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I have a youtube channel with over 20 Mead Making Videos
Articles
How to stop the ferment of mead
How to sweeten mead
Should you make 1 gallon of mead or 5 gallons?
Mead Making and Alcohol Content
Some information about Yeast 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? Discovering Mead Mead by any other name Checking the PH of your Mead to insure good fermentation (video) Making Flavored Meads 
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Some Tips and Notes from
Red Crow Meadery
Here is a recipe and some tips from Red Crow Meadery. There is a list of equipment needed to make mead and a recipe for mead.
Recommended Equipment for Mead Making
- Some of the equipment listed here is expensive but its worth it. trust me on this.
- 1(four-gallon) enameled or stainless steel pot (do not use aluminum it affects the flaver of the final product)
- 2(five gallon) glass carboys
- 1 fermentation lock with a rubber stopper to fit the carboy
- 7 feet clear siphoning hose
- 3 feet plastic blow out hose
- detergent and chlorine bleach
- large funnel
- corker
- corks
- wine bottles
- brix hydrometer
- thermometer
- acid-testing kit
this is just a simple kit add as much stuff that you want.
 Note From Will: I have this equipment available through amazon.com You can check it out here: Mead Making Equipment
Recommended Simple Mead Recipe and Procedure for making it:
- this is a simple recipe for a 1gl batch of mead
- 3.5lb of clover honey
- 1gl of spring water
- 1pack of lalvin EC-1118 wine yeast
- yeast energizer as directed on container
- yeast nutrient as directed on container
procedure:
Fill the sink with warm to hot water and place honey containers in the sink, wait for 10min.
Fill a food safe bucket (empty ice cream buckets work well) with 1gl of room temp spring water.
Empty the honey into the bucket and stir well. add the yeast to 120ml of water let stand for 15 min. meanwhile mix the yeast energizer and yeast nutrient with water as directed. pitch(pour) the yeast nutrient and energizer into the must( honey water). when the yeast is done pitch it into the must. then stir the must for 5 min.this absorbs oxygen into the must allowing a good fermentation. transfer the must to a glass carboy with a fermentation lock. let ferment for 2 weeks or until there is no more bubbling. when done fermenting rack(siphon) into a new clean, sterilized carboy. let age for at lest 3 weeks to 1 month. when done aging bottle in clean, sterilized wine bottles, cork with sterilized corks.
happy brewing!
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