Want to make a mead? Watch this video to learn how!
Steps to make a mead:
1.) Sanitize everything extremely well! (Use StarSan or equivalent brewing sanitizer)
2.) Mix your ingredients
3.) Take a gravity reading and write down all mead information.
4.) Pitch your yeast into the mead and store in a place to start fermenting — Fermentation should take 14 - 28 days.
5.) Check your gravity and rack (move it into a new carboy) when it's done fermenting.
6.) Optional - Stabilize and Backsweeten if you want it sweeter.
You can stabilize by using 1 of 3 methods.
Potassium Sorbate (A Chemical stabilizer that halts yeast fermentation)
Pasteurization (Heating the liquid up to 140 F for 20 minutes to kill off the yeast)
Letting it age (Eventually the yeast should die off but this takes some serious time)
7.) Bottling time!
Get your equipment below!
