Tag: How to make mead
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Fig Mead
OMG ya’ll… I love this mead! It’s so rich and figgy, such a lovely mead for the fall/winter seasons. The key here, to be honest, are the dried figs. You can’t just use fresh figs, they don’t provide nearly enough flavor, but they do add to the mouthfeel and fullness of the mead. The only…
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Strawberry Muscadine Elderflower Pyment
Another pyment, but using grapes that are grown and harvested in the South Eastern parts of America. It’s difficult to describe muscadine grapes to folks who’ve never had them, but they have a very specific sort of … musky(?) flavor to them. I found these in an Aldi for under $2 a pint and just…
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Cherry Créme Mead
This mead was immediately so lovely and smooth! The cherries are softened by lactose and lactic acid, so that the acid profile is round and balanced. This is the first of several meads where I experiment with lactose and lactic acid. Honestly, the effects made by those ingredients/additives are really incredible, they really transform your…
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Wurtzburg Mead (Historical/German)
First off, I need to give credit where it’s due! I found this recipe on http://www.mysteryofmead.com (http://mysteryofmead.com/recipes/wurtzburg-mead-1350/), and the author of this website (Laura D. Angotti) wrote the book “Wellcome Mead”, which contains historical “receipts” from England, located in the Wellcome Library. You can also find the original documents scanned on http://www.Wellcomecollection.org. I did my…
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Ginger Peach Mead
Ginger and peach go well together… when the balance is right… which this is not. Now, don’t get me wrong, I LOVE ginger in my food, I love candied ginger, I love GINGER ALE, but I’ve discovered that I do NOT love ginger mead. I’ve had well made ginger meads before, and while my friends…
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Chardonnay Pyment
Pyments to me are really satisfying to make, and even more to drink. That may be because I’m a huge fan of wine, so mixing it together with mead just feels right. That pop of honey under the fermented grape flavor is just so good! This is the first time I cut down the usual…
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The Hydromel Series
At one point during the Pandemic, while I was in community college, I decided to make a couple of session meads for easy content. I had been wanting to try some sparkling sessions, but really… I just didn’t have time to film/edit/etc. I made three different meads, in the course of several videos… which were…
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Simple Triple Berry Mead
A lot of folks (for good reason) just want a simple, easy recipe to follow. A berry blend is pretty classic, and it’s so easy to pick up frozen mixes! At this point I still wasn’t steadily using nutrient additions, which I do highly recommend for better results! This is another one I would definitely…
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Peach Pie Mead
Peach pie… what’s not to love? This mead was super experimental for me, especially since I hadn’t really made much with spices. In this 1 gallon of mead I added a total of: 6 pounds peaches, 4 oz dried apricots, 1.8 oz brown sugar, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 nutmeg, ginger, cardamon, allspice berries, 1 clove,…
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Cherry Pomegranate Chocolate & Vanilla Mead
This is hands down one of my absolute favorite meads that I’ve made! The flavor combination marries together so well. The most important thing to note about this… is how you add the chocolate and what form you use. I’ve been told by folks who use chocolate A LOT in their meads, that the best…
Faewood Mead 