Love it, let's get more gamers in the hobby

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

For sure!

@imududeplaynududedisguisedasa-

3 жыл бұрын

Gamer here. Been brewing a while! Got wines and mead fermenting as i type. I play Valheim too! 🤣🤙...with Amon Amarth in on pandora🤘

@Rannos22

2 жыл бұрын

I found Townsend's from the pemmican in RimWorld so hopefully people find mead this way

Tried this recipe and it's turned into my absolute favorite recipe

@PlastiForge

6 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to try mine.

Excellent video with good overall info for newbs.

So smart, guaranteed to be one of your most viewed videos. I’d bet on it! Hopefully leading to the appreciation you deserve!

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! I really enjoyed putting this one together.

@nizvkfb7vsbvrsct723

3 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling this video might blow up

Great video ... may try that one this weekend!

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy!

I really like the choice to go over all the steps in more detail and linking the Beginner Mead Making vid in assumption there will be new brewers coming from the game. Bravo

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I had some folks look over this one to help make sure we hit a lot of the basics. :)

Hey I like this channel brother! You got a new subscriber

Thanks for the idea about erythritol. It doesn't seem to be well covered as a way to back sweeten. I'm trying some out now.

Seriously not even joking...I was playing Valheim while this video came up

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Coincidence...or CONSPIRACY?

Getting valheim in 2 days as well as in a month or two I’ll be brewing my own mead 🤘🏻🤘🏻ima have to try this!!

I'm in the process of coming up with a dark souls inspired Estus flask mead... game inspired brews are just fun

Im just about to finish my lemon-drop hydromel and this is next!

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! I was honestly surprised at how lovely this turned out!

Pro tip, just did this. Mix the honey and water first. Also maybe take the gravity now so the berries don’t clog up your turkey baster. Also no mention of fermaid O, I guesstimated 2g.

Awesome

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This looks Delicious and simple! I just made a 5 gallon blue berry, black berry, and cherry mead, its gonna sit on the berries for 2 weeks. looking at a 15% abv

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Gonna oak it? Oak and berry blend is so good.

@Regaleus

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost i got charred oak chips!

When's the next Valheim recipe!? Loved this one! 🍷🍾🍹

@Indian0Lore

Жыл бұрын

Find me a frozen gland for the frost resistance mead.

I would like to see you take a swing at some Honningbrew mead from skyrim

@duayinepu2103

3 жыл бұрын

I love all of the 4 Elder scrolls meads

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen a lot of recipes, and I’ve seen the ones from the cookbook. I would probably want to roll my own if I did them. :)

Wouldn't adding erythritol after the bottles are filled create a headspace issue for carbonating?

When adding the Erythritol, do you stir or shake the bottles in some way or let it dissolve on its own? Never used Erythritol before, but am going to based on your success with it.

Do you have a kegging system?? And if you don't, if you did would you still bottle carbonate and use erythritol?

When bottle conditioning with the carbon tablets, do the bottles need to be refrigerated or left at room temperature?

Could you use a white wine yeast or kveik in this brew?

You can, of course, sweeten with fermentable sugars, use one plastic bottle, check it daily for firmness, then pasteurize the bottles and they won't explode. I can always taste artificial and non-sugar sweeteners, so that's the way for me. Or wait until the yeast are completely done and back sweeten then.

Would you make an acid blend for this? Or is the tart/acid enough?

at work haven’t watched it yet...but you get a 👍🏼!

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you like it!

@josechavez5467

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost great video...love the shirt!

So what specifically does the Ohio kit come with, and what does it not come with that we still need to get?

If you dont have a big enough fridge to cold crash, do you just leave it longer to clear instead?

Can you make strawberry wine from frozen strawberry daiquiri mix?

I was playing Valheim and wandered “is it really that easy to brew mead?” Well, I got a simple (water, honey, yeast) fermenting now, will be moving it to secondary fermentation in a week, and then I’ll be taking a crack at this raspberry and blueberry mead. Thanks for video, I’ll be getting some yeast nutrients to help the next batch out.

@Indian0Lore

Жыл бұрын

Hey, it’s been a year. How did it turn out?

@babony5

Жыл бұрын

@@Indian0Lore tried it twice. the raspberries made up most of the flavor of the first one and it went down fast. 2nd batch didn't have a strong fermentation, mostly tasted like fruit juice.

Could you use LACTOSE to add sweetness?

Can you double this batch in the same bucket? i have a 6 gallon that could handle it but was wondering if doubling the honey would affect the brewing process?

Old video, but maybe I could get some help. I made a mead similar to this before seeing this video, but mine tastes like cough syrup. Any ideas what may have gone wrong? I used more honey, so ended up around 11% ABV with a FG at 1.030. Could it have oxidized? It doesn't have that acidic taste like vinegar, just very bitter despite the high FG. Thanks!

So popping off the lid to punch the fruit cap down doesn’t cause oxidation???

