Mead at less than 40p a bottle.

[MashBag]

https://vikingsmashbrewing.com/joes-ancient-orange-mead/
This is a stunning mead recipe. It will not disappoint. I have won awards with it.

 

[Jan.]

https://vikingsmashbrewing.com/joes-ancient-orange-mead/
This is a stunning mead recipe. It will not disappoint. I have won awards with it.

A recipe is only part of it. If you have won awards for it, take the credit for the part you did fermenting and conditioning it. Congrats, it takes a great mazer (brewer) to win awards in mead!

 

[MashBag]

Thanks. Genuinely hadn't thought about it like that.

 

[Anglezarke]

Lidl now have the Polish honey in stock. £5.99 for 900g. I made mead with it last year and it turned out splendidly. Got some and already it's off!

 

[matt.]

Lidl now have the Polish honey in stock. £5.99 for 900g. I made mead with it last year and it turned out splendidly. Got some and already it's off!View attachment 83930

I'm about to start a med brew.

May I ask your ingredients?

Thanks

 

[Jimblez]

Fantastic thread, I live literally next door to an Aldi superstore and I've got my eye on a mead recipe. I went and bought 2 jars of the Grandessa Honey https://groceries.aldi.co.uk/en-GB/p-grandessa-clear-honey-454g/4088600382166 <-- this one, and I'll probably grab a third one if its any good, i did look for some info on where it comes from and whatnot and couldn't really find any info other than the UK so i guess its gonna be a trial run for sure. I see that Spanish forest honey. Wondered what that might be like but i defo would try the Orange Blossom Honey.. I can see that being a great way to get extra flavour into the final product. Gonna use that Champagne yeast and back sweetened when it comes to it. Im very excited to try it.

 

[MashBag]

Add bitter orange. V nice

 

[Jimblez]

Started just one DJ for now. Got the Lavlin EC-1118 Yeast for that high % with a dryness but i intend to back sweeten eventually once i reach that point.
I used 3 Jars of Grandessa Clear Honey from Aldi 1.35Kg at £1.35 a Jar and just mixed it with some boiled water which i left to sit for about 6 hours, enough to fill 2/3 of the DJ. Probably not long enough but the kid's started poking about so i had to get it done.
Then for some reason it took me about an hour to get the temp down to 26*c so i was using a pan basin of Icey water then once i was there on the right temp i added 2.5g of the Yeast. I've read its super fast and can reach 20%+ but I'm not overly keen on a super super dry mead..
I did something I've seen people do but i wasn't overly sure if i was doing the right amount but as it's my first try and not a lot can go overly wrong i used a heaped teaspoon of some Yeast Nutrient I was given in a massive box of old brewing gear tonight. so that should help and i Had no raisins.
Seen about 300 videos saying add a cup of black tea. let it brew for 10-15 mins then throw it in the mix. I haven't added any fruit nor anything else. As a first stab at making mead this will be my learning curve and to give me something to benchmark, I'm doing this as my first mead run. I also have another Demi john i was considering making a wine , using my other 2.5g of yeast for a dry white and swap out wine yeast for the Lavlin EC-1118 yeast and make some sparkling wine. just an idea but i need to research for now.

But this gallon of mead has cost me ::
Grandessa Clear Honey 454g x3 =£4.05
Yeast 2.5g - £1
Water - £0.05

£5.10
I'll let ya know how it goes in a few weeks.

merry xmas