Blueberry Blossom Traditional Mead (Traditional Mead Tutorial)
Channel: Man Made Mead
Date: 2021-02-11

Today we're making another Traditional mead! This one is a Blueberry Honey traditional mead. We are not using any blueberries in this actual mead, but we will get some blueberry esters from the honey itself. I'm excited to share this one with you and I hope you all enjoy the video. If you want to make a mead for yourself, here are the ingredients you might need and the equipment you will also need! This is a very easy mead to make and it tastes incredible. I hope you enjoy!

1 Gallon Recipe:

3 Pounds of Blueberry Blossom Honey
Water Up to 1 Gallon
2 Grams of Lalvin QA23 or any wine yeast

Step 1: Collect your ingredients (Water, Honey, Yeast, Bucket, Airlock and Hydrometer) 
Step 2: Put your yeast into some water to rehydrate while you combine your other ingredients.
Step 3: Combine your honey and water together in your container. Mix these vigorously to add oxygen.
Step 4: Add your rehydrated yeast (roughly about 15 minutes after it's started rehydrating) to your must mixture.
Step 5: Take a gravity reading by putting your hydrometer into the mead and reading the gravity. It should be something like 1.080 . Write this number down!
Step 6: Put your airlock and lid on and label the start fermentation date somewhere on the vessel.
Step 7: Store in a cool place and let ferment until the airlock stops bubbling. 
Step 8: Once it has finished fermenting (You can check by using your hydrometer or just watching the bubble slow down) rack into a new container and let age.
Step 9: When you're ready to bottle (generally let your meads age for atleast a month or two) go ahead and buy some bottle and rack the mead into the bottles. Cap them off and you're done!


Equipment:

Glass Carboy (& Airlock): https://amzn.to/2QP7Mxm
Auto-Siphon and Tubing: https://amzn.to/2YXorU7
Hydrometer: https://amzn.to/31P3PPF
Star San (Sanitizer): https://amzn.to/32OhXYF
Scale: https://amzn.to/34TSAaL
Bottling Capper: https://amzn.to/3buC6at
Bench Capper (Optional): https://amzn.to/32LZZpY
Hand Corker: https://amzn.to/32MlxCO
Floor Corker (Optional): https://amzn.to/3gPgbvq
Wine Corks: https://amzn.to/3jCvQ2Y
Bottle Caps: https://amzn.to/3lNMHSD
Bottling Wand: https://amzn.to/3hR8rKH


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