{"id":59408,"date":"2021-09-20T17:23:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T22:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59408"},"modified":"2021-09-20T17:23:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T22:23:43","slug":"how-to-make-mead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59408","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Mead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post__header post-header post-header--layout--classic\">\n<h3 class=\"post-header__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityprepping.com\/2021\/09\/10\/how-to-make-mead\/\">How to Make Mead<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post__content typography \">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"_ytid_20890\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hYRLZfI7e24?enablejsapi=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;cc_lang_pref=&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;loop=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autohide=2&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;controls=1&amp;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b>Short Course in Mead Making<\/b><b>: Prepper\u2019s Abbreviated\u00a0 Guide to Mead<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s probably the first alcoholic beverage ever consumed.\u00a0 Honey, water, and any natural occurring yeast is all you need to make Mead\u2013 a fermented beverage of honey, water, yeast, and sometimes grains, herbs, and spices.\u00a0 It can range from a low of 4% alcohol by volume through a natural yeast to a brain-numbing 20% alcohol content with today\u2019s modern yeast strains.\u00a0 You can make as little as a gallon or five gallons or more at a time.<\/p>\n<p>In this post, I\u2019ll run you through the basic process of mead creation.\u00a0 To put a little twist on it, though, we\u2019ll ferment three batches\u2014two with commercially developed yeasts and one with yeast we capture from the wild.\u00a0 I\u2019ll take you step-by-step, so let\u2019s jump in\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b>THE MEAD MAKING PROCESS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3945 alignleft lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-300x200.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-820x547.jpg 820w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-390x260.jpg 390w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-50x33.jpg 50w\" alt=\"What you need for a simple Mead recipe\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-820x547.jpg 820w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-390x260.jpg 390w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-50x33.jpg 50w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC00177-300x200.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Here\u2019s what you will need, a pot sufficient to boil at least one gallon of water or several gallons of water, up to 5 gallons. The size of the pot will depend on the size of the batch and the size of the vessel you will ferment your batch.\u00a0 I will be referencing both a five-gallon batch I made and a one-gallon batch to explain the process through this video.\u00a0 You can scale up or down based on your capabilities and once you understand the fundamental quantities and ratios.\u00a0 You will also need up to a 1-quart jar of honey per gallon of water.\u00a0 The best ratio is 2-3 pounds of honey per gallon of water.\u00a0 I will explain this in the next section. You will also need at least one gallon of water, preferably Springwater, as this isn\u2019t chlorinated and has a higher mineral content that your yeast will love&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Make Mead Short Course in Mead Making: Prepper\u2019s Abbreviated\u00a0 Guide to Mead It\u2019s probably the first alcoholic beverage ever consumed.\u00a0 Honey, water, and any natural occurring yeast is all you need to make Mead\u2013 a fermented beverage of honey, water, yeast, and sometimes grains, herbs, and spices.\u00a0 It can range from a low [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[30957,31791,31792,648,650],"class_list":["post-59408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-city-prepping","tag-mead","tag-mead-making","tag-preparations","tag-prepping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59409,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59408\/revisions\/59409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}