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Post by Heer E. Tik on May 10, 2009 5:54:46 GMT 2
You've been MAKING mead all along, Anwend, and holdin' it out on me? Welcome to the forum btw (hey don't I know you from somewhere? ) When you're less tired, definitely share this process in more detail... I'm happy to see there's a simpler and less expensive way to make mead, and yours sounds just the ticket for the lazy folks like myself
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Post by Nordis on May 10, 2009 23:21:12 GMT 2
Too tired to write the details, but nothing but Honey, Water, and Yeast, plenty of honey and yeast, only enough water to get it going. Adding some sugar to sweeten it up. Fermenting in gallon jugs by hot water heaters. Extremely simple, extremely tasty, and cheaper than the crappy meads that are available locally here in the US. Again, it's probably not the best, nor safest to drink, but what's a little home-brewing if you don't poison yourself every now and again? Haha In Finland that's kalled "kilju". It's a homemade brew that has nothing but water, yeast, sugar and anything to cover the taste of the yeast. Usually it tastes horrid and you're lucky if you don't get diarrhea but it's good to hear that honey makes it atleast drinkable. I still doubt that the DIY punks who usually make kilju in here would try your recipe since honey is pretty expensive and the point of the drink is to get wasted as cheaply as possible ;D
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Post by Ǽcen on May 11, 2009 22:09:54 GMT 2
I just did things according to the really ghetto Amon Amarth method.
It's going to be a long 6 months...
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Post by GµNNaR on May 12, 2009 5:34:30 GMT 2
I buy my mead near to my home. Is not expensive and I dont need wait.
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Post by Tyulusse on May 25, 2009 20:58:38 GMT 2
I buy my mead near to my home. Is not expensive and I dont need wait. You are too lazy Gunnar , you will taste my mead soon ( I hope), I did it last January and I'm still waiting for it
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Post by Ǽcen on Jun 1, 2009 4:57:15 GMT 2
This shit takes forever. I wonder what will come first, the sketchy closet homebrew mead or my 21st birthday....
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Post by Bartbär on Jun 1, 2009 5:10:14 GMT 2
Haha, wow, totally forgot about this topic and missed the last few posts. Hjalagh: Not quite, I showed a friend how to do it and he has been making gallons of it. Supposedly he has been saving it, but he's probably drank it all by now! Nordis: I couldn't imagine drinking it without honey! It would indeed be an ungodly yeasty taste, which although I don't always mind, could not deal with that intensity. Adding the honey makes it wonderful. I have yet to taste better Mead, but don't hold that against me since I have only tried this and one or two other kinds (which were really more of a lightly honeyed wine than Mead), but I find it to be absolutely perfect. Of course it does not always work out that way, some times it can taste yeasty, but usually ONLY if you do not keep it in a heated area. Keep it nice and warm and the yeast never shows. I've even just let it ferment for not even a month and it has tasted good. When we used to have our little rituals or get togethers back before my friends moved, we would mix store-bought mead with orange juice. Made it twice the amount, and I personally found it to taste delicious. In fact much better than the store bought brand. But still, naturally nothing to the homemade stuff. I can imagine honey to be expensive in Finland, but I would presume that there are places to get it online internationally for cheaper. But then shipping costs would probably outweight the savings, and even then I don't know. Honey is slowly rising in price here too. It's quite unfortunate.
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Post by Ǽcen on Jun 4, 2009 22:46:00 GMT 2
Question:
If it tastes good, but there is still yeast at the bottom, can you carefully siphon the mead off the top (without disturbing the yeast) and still have a drink that won't do terrible things to your stomach?
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