Blueberry Mead brewing // First mead for a new brewer in the family.
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In this video my son and I brew a batch of blueberry mead for service to the gods. I picked the blueberries at a local farm and ordered the honey from Hawaii. This would be considered a melomel because it is made with fruit in addition to raw honey. Mead is what we use in modern times for blot and ritual in the Asatru faith. Mead is simply a wine made by fermenting honey and water. Just like any other fermented beverage it has live yeast and therefore makes a suitable sacrifice to the old gods. Mead takes the place of a blood sacrifice because we have to invest time and money into it just as we would do with livestock as in days of old. We in the Northwoods Kindred brew at least 2 batches a year just to offer in Blot and maintain our relationship with the gods of our ancestors.
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Mead making supplies
1. Pot big enough to boil half of the water needed
2. Primary and secondary fermentation vessels (bucket or carboy etc.)
3. Fermentation lock
4. Racking / siphoning hose
5. Long handle spoon
6. Mesh bag (optional)
7. Hydrometer (optional)
8. Honey
9. Malic acid
10. Tartaric Acid
11. Tannin
12. Water
13. Yeast
14. Bottles and caps
I have listed all of these supplies in my Amazon store and Also a few direct links for some starter kits for brewing and ingredients.
Brewing Instructions and Recipe (Gothi Bodvarr’s Blessing Mead)
Here is the down and dirty mead recipe that is easy to make, delicious and completely customizable.
12 lbs of Honey (1 gallon) dissolve in hot water (2 gallons) that is free from chemicals designed to kill bacteria. Add acid blend once the honey is dissolved in the hot water (15tsp Malic acid and 7.5tsp Tartaric or Citric acid) Can also use (22.5 tsp Acid blend as an alternative). Lightly mix in 2tsp of wine tannin. This is it, for a naked (basic) mead. You can add any adjuncts that you wish like spices or fruit. You can add adjuncts to taste but it will be very sweet at this stage. Add water to be a little over the desired total volume, for 5-gallon final batch, add water to equal 5.5 gallons. Let the entire batch cool to 65 to 75 degrees F and draw off a few ounces for yeast activation. Once yeast is activated “pitch” add yeast to the brew. Bless the mead for service to the gods. Cap the fermenter with a fermentation lock and wait with anticipation. When sediment appears simply rack the brew into a new sterile container. It will be drinkable in only one month (Honey Moon) but more time makes it more better.
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With a blueberry mead you shouldn’t have to add tannins. The blueberry skin provides that. And make sure to add pectic enzymes to break down the pectin in the blueberries for a clear mead in secondary fermentation.
I thought about the tannins but I filtered out all the skins so they won't be able to release any tannins that weren't released into the basic brew. I also don't worry much about clarity because we go through mead so fast here that it doesn't matter. I will look into the pectin though.
I like to freeze and defrost my blueberries first...this destroys their internal cellular structure even better than pulverizing them, then add the pectic enzyme to the pulp and leave it covered in the bucket overnight in order for the enzyme to draw all the blueberry goodness out of them, all the sugars, acids, color...
Btw, very cool to see you brewing with your son! Reminds me of my dad, I used to be around him all the time when he'd be brewing...almost always mead as back then there were no vineyards in Norway. Nowadays they've actually started popping up but they're still rare.
Skål!
I will absolutely try it that way the next time we brew with fruit, thank you for the tip. Skål!
15 teaspoons =5 tablespoons
You are correct 😄
what Ph is your target for this wine? never adjusted wines before but yes in beers
I don't generally have a target, I just follow the recipe. But I have another batch now that is slow to start so I may have to get some strips and start paying attention these details.
Y'all are a hoot! What a fun household to grow up in!
edit to add... if you ever get the chance, use honey from an orange grove. My ex and I bought 5lbs from a Florida grove and used it in our first (and best) mead. After 3 years it was absolutely divine.
Thank you, and yes, orange blossom honey is amazing but my absolute favorite is thistle honey.
I'm here for this content! Keep up the mead-ia! You seem very very knowledgeable on the subject.
Thank you
He has won awards for his Mead🍾
And here I thought y'all could t get any crazier and y'all proved me wrong 😂. Loved the video and the outtake at the end Leave it to the big guy to mess things up 😆.
Thanks man
I have my own opinions about acids in mead making, but I had to laugh...
"The Tartars are coming, The Tartars are coming!" 🙂
If you get it, you get it.
Love you guys!
Where can i get your mead recipe?
Right down In the description.
Man, Shawn’s honey is probably the best honey out there. It’s my favorite for brewing mead! And you can’t beat his pricing anywhere!!
I totally agree, this is the first time I ordered from him and he totally has his stuff together. He is an absolute professional all the way.
would i be able to follow the same steps for adding to a quick mead?
(i dont have a lot of time to wait). im about start my first one very soon. any advice is greatly appreciated
Yes, you just may not get it fully fermented. But that's not really the point with a quick.mead.
@@northwoodskindred I've left fruit with some clear run in a jar for like a week and a half so I was seeing if it would maybe be a long a some what similar path all be it different for various reasons
😎👍❤️ very nice Egil
Loved it...Question ...are the bracelets still available..
No we sold them all out. I'm trying to broker a good deal from China to restock.
Very interesting process and the colour is amazing.
Nate
Thank you
Love it. The Allfather will be pleased.
Pleased or not, he will be drunk. Hahaha
Awe......spilling food on the ground makes me miss my fur babies! Dogs are truly amazing creatures.
And anytime I hear anyone say "hail," I wanna' follow it up with a "Hail yeah!" 'cause that's just how I am. 😏