Mead Brewing // My award winning MEAD recipe that you can brew at home // Asatru craft.

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In this video I brew a batch of Mead for service to the gods. Mead is what we use in modern times for blot and ritual in the Asatru faith. Mead is simply a wine made by fermenting honey and water. Just like any other fermented beverage it has live yeast and therefore makes a suitable sacrifice to the old gods. Mead takes the place of a blood sacrifice because we have to invest time and money into it just as we would do with livestock as in days of old. We in the Northwoods Kindred brew at least 2 batches a year just to offer in Blot and maintain our relationship with the gods of our folk.
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Mead making supplies
1. Pot big enough to boil half of the water needed
2. Primary and secondary fermentation vessels (bucket or carboy etc.)
3. Fermentation lock
4. Racking / siphoning hose
5. Long handle spoon
6. Mesh bag (optional)
7. Hydrometer (optional)
8. Honey
9. Malic acid
10. Tartaric Acid
11. Tannin
12. Water
13. Yeast
14. Bottles and caps

I have listed all of these supplies in my Amazon store and Also a few direct links for some starter kits for brewing and ingredients.

Brewing Instructions and Recipe (Gothi Bodvarr’s Blessing Mead)
Here is the down and dirty mead recipe that is easy to make, delicious and completely customizable.

12 lbs of Honey (1 gallon) dissolve in hot water (2 gallons) that is free from chemicals designed to kill bacteria. Add acid blend once the honey is dissolved in the hot water (15tsp Malic acid and 7.5tsp Tartaric or Citric acid) Can also use (22.5 tsp Acid blend as an alternative). Lightly mix in 2tsp of wine tannin. This is it, for a naked (basic) mead. You can add any adjuncts that you wish like spices or fruit. You can add adjuncts to taste but it will be very sweet at this stage. Add water to be a little over the desired total volume, for 5-gallon final batch, add water to equal 5.5 gallons. Let the entire batch cool to 65 to 75 degrees F and draw off a few ounces for yeast activation. Once yeast is activated “pitch” add yeast to the brew. Bless the mead for service to the gods. Cap the fermenter with a fermentation lock and wait with anticipation. When sediment appears simply rack the brew into a new sterile container. It will be drinkable in only one month (Honey Moon) but more time makes it more better.

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Mead Brewing (1 gallon) starter Kits
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Non-Alcoholic brewing:

Kombucha can contain a trace amount of alcohol if you are sensitive to this. It would be comparable to the alcohol in any fermented food like sauerkraut, pickles, vinegar, soy sauce etc. It will vary between brands and methods but is generally considered a non-alcoholic drink at less than .5% ABV (legal designation) with many commercially available varieties below 0.1% ABV

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