I circled back to this one after the latest Palette Expander episode. This sounded good at first viewing, but hearing MMM and you both rave about how good it was I had to try it. Instead I started 3 version this weekend. First used 1/2 lb raspberry, 1/2 lb blueberry, and 1/2 lb blackberry with everything else following the recipe. Second was 1 1/2 lbs of strawberries per my wife's request, adding 1/8 tsp grape tannin as this one is missing the skins of the main recipe's berries. Lastly is 1 lb mango, 1/2 lb pineapple, also with 1/8 tsp tannin and used Cotes de Blanc yeast. Hopefully in a month I can get back to you on the results. Just love the quick summer fruit drink idea.

@Thomas-cc1lj

3 жыл бұрын

Forgot to add that in the mango I will be adding a vodka washed (two 24 hour seperate soaks in vodka to mello the heat) habeneros for 24 hours mid cold crash.

@lesowen4864

3 жыл бұрын

Can you please tell me the temperature of the water you use please..

@Thomas-cc1lj

3 жыл бұрын

@@lesowen4864 I always use room temp bottled spring water. So normally 68-74 depending on the time of year.

Hey there! I just made this as my first mead ever and am cold crashing at the moment. It tastes and smells AMAZING as is, but I can't wait to have it sparkling. Question- when you add the erythritol, do you invert the capped bottle to mix? Or do you just leave it as is, and it will dissolve in the solution?

@theastronomer5800

2 жыл бұрын

You don't need to mix but can. The yeast will get to the sugars :)

So I had half a jug of crystallized honey. I knew this wasn't a big deal, I just needed to warm it up, and it would be fine. But I foolishly just added a cup or 2 of really hot water to the jug. So now I'm worried I compromised the stability of the honey. I also didn't get all the chunks melted, but I'll worry about that once I've solved this problem. Is there a reliable test to know if I've spoiled my honey?

How many days does the fermentation take

How much fermaid o do you put in?

How much fermaid-o do you add?

How many days did you let it ferment? I thought I heard you say just a few days. I thought it takes 3-6 weeks to ferment mead. I am new to all this just trying to see.

Does the honey have to be pasteurized?

If I wanted to use Blackberries or Black Raspberries would blueberries still work or drop the blueberries all together?

How long do you need to let it age

Little late to the party, but what were those little things you dropped into the bottles for additional sugars so it could carbonate?

can I use Red Star Premier Blanc Champagne yeast for this recipe? where I live is hard to find wine yeast and this is the only yeast I could find :(

Any concerns with sanitizing the fruit addition? Would it work to puree/ boil the fruit beforehand, or would that ruin things?

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Depending on what I’m making or how I’m feeling at the time I might give my fruit a dip in starsan before brewing. But i’ve used a lot of raw fruit in the past and have never had an infection issue. Just make sure to keep the cap punched down. I would never boil fruit for mead or wine, and puréeing is only going to make racking a real pain.

@crowjr2

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost Excellent! Thanks for the advice. Hope this one gets you a zillion views.

how much yeast and nutrients do you add?

I got a question. I have a friend who suggested the idea of adding the berries for secondary fermentation. How would that differ from adding it for primary?

@theastronomer5800

2 жыл бұрын

Some brewers claim that adding fruits in secondary is better because the primary tends to remove more of the fruit flavors. You might have to a comparison to see if you can detect the difference yourself.

I love how many hydromels you have on your channel. Do you think there would be any adverse effects if the OG was raised to a 1.050 with a little extra honey, leaving everything else as is?

@TheWalkingDude27

2 жыл бұрын

That would probably be fine, it is a marginal increase. But maybe don't sweeten when you bottle prime?

How much fermaid did you add? you were not specific

Assuming you stabilize, back sweeten and keg, how sweet is the final product or what would the final gravity be/would have been if using a different back sweetener?

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

It’s just a hair shy of dry. I didn’t measure gravity since I used erythritol, but I probably wouldn’t put it over 1.01 in backsweetening.

@bushhippi

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost Did you stabilize this? how would that work? killed yeast wont carbonate the sugar tab you added right? Please explain this for me I really want to start carbonate some of my mead's...the way you just demonstrated.

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

@@bushhippi This was not stabilized. You can only carbonate a stabilized brew with a kegging setup.

@bushhippi

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost Thank you for your swift reply, perfectly logical....Thanks!

@imududeplaynududedisguisedasa-

3 жыл бұрын

Back sweeten with Xylitol, its an unfermentable sugar 😉👌 won't continue to ferment.

There's a lot of mead appreciation in video games nowadays, it seems.

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

One has to wonder if it's helping elevate mead back into the public eye.

@HisVirusness

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost Next stop: Television and movies.

@AdamPerkinsOneAndOnly

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, only because it's all viking themed. Don't get me started on vikings...

@nv3154

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost AC Valhalla got me curious! Now I’m here with probably wayyyy more invested in it than I thought 😂

When he said "pinch it off" I grimaced.

This sounds yummy, but I'm leary. If my stamana gets raised 300% I see serrios life altering injury possibly happening 🤕

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! I’m with ya

Don’t know if he said this in the video, but what did the ABV end up being?

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

I showed it on screen but it was quick - approx 5.25% ABV. Probably a touch higher due to the fruit sugars.

