches.

[snash]

Nice video, BTW you can use non-fortified nutritional yeast in place of yeast hulls, because its just dead yeast cells.

[StassBrewing]

Very cool! Seems like a very high FG. I've only done one mead (orange and cardamon) and I did the TOSNA staggered nutrient additions. I was very happy with the end result even if the cardamon was a little heavy-handed.

[the_whiskeyshaman]

I love city steading. They are super cool and knowledgeable.

[BEAVERDIY]

6 months that is crazy dedication, been waiting City Steading for many years glad you guys came together.

[FaewoodMead]

This was a great collab! I definitely need to play more with oak. :-p

[williambencher]

They actually got me to do my first brew