Lets Make Mead

so we let it rest over the weekend and today I open up the primary ..

a nice light yellow color and the strong odor of CO2 and alcohol.

How’s a good time for a hydrometer reading. We started with a potential alcohol of 12 percent . And the reading is

And the reading is 3 percent residual sugar so right now are alcohol is 12 minus 3 = 9 percent . So far a nice sweet.. let’s taste it

The smell is pleasant and sweet ,the first taste a few bubbles from fermentation, nice sweet taste of honey and the mouthfeel of honey residue. Very nice for a week old.

So now it’s time to rack over to secondary .a fancy term for transferring into another container. We started with a 2 gallon bucket for primary , lots of head space . The secondary we want to be a gallon .very little head space , less chance of oxidation. It’s still fermenting so that little bit of Co2 and the reduced surface area will protect our mead from oxidation

so get out your racking cane or siphon hose and transfer to a gallon jug

make sure to sanitize everything that comes in contact with your mead.

And we will-let it sit here for a month , checking the airlock for water and activity in a 68 to 70 degree room away from light. A nice way to block light is to wrap in an old t shirt

So now we check it weekly and wait patiently. I just start on another .
what kind do you want to make next.

you see the black back ground, that’s my new stage for videos. We should be up and running in about two weeks . See you later…..