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Should I prime and carbonate more
How much water do I add to the kettle for the 3lb of honey/grains etc to end up with my 5gallon yield?
Do I add the 3lb of honey at the beginning before I start the fire with the steeping grains and citric acid or do I add it when the water starts to boil?
Should I prime and carbonate a little or is it a no?
Thanks
Drew
Technically, you are making a Braggot, not mead, when you add grains.
If you really want to make a mead you should stick to a mead recipe.
Have you ever had mead? Was it sweet or dry? Fruit flavored?
If you have never had mead before then I would wholeheartedly recommend you make a plain old straight mead then split it to make 2 meads.
Better yet, if you have 5 or 6 - 1 gal jugs then split it into 5-6 different flavored meads from one batch (fruits should go into the secondary so leave room for re-fermentation.
Of course if you want sweet mead you'll have to use sweet mead yeast. Same goes for a dry mead.
Thanks
Jason
I've had mead before and it was a sweet mead. I had a braggot before and I liked it also. I've been brewing alot of beer lately and decided to buy 15 pounds of honey and give it a whirl... I have the sweet mead yeast and my grains and hops ready. I was just confused about how much water to put into my 7.5 gallon stock pot before I started boiling... I'll be doing my primary fermentation in a 6.5 gallon carboy and conditioning in a 5 gallon. Once I get my first mead down, I'm going to experiment with fruits and so fourth.
Thanks
Jaylin
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