How to Make Metheglin Mead - Spiced Metheglin

Spiced Metheglin Mead. Metheglin is essentially "medicine" mead. It's a honey wine (mead) made with herbs and spices. This one is sort of an Autumn/Fall/Christmas blend. Hints of orange, cinnamon, clove and allspice. This mead is warming, yet flavorful. I've been drinking an older version of it lately and it's helped with headaches and stomach issues!
Naturally made mead has probiotics and with the addition of the spices that contain natural antibiotics, your body is helped a lot. I know, pro and anti biotics at the same time? Well, gut flora is different than viruses, right? Metheglin was one of the original medicines available. People made this mead right in their kitchen and used it to treat many ailments, and today's science proves it can help for many of the ailments they used it for.
There's more to mead and metheglin than we think. It's not only the world's oldest fermented beverage, it's actually good for you. It's something our ancestors knew and something we try to show how to bring back, naturally and simply in today's world. So, go enjoy some mead, for your health!

Ingredients:
2 Cloves
1 Cinnamon Stick
6 Allspice Berries
30 Raisins Chopped
1 Cup Black Tea
1 Teaspoon Orange Zest
Water to fill to 1 Gallon

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[john-ellispowell]

As a Welsh person I think it's pretty cool to see something my ancestors would make all the time still being made half way around the world.

[dylangrady]

I made this as my 3rd mead, followed your recipe, and my mind is blown!!! Mine came out at 11.7% abv and pretty sweet, but the flavor.... Holy crap!! And beautifully clear and golden. Thank you for being my intro to mead making 🙏🏼

[happychick]

I made an herbal mead with rosemary, thyme and bay and had a difficult time getting it to start...never thought of the antibacterial properties of the herbs! Duh!!!! Now I know how to fix it! Thanks!

[polarbeartom]

From a guy who actually lives in Yorkshire in the U.K. this warms my heart that this tea is in your brew. Best tea ever made. Only tea worth drinking. Maybe a tiny bit biased……love this recipe guys.

[dadovitchnic]

Yorkshire tea. Best tea in the known universe and probably beyond that.

[timothyshank]

Clove, all spice, orange, cinnamon... That sounds like mulling spices. I love it.

[dneeceann]

The spiced metheglin sounds amazing! I think you should come out with a recipe book. I will definitely buy it if you do.
I'm trying this recipe now but with a few changed. 3 lbs. of orange blossom honey instead of 3.5 lbs. and I used 2 slices of freeze dried apples because I don't have yeast hulls. Thought it might help feed the yeast. I only used 1/2 pk. of Lalvin 71b and it started bubbling within 1 hour. OG gravity 1.124
Can't wait to try this one.

[prplprince]

I love the fact that I subbed not to long ago and now I have years of content to watch

[yu-ger-bloob-highway]

Just found y’all’s channel. This is awesome! So much more in depth and informative than other videos. I have subscribed and look forward to trying it myself and other brews.

[robertsilva]

I bought 2 bottles of Holiday Wassail juice from Aldi and just mixed it up yesterday. I bought it because it reminded me of this recipe. Only I added sugar but will step feed and final sweeten with honey.

[hanginwithhodge]

Very interesting. This is close to my apple pie recipe but I did not know that cinnamon sticks and cloves were antibiotics or that the yeast would have a hard time with it. I have never personally had a problem with it, but that is really good to know. Thanks!

[boglurker]

I started a batch of this yesterday evening, my first ever ferment. It's already bubbling very well. I just wanted to say thanks for the channel and all the recipes, information etc that you two share. I've been wanting to try this for at least a year now and your channel finally pushed me into trying it. Can't wait to see how it goes.

[zegon]

I'm excited for the probability of experimentation!

[rachellemazar]

I just watched your 1year tasting of this mead and can’t wait to brew a batch😀

[GaaraJunkie]

This recipe honestly sounds yummy
I’d give it a shot once I’m given a chance
As for your yeast activity- I got the same foamy yeast action too with the weird yeast that I used
I’m glad my experiment is behaving well

[jchapin]

Love the content. Watching your videos is what got me into making Ciders and Meads a few months ago.
Last month I got the idea for a spiced mead, similar to what you did here, and it seems to have stalled.
3 gallon batch
2/3 packet of Lavlin 71B
10 lbs of honey
2 lbs of fresh cherries (chopped and de-seeded)
1 lb of frozen cranberries (thawed and chopped)
Ginger
3 cinnamon sticks
Cardamom
Allspice
Cloves
Orange peel
3 black tea bags
I boiled the spices, orange peel, and tea bags. I let them cool before adding them to the mead.
The mead started bubbling within a few hours, and stopped after about 2 weeks. At 3 weeks, I racked it off the fruit.
Starting gravity was 1.072, estimated to be at 1.122 because of the fruit. When I racked it, the gravity was 1.080. 10 days later (today), it's still at 1.080
The flavor is surprisingly good, but way too sweat, and the alcohol content seems pretty low.
Any ideas on how to get this going again?
Thanks

[MindOverMatterStories]

when brian poured in the tea I lost it hahahahahah. Derica just talking about balences and brian messing around as usual. Great stuff!!!

[dragonsouls]

I made this with my grandfather 6 months ago, and I finally got to drink this, and it was amazing. Thank you!!!!

[asabovesotabelow]

...I've been begging you all to explore some Metheglins since I've been watching!!!

[Ryanwill]

I just finished up 2 separate batches following this recipe. One at 1.130 og the other at 1.120 og to see the difference. Now the hard part... THE WAIT! I appreciate everything the two of you do here. These are batch numbers 2 and 3 for me. Started my first in late October. Staying patient waiting for it to age some more. My first was a gallon of your traditional mead. Tasted the other day and it was GREAT. Just looking to let it age out a bit more. Thanks again guys! Keep the great info coming.