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A few things to remember when brewing mead. Mead is notorious about needing nutrients or it can wind up having a bad odor. If you have no yeast nutrients you can make a small batch at home. Take a packet of bakers yeast dissolved into water and boil it. For extra nutrients throw in a small handful of raisins. Also, as with any wine, the lower the temp the slower the brewing. The slower the brew time the more flavor is retained. Mead is one of favorite brews.

A few things to remember when brewing mead. Mead is notorious about needing nutrients or it can wind up having a bad odor. If you have no yeast nutrients you can make a small batch at home. Take a packet of bakers yeast dissolved into water and boil it. For extra nutrients throw in a small handful of raisins. Also, as with any wine, the lower the temp the slower the brewing. The slower the brew time the more flavor is retained. Mead is one of favorite brews.

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Sounds delicious...I’ve tried a couple of commercial meads and some home brews, all are just too sweet for me. Brewed beer over the years. Great fun. Now I’m making shine and growing fun green plants. I grew tobacco last year (I don’t smoke) to understand the process. I guess the only vice left is pimping a brothel.

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I tried my hand at green and fungus back in my youth. Hence my handle. Mead can be made with 1-3 lbs of honey per gallon. Most will use the happy medium with 2 lbs, but that can still be a bit sweet. Also if you use a high alcohol yeast like ec-1118 the yeast will eat all the excess sugar and give you a mead of 18-20% abv. That would probably give you a mead that is dry rather than sweet.

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Dry mead. I’d try that if I wasn’t on Keto. You may be interested in “autoflower” greens. They grow to about 2 ft tall and start to finish is 8-10 weeks.