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🍽️ Homemade Mead: Easy DIY Guide

184 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Pour 8 liters of water and the honey into a large pot.
  2. 2. Slowly heat the mixture over low heat until it reaches 50 degrees Celsius.
  3. 3. Stir constantly until the honey has completely dissolved in the water.
  4. 4. Let the liquid cool down until it reaches 25 degrees Celsius.
  5. 5. Add yeast nutrient, lactic acid, flour, and pure culture yeast to the cooled mixture.
  6. 6. Pour everything into a clean fermentation vessel.
  7. 7. Let the wine ferment for 2 to 3 months.
  8. 8. Place the fermentation vessel in a cool spot once fermentation is finished.
  9. 9. Wait until the sediment has settled at the bottom of the vessel.
  10. 10. Insert one end of a clean hose into the fermentation vessel.
  11. 11. Suck on the other end of the hose to start the siphon.
  12. 12. Keep the outlet end of the hose lower than the liquid level in the vessel to let gravity do the work.
  13. 13. Carefully fill 10 bottles with the clear wine.
  14. 14. Store the filled bottles in a cool place.

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