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🍽️ Homemade Mead: Easy DIY Guide
184 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 3 kg honey
- 4 g yeast nutrient salt
- 40 g lactic acid
- 10 g wheat flour
- Pure culture yeast (port wine, Malaga or Burgundy)
Instructions
- 1. Pour 8 liters of water and the honey into a large pot.
- 2. Slowly heat the mixture over low heat until it reaches 50 degrees Celsius.
- 3. Stir constantly until the honey has completely dissolved in the water.
- 4. Let the liquid cool down until it reaches 25 degrees Celsius.
- 5. Add yeast nutrient, lactic acid, flour, and pure culture yeast to the cooled mixture.
- 6. Pour everything into a clean fermentation vessel.
- 7. Let the wine ferment for 2 to 3 months.
- 8. Place the fermentation vessel in a cool spot once fermentation is finished.
- 9. Wait until the sediment has settled at the bottom of the vessel.
- 10. Insert one end of a clean hose into the fermentation vessel.
- 11. Suck on the other end of the hose to start the siphon.
- 12. Keep the outlet end of the hose lower than the liquid level in the vessel to let gravity do the work.
- 13. Carefully fill 10 bottles with the clear wine.
- 14. Store the filled bottles in a cool place.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 184
- Protein: 0 g · Fett/Fat: 0 g · Carbs: 45 g