I'd love to make mead

[ant57]

Hi there

Can anyone help me with a tried and tested (fool proof) recipe and instructions on how I can make mead. I would like to make a sweet rather than dry drink.

Many thanks

Ant57 :-[

[ant57]

[fluffygrue]

Just asked the other half, and he says bung five and a half pounds of honey in. It'll end up sweet no matter what, as that's about twice as much honey as you need. Works for us, although I suppose it helps if you have a good source of honey! :)

Melanie

[MutantHobbit]

This is the way I make my mead, though be warned, I've no idea how strong it turns out!It tastes stronger than Continental Beers but not as strong as wine.  Tastes great! ;D  It's only fairly sweet so if you add 5-6lbs as suggested by fluffygrue, it'll be sweet!  I've no idea what it tastes like after 6 months as I've never had any last that long!  :)

Ingredients

1.8Kg (4lb) Brown Honey
1 Large Lemon
200g (7 oz) demerara sugar
20g (3/4 oz) citric or tartaric acid
3.5 l (6 pints) warm water
500g raisins (Optional if not using Yeast Nutrient)
1 Packet Winemakers Yeast + Yeast Nutrient
1g Potassium Sorbate
1 Campden Tablet

Process

Dissolve the honey in warm water, and add the acid.  Squeeze the juice from the lemon and strain it.  When the must (honey + water) is cool, stir in the lemon juice and add the yeast.  Pour it into a demi-john, fit an airlock and ferment in a warm, dark place for a week.  Take off the airlock and stir in the sugar.  Replace the airlock, and leave it until there are no new bubbles in the airlock for a few days.

Rack the wine into a sterilized jar using a piece of sterilized tubing, and then add a crushed campden tablet and the potassium sorbate to end the fermentation permanently.

Wait until you can read a paper through the demi-john then siphon off into bottles, taking care not to disturb the sediment.

Leave to mature for 6 months before drinking unless you can't keep your mucky mitts off it like me!

[Travman]

Theres 72 pages on mead making on this site  ;)
loads of different one's to try
http://www.lockwoodrecording.net/meadrecipes.pdf