Strawberry Mead
INGREDIENTS
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Equipment Needed
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If you start looking up recipes for mead, you will notice that a lot of them seem complicated with fancy equipment. Maybe after a few tries you will want to expand your mead making skills to that level, but for now we’re just going to stick with th
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A one gallon jug with a narrow neck for brewing. I prefer to use glass for this, as I don’t care for plastic, but a plastic jug will work in a pinch.
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An airlock with a rubber stopper. You can alternatively use a balloon with a pinhole that is attached to the top of the jug. The gasses will be able to escape through the pinhole without letting any oxygen in. (You can also get the glass jug with air
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A stainless steel pot
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A big spoon
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A funnel, bigger is better
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A thermometer. Just a regular meat thermometer will do.
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Sanitizer, I like One Step brand as it is easy to use and nontoxic. It is very important that you sanitize everything that will be used prior to brewing.
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Ingredients:
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2-3 pounds honey, preferably raw (3 pounds is about 1 quart, and will yield a sweeter mead)
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Champagne yeast (or other wine making yeast)
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1 cup (more or less) organic strawberries (fresh or frozen)
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10 raisins
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Filtered (non-chlorinated) water
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