Comments on: Catching up, mead style http://www.theurbanfarmersalmanac.com/2008/12/catching-up-mead-style/ Living the good life one patch of dirt at a time. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:01:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: AdrianK http://www.theurbanfarmersalmanac.com/2008/12/catching-up-mead-style/#comment-2757 AdrianK Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:37:28 +0000 http://www.theurbanfarmersalmanac.com/?p=158#comment-2757 It's not really a problem to let your mead run dry. Let it run dry, crash & stabilize it with Campden tablets, and then back-sweeten to taste. It does require a little more bulk-aging though when it runs clear down to a specific gravity under 1.100 though. I'd recommend visiting GotMead.com if anyone is curious about the modern methods of making excellent meads. Even better would be to borrow or buy Ken Schramm's Compleat Meadmaker. It’s not really a problem to let your mead run dry. Let it run dry, crash & stabilize it with Campden tablets, and then back-sweeten to taste. It does require a little more bulk-aging though when it runs clear down to a specific gravity under 1.100 though.

I’d recommend visiting GotMead.com if anyone is curious about the modern methods of making excellent meads. Even better would be to borrow or buy Ken Schramm’s Compleat Meadmaker.

]]> By: dan http://www.theurbanfarmersalmanac.com/2008/12/catching-up-mead-style/#comment-13 dan Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:33:45 +0000 http://www.theurbanfarmersalmanac.com/?p=158#comment-13 Mead that isn't sweet at all is definitely a problem. Basically, any yeast is going to eat all the sugar unless it's a super high alcohol mead (at a certain point the yeast can't keep converting sugar to alcohol and it stays sweet). So dry meads are very common for the lowly homebrewer. Mead that isn’t sweet at all is definitely a problem. Basically, any yeast is going to eat all the sugar unless it’s a super high alcohol mead (at a certain point the yeast can’t keep converting sugar to alcohol and it stays sweet). So dry meads are very common for the lowly homebrewer.

]]> By: Caitlin http://www.theurbanfarmersalmanac.com/2008/12/catching-up-mead-style/#comment-12 Caitlin Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:12:15 +0000 http://www.theurbanfarmersalmanac.com/?p=158#comment-12 We just had a friend over to dinner on Saturday and he was talking about making a really bad batch of mead. He said it wasn't sweet at all and blamed the yeast. I'd never heard of mead and here it is again. Funny. We just had a friend over to dinner on Saturday and he was talking about making a really bad batch of mead. He said it wasn’t sweet at all and blamed the yeast. I’d never heard of mead and here it is again. Funny.

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