Brewing and Fermentation

[Speaker to Animals]

Started my first batch of mead today. Going for a simple show mead. Not sure how it will turn out yet, but it's pretty fun.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Pics. I want to see how this is done.

[Speaker to Animals]

No pics up to this point I am at now, but this is the must added to the cold water, yeast, tannins (organic raisens), black tea, and half an organic grapefruit. It sits like this for 48 hours, stirring twice per day. This stage is called the first fermentation (which is an open fermentation as opposed to the closed fermentation in round two).

[Speaker to Animals]

Started with this, but will likely get something with a more modern orientation soon.

[Speaker to Animals]

As far as equipment, you can get a fermentation kit for about $50. Just get one for making wine, since mead is essentially a "honey wine".

Equipment can start building up from there. You probably will eventually want larger carboys to move to 5 gallon batches. For aging, you might want to get oak barrels.

[Speaker to Animals]

Of course, I might well have fucked this up already in some stupid step. This is my first blind attempt.

[C-Mag]

Keep After it.

[Fife]

Mead looks like fun, and wide open to experimentation.

What's the worst that can happen?

It's not like shine, where you can knock your country ass blind or have total renal failure in a couple of hours. :goteam: :drunk:

[Speaker to Animals]

Mead looks like fun, and wide open to experimentation.

What's the worst that can happen?

It's not like shine, where you can knock your country ass blind or have total renal failure in a couple of hours. :goteam: :drunk:

Well, the joke is on you if this shit blows up and sends me flying all the way over into Rutherford county.

[Fife]

Just follow the yellow brick road and watch out for the thot witches when you touch down.