I had a bunch of friends over for a mead making demo today. I’ve had that honey sitting around waiting for this, except for the 1 pound which got put in the dunkelweizen I just started. So after getting everything ready, we commenced mead making. The recipe is pretty close, OK, darned near exactly Beerkrafter’s Spiced Mead, but here’s exactly what went in mine:
- 18 pounds cotton blossom honey
- 1 vanilla bean
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 5 teaspoons yeast nutrient
- Wyeast 4184 Sweet Mead Yeast
The directions are as follows:
- Clean and sterilize everything
- Mix 2.5 gallons of water, the honey, the vanilla bean, and the pumpkin pie spice together in a large kettle
- Heat the mixture to 160 degrees and keep it there for 20 minutes
- Chill as fast as you can
- Pitch the yeast
- Wait…