@averagebars8867

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost Awesome, thanks for the reply! Love the channel

@imududeplaynududedisguisedasa-

3 жыл бұрын

Man next time add 2 1/2lbs honey per gallon in that bitch with some champagne yeast. Get that ABV up. Drink like a viking!

I can't get those buckets to seal, but they seem to work OK. 🙂

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Fair, they could use a rubber gasket in the lid. But for primary, I rarely worry about seals. Thankfully that CO2 is a brew saver!

@VinnyBagODoughnuts

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost Thats what a guy at work and I were discussing. We've seen you do the "paper towel/glass trick" and figured that it would be just fine for primary. 😆

When you say gallon do you mean 3785.4 ml as I am in the uk a gallon is about 4500ml

Um... all mead is tasty. I wil start making my mead in a caldron

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Truth!

Where did you get your shirt?

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

The bee shirt? I found it on r/mead :)

@sailedhaddock

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost thanks I'll have to have a look

Does erythritol taste like artificial sugars that are found in diet drinks?

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Just plain, it tastes like sugar with a slight cooling sensation on the tongue. In meads, I would very likely not be able to identify the erythritol version in an A/B test. It definitely does not taste like stevia, sucralose, or saccharin.

@AdamPerkinsOneAndOnly

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMostYou should do a video for a fruited hydromel stabilized, force carbonated, and backsweetened with honey showing the option to bottle from keg using something like a Blichmann Beer Gun. There aren't a lot of force carb mead video resources.

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdamPerkinsOneAndOnly I’ve been going back-and-forth on whether or not I want to buy a beer gun. I know I should, but it’s a big investment and I’d have to get a new regulator to go with it. But you’re right, it’s not something talked about much.

Mmm gamer mead!

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Gamer fuel - that makes your skill gradually worse 😂

@donnybilbo8006

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, for sure! 😂

You should try a 2:1 ratio.

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

For a stronger mead?

@joshturner4741

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost yes

"Yeast requires a good diet making alcohol for you" [laughs in bread yeast kilju]

Can you make a bbq sauce mead, would be good for cooking. PS awesome vid and recipe

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion! I have another mead+food recipe I'm working on too!

@michieldesmet9403

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost bqq sauce as a wildcard in brewslab...

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

@@michieldesmet9403 👀

Did you add the whole packet of yeast for that small batch?

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. I do that with small batches generally. I am typically not going to bother with storing partial sachets of yeast unless I am brewing two small batches around the same time.

@jasonmoore3980

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost I didn’t know this was allowed. I’m doing this going further!!

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonmoore3980 oh yeah it definitely won’t hurt anything!

I'm slightly disappointed you're not drinking from a tankard.

Skyrim meads pls :)

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll see what I can do!

Using that conversion table (10 : 1 / 5 : 0.5) makes me wonder if there maybe some validity to the rest of the Valheim recipes. *NOTE* The "Game" doesn't need to state don't try this at home before starting the adventure of slaying, crafting & brewing. That being said may need to proceed with caution through these recipes. LoL

...I found you... Horray!

Why the artificial sugar?

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not artificial - it’s a plant-based compound called a sugar alcohol. Yeast cannot eat it, so the brew remains sweet. If using a fermentable sugar like glucose/sucrose/fructose the yeast will eat it and you’ll be back at square one. Or worse, have exploding bottles.

@captainbashir5174

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost isin't that the kind of sugar that is usually used in atkins or other low carb chocolate? Does it taste like regular sugar? I've made bottle bombs before, lol. Not fun when you have two cases of bottles of cider explode in the basement. What a mess.

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

@@captainbashir5174 Yeah my understanding is that it’s keto/diabetic friendly. In drinks I can’t taste the difference between erythritol and cane sugar. It seems to be the best sugar replacement that I have found so far, though some people recommend allulose.

@captainbashir5174

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost Thanks! I may give it a try in something not so laborious first like a lemonade and if I can't tell the difference try it out in something like this.

Since they put it in a Caldron it should be a bochet.

I bet Voss Kveik would do it in 48hrs.....6% session mead of this would be nice.

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

I don't have patience. Can I buy this mead in Canada

Another gamer here but RPGs and Boardgames

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

This comment makes me want to replay Earthbound.

@orinmayer1276

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost I do more old school games. D&D, CoC, Traveler and of course Board games. But I do occasionally do computer.

@DointheMost

3 жыл бұрын

@@orinmayer1276 I was trying to get into D&D right as the pandemic started. Now I have these dice and books and no way to play. Blergh.

@orinmayer1276

3 жыл бұрын

@@DointheMost I run online via either Roll20.net or Fantasy Grounds. Both have search engines to find games to join.

@orinmayer1276

3 жыл бұрын

Nice thing about roll20 is you can join for free.

What’s a good way to make it more stronger? Want a good drunk off jt after the 7 or 8th glass

Ahem, in the game you only get six bottles🧐

syphoning has nothing to do with "gravity", its called density

How would you male this alcohol free?

Is Go-Firm a gimmick? I got some. I guess it might help but I dont see people using it often.