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How to Make Great Mead

Craft Beer & Brewing Course

How to Make Great Mead

In this introductory course you'll learn how to make great mead from start-to-finish.

13 chapters · 32 lessons · 48m

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In this introductory course you'll learn how to make great mead from start-to-finish.

Your instructor

Sergio Moutela

Sergio Moutela

Meadmaker, Melovino

Course contents

13 chapters, 32 lessons, 48m of video

Chapter 1

About This Course

Chapter 2

Honey Selection

  • Selecting Your Honey1:44
  • Selecting Good Honey

Chapter 3

Sourcing Honey

  • Where to Get Your Honey3:21

Chapter 4

Water

  • Water Overview1:50

Chapter 5

Yeast Introduction

  • Mead Yeast3:00
  • Yeast for Mead Makers
  • Rehydrating Yeast3:03

Chapter 6

Yeast Nutrient

  • Using Yeast Nutrient5:01
  • Yeast Nutrient
  • How to Add Yeast Nutrient2:03
  • No Nutrient Method
  • All Up Front Method
  • Staggered Nutrient Addition

Chapter 7

Fermentation Equipment

  • Intro to Equipment6:32

Chapter 8

Putting Your Mead Together

  • Variables in Assembling Mead3:46
  • Mead Fermentation

Chapter 9

Fermentation Management

  • Nutrient Regiment2:09
  • Fermentation Temperature3:22
  • Aging Your Mead3:17

Chapter 10

Styles of Mead

  • Styles of Mead Overview1:53
  • Listing the Styles of Mead

Chapter 11

Flavors

  • Adding Fruits & Spices2:16
  • Pairing Mead and Food

Chapter 12

How to Troubleshoot

  • Post Fermentation Troubleshooting2:32
  • When Things Don't Work Out

Chapter 13

Thank You

  • Semisweet Mead Recipe
  • Session Sparkling Dry-Hopped Mead
  • Wrapping Up Your Mead0:20
  • Other Resources
  • Video Production

What students say

5.0 from 3 reviews
  • This course has filled in a lot of gaps for me. Title is worth taking, especially if, like me, your understanding of the process was a bit sketchy.
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  • As an experienced home brewer, I found this to be a very detailed and informative course on mead. I'm looking forward to my first batch.
    Nick Bova
  • Very complete and easy to understand.
    Jose Ortiz