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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

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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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How to Handle Stratification of your Mead

Stratification is the technical term for when the honey and water in your must separate into distinct layers. This can happen when you first make up the batch. I have included a picture to show you what I mean by this. (My thanks to Marshall for the pic) This can happen for a number of different reasons including too much honey. Most commonly it is caused by not mixing it all vigorously enough before you pitch the yeast.

Now, It is quite likely that your mead will still be fine becase the yeast should metabolize all the honey anyway but there is a risk of the ferment stalling so what you want to do is shake it up! Yup, cork it and shake it vigorously. The yeast should be quite ok. they won't be damaged by the shaking.

The best thing to do about stratification is to avoid it before it begins. Be sure to shake up your mead very well. If you can't stop it from stratifying you can add more water to bring the water/honey ratio down. I like to heat my honey and water before I pitch anything into it. This causes it to be nice and homogenous.

If you want to be cautious with your mead you can sanitize a new jug. Siphon off about half of the liquid into that new jug and shake the heck out of it! Then just siphon it back it. Works like a charm and here is a picture of the batch above after this has been done.

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