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Articles Mead Making and Alcohol Content The Secret Art of Mead Making Revealed New: 5 Tips for the beginner mead maker It's all about the Honey - A dramatic look at how important honey is in mead making For Beginners: How to make your first and easy 1 gallon batch of Mead honey wine How to make a sparkling champagne style mead How much does it cost to make a batch of mead? I have the cost breakdown here How to make a batch of mead today! The fast, easy, and cheap way to your first batch of honey wine The difference is the honey! A stop motion animation showing two different honeys side by side and how the fermented brew looks Thinking about designing or buying your wine and mead bottle labels? Here is some information about labels and bottles that will help you The Magical Transformation of water into wine with pics How and why to use a hydrometer How to use a wine thief to test your wine or mead Dispelling the Myths about Mead Thoughts about Mead and Wine Making Important note about Sanitizing your Mead making and wine making equipment Learning the art of Patience when making wine or mead How do you know the ferment is working? Checking the PH of your Mead to insure good fermentation (video)
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One Groovy Coconut MeadI did this project just for a little bit of fun. The actual name of the coconuts is "One Groovy Coconut." So I figured I would call this Mead "One Groovy Coconut Mead"
I prepared the coconuts by drilling a 1" hole in them . I drained out the coconut milk and rinsed out the inside of the coconuts with spring water. I Added my mead and then corked em with a rubber stopper and airlock. Pretty straight forward mixture and all I am doing is fermenting it in the coconuts so it can absorb the coconut flavor.
To Make the Mead -- I made 1 Quart of Must with 12 ounces of honey which will give me a medium mead. I then pitched in 1 half of a package of normal bread yeast. I divided it up among the two coconuts and it almost fit. I had a little bit leftover so these two coconuts aren't quite 1 quart of mead. Kind of a fun project and they are bubbling away. Anyhoo, lets see how they develop! Here is a video:
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