If you always wanted to make mead yet never have I have put together the video for you. This is my easy guide to making your first one gallon batch of mead in eight easy steps. It is inexpensive and makes a good mead. You can watch the tutorial on my youtube channel here: How to Successfully make your first batch of mead
I watched a movie last night (Outlander
Early on our main character is given a flagon of a drink and after taking a sip he spits it out because it tastes terrible! Of course that drink is mead and nothing could be further from the truth! The same thing happens in the recent Angelina Jolie Beowulf movie. To make things even worse in Outlander they dig a big ditch to capture the dragon and they fill it with this bubbling and scummy mass of mead. Of course a flaming arrow sets it all on fire. Hmm… this really burns me up -no pun intended.
Mead is just not like that. I think this whole “Mead as a barbaric drink” is just not warranted. It is made from honey. Could it be that bad?
Here is a picture of a bottle of mead that I made. Does that look scummy to you?
If you want to learn more about mead and making it yourself I have everything you could want to know on my website here: The Joy of Mead Making
Here is a video that I made about how to count the mites in your beehive. Counting mites is important because if the population gets too high they can destroy your hive. This is a nice no-kill method of counting the mites in your hive and it only takes a few minutes. This method was outlined by Dr. Spivak at the University of Minnesota. How to count the mites in your beehive
Well, the honey season is starting out and I have opened up the hives for the second time now and everything looks good. Going to make some nice mead with this honey! I took out the feeders and added empty honey comb so the bees could fill it. Only took an hour. I have more pictures and info about it on my mead making website here:
Ok, I have been contacted by the representative of a major movie studio. Yes, this is a big company that you have heard of and I have a very rare opportunity here!! If you live in the UK and are an expert mead maker, and are able to give a presentation on the art of mead making then send me an email or message.
I can’t say much about the opportunity but this is what I can say:
Major movie studio looking for mead specialist to teach members of the media the art of mead making. April 26-28.
This is something that is going to be a whole lot of fun and is probably a once in a lifetime opportunity. So, send me an email If you live in the UK and have some expertise with mead making. Don’t wait on this one, we don’t have a whole lot of time.
Will
The image below is my email.
