Joe's Ancient & Modern Orange Meads

Today we are making the December Monthly mead! You guys voted for it to be the Joe's Ancient Orange Mead so here we are. I wanted to put a slight twist on it so I am using a different kind of yeast for half the mead. I will be using the following ingredients:'

10.5 Pounds of Honey
3 Gallons of Water
Bread Yeast in one and Lalvin K1-V1116 in the other
3 Oranges
3 Cinnamon Sticks
3 Cloves
3 Pinches of Nutmeg
3 Handfuls of Raisins

I will be separating these meads into two different container and using different yeasts! I want to see how the mead would do if I used a yeast that was different than the original recipe. I'm curious to see what the end result is.

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[MaaZeus]

By switching the yeast you make the same mistake as many other new mead makers who want to make JAOM as their first mead but change the yeast into wine yeast because they heard mead is better with it. This throws the recipe out of balance because then the mead ferments dry and pith from the orange adds bitterness, the end result simply does not work that well. Fleichmanns bread yeast goes up to 8-10% (unless you babysit it with nutrients and aeoration and such, then it can go higher) leaving plenty of unfermented honey behind that makes the recipe balanced and good tasting (if you like sweet mead that is). IF you have to change the yeast for somehing else then use something with somewhat similar low abv tolerance. Simply don't let it go dry. If you do you then stabilizing and backsweetening is recommended.

[aquamooseful]

I understand sharing counter knowledge in the comments. I don't understand disliking the man's video. Any who, Thanks for your content!!!

[heavytrix]

Make sure to toss the referral links to the stuff in the video description also. Could help drive more traffic! Go back and edit your old video's with similar links also.

[homevalueglass]

Thanks for the video, it's almost as fun watching others make mead as doing it myself. I really want to do an orange cinnamon mead in the near future.

[pauldacus]

4:46 Stir the *WHAT* out of it?!?!? Haha, that is hilarious! I haven't heard that phrase in years!

[jsaucee]

thanks for another enjoyable video. Just a thing I find easier, spray you fruit or dunk in star san before cutting to kill any bacteria on the outside.

[dixiejubilee]

JAOM was my first mead, made exactly according to directions. Unfortunately showed some blue mold on the oranges that touched air but I kept it anyways. 6 months later it is delicious, if a bit overpowered on spices. I def plan on making more!

[anthonyarmstrong]

Hi there - glad to see you using scales! I made gap as my first mead - og 1.120 - used bread yeast and it fermented out to 12.1% avb. Cleared really well - very nice 'sipping' drink - really good flavour and warm, soothing to drink too. It was a 1 gallon batch but I intend to do a 3 gallon batch soon. May use a wine yeast next time though for extra strength. Hope it goes well !

[shadowxphoenix]

I am adding golden raisins tangerines and manuka honey

[TheRedneckGamer]

I have had that exact bread yeast in your hand go to 11 and 12% before. it all depends on the conditions you are brewing under.

[zachm]

It is a little unclear... How much bread yeast do we use per gallon? And what is the ingredient that you mention at 2:30? "Go firm protect" I cannot find on the internet... Also, how much of that do we use?

I am about to buy a kit, so I'd like to have everything just right. If you can include specifics, like brand names, dry/active, etc. that would help out a lot! Thanks!

[Helliconia]

bread yeast goes up to at least 14.85%ABV

[plusgel]

Cinnamon sticks are tree bark which means they have fungal inhibitors in them. Also it has no real nutritional value so I would recommend using it and other non fermentable spices after fermentation

[ellijaywinemaker]

bread yeast can ferment up to 17 % I doit all the time just an FYI.

[anthonyarmstrong]

Apologies - my bad ! My JAO ended up at 14.9 % AVB ( just checked my brewing notes ).

[Tackomeil]

I just started a similar mead myself! For the must i made a "tea" with the spices(clover, aniseed, cinnamon, vanilla) and then added honey to the half-cooled tea. I'll add the oranges in secondary, shortly before christmas, to see if the spice-tea really did come through or if i have to add them to secondary again. Since i don't have a gravitymeter (yet), i calculated my potential ABV to be around 20%. My yeast (Jack Mangroves M06 i think) has a tolerance of 18%. How many oranges do you reckon i have to add to about 9.5L (10L jug) to get good flavour out of it?

[HuntinHound]

Had one of these go sour on me doing a second batch now hopefully it works out

[Toothpick]

I find it reassuring that you made the same mistake I did: we both used 1 gallon of water AND 3.5lbs of honey. Instead, the 3.5lbs honey should be part of the 1 gallon total mead volume as per the recipe. Easy mistake to make if you do not use a 1gal vessel. Was quite the math puzzle when I realized this and had to fix 2 prior batches. Anyways, great channel. "Joe" says, if you botch his recipe, mead making is not for you. How wrong he was hahaha.

[jonR]

Just started making my batch. Used 2 d47 with 15 lbs to 4 gallons 6 cinnamon and 5 cloves 5 large navel oranges, no nutmeg yet. Gave me about 15% ABV reading before the oranges.

[MrRhino]

Where do you get your Bulk pails of honey?