Hey all,
I've been watching an old edition of Basic Brewing video where the guys make a mead and was inspired to have a shot at it myself. I had some ingredients lying about - 1kg of messmate honey (that had crystallised) and some white wine yeast and nutrient. So I made the following:
1kg messmate