Simple Traditional Mead - How to Make a Basic Dry Mead

Simple traditional mead. How to make a Basic Dry Mead Recipe. Traditional Mead is honey wine, made with honey, water and yeast. There are thousands of ways to make it and thousands of additions you can make. Our goal is to keep it simple, keep it safe and make good tasting mead and show you how simple mead can really be. Look around the internet for a while on mead and you will find LOTS of information on how to make mead. If you're new to making mead, don't be discouraged. When starting out, learn how to make a simple mead, learn the basics of meadmaking and you can expand from there.

Ingredients:
2.5 lbs Honey (Thank you Bev's Bees!)
Orange Peel
Water to Fill to 1 Gallon (We used 88 ounces)
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[MrZesty-zuxj]

I like how y'all treat every episode as if it's someone's first time viewing.

[theintrovertedcalifornian]

So far I have made 4 gallons of mead using the recipe from his basic mead video and after a month it was drinkable and it just keeps getting better my wife and friends were blown away on how good it tastes . I can’t imagine how good it will taste in a year

[paulallerston]

Love that labelling. It's all about the bees

[thomasbailey]

Yes yes! Take care of the bees! They are one of natures ultimate animals! Also honey across the world should only be poured to rock music from now on.

[darinf.]

You guys are great! My wife and I started making mead as a hobby we could do together. We started in mid January and are on our 12th batch now. I think the first week we discovered your channel we watched you for four hours straight! We have a need for mead! Thanks again!

[hanginwithhodge]

I have always said, "Know the basics and do them well". Good job. :-)

[sf]

Hey, just wanna say thx to this channel I made my first mead. I used Red Star Premier Blanc active dry yeast, Jamies Hive to table wildflower honey raw honey and comb (2lbs) and spring water making a one gallon batch. What I then did was cook it on an open fire because i do not have a kitchen because reasons.. i had to cook it on an open fire in a wrought iron pot using white birch wood. I simmered the water added the honey scraped off the scum from the honey comb that came to the top and put the must in a fermentation bucket to cool, and when the temperature came down i added the yeast. I did put it into secondary fermentation later( I've been playing around with the times in primary and secondary fermentation, so maybe you can improve on it, but i did it in a couple of months) This made a dry almost whisky like mead with the smoke from the fire showing its prominence...very strong though

[vaughngriffiths]

Just rewatched this and found the 1, 2 factor for UK gallon. We’re South African so all our measurements are based on UK. I’ve been using this factor since I started and it’s so gratifying that you guys did this for us non imperial system users

[keithmcauslan]

This weekend (May 1st) I made a Hibiscus and Black Cherry mead. The proteins and other "sediment" formed a cake on the foam clogged the Air Lock and carbonation blew off the Bung in about 24 hours. Love this hobby.

[davidkraiger]

I've been making wine now for about 5 years. I've never hydrated the yeast and it works every time

[AB-kgrk]

Y'all are comical, natural comedians :)

[j.p.thearmoredchef]

I’m going to try this style for my next brew.

[robertschroeder]

Always good to go back and refresh to get subtle details on process or of methods. Thanks again...

[StoneyardVineyards]

You guys are the best at this, cheers

[TheJasonCrystal]

Love the video. I made 2 bottles of the basic bread yeast mead my first go. And, this past weekend, we went to Scarborough Faire here in Texas and we had their mead and the mead I made, using your recipe, was so much better. I have another gallon container approaching racking as I age the 2 bottles from the first batch and I think it's time to branch out and try out some of your other recipes. Thank you so much, Briand and Derica. This has made quarantine days so much more interesting. Incidentally, I am also on my 3rd batch of kombucha.

[HolyPineCone]

Wow. It really is their kitchen. You can see it during the honey cam!

[danmilbourn]

You guy's are great enjoyed the video.

[madisonbrilliott]

I made this meade using your previous recipe and I have to say it came out incredibly well.

[markgaudry]

sweet people, good product, great relationship, wonderful delivery. thanks so much for being in the you tube food and drink universe.

[markonaumanen]

Love the channel. please put all in Celsius and metrics for THE rest of US. Please, pretty please.