5 gallons of mead, ready for bottling.
Some 750ml bottles, for aging.
Filling some plastic "Mr. Beer" 1 litre bottles. These will be drunk while the mead is still "young"
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Eventually you get a good feeling about how a mead will turn out by the smell and taste of it while it's "in process", even though it may be some time before it finishes out. If something goes wrong, you generally know right away.That's always been the main thing keeping me from doing anything like that.
You've got that multiyear lag time before you discover if you've been doing everything right, and by then you're committed because you have so many other batches in progress.
--Patrick
Mead isn't naturally sweet. Almost all of the sugars in 15lbs of honey will ferment out, leaving you with a white wine with a honey bouquet and about 15-18% alcohol content. Using hardier yeast (like champagne yeast) will get you between 17-20% alcohol, and you'll end up with a very dry white wine.Nice work. How sweet is mead? I've tried the Mr Beer kit, but haven't gone full-on brewing yet. I don't drink enough to justify the cost, but I do like a delicious beer. My buddy is crazy about it and goes with the propane (think turkey fryer) route with a kegerator.