Life as a Musical

After following The Falling Blog and his mead making I decided to brew a one gallon batch of mead. I had everything in hand from my ale brewing except for the honey. I used champagne yeast that I always keep around in case of a stuck ale fermentation. I checked out The Falling Blog’s Instructable on mead brewing, as well as some other internet resources. I decided to make a simple mead with a half an orange, 12 raisons, and 2 2/3 pounds of honey.

I pasteurized the honey in a 1/2 gallon of water, added the oranges and raisons, topped off the water and added a yeast starter. I then shook it like crazy for 5 minutes. The airlock is bubbling as I type this. Now I just have to rack the mead every month for 3 to 4 months, then drop the yeast and let it age a little. I’ll probably just bottle the whole batch in a jug like my Grandfather used to do when he made wine. I don’t know if I’ll be able to wait 6 months to have it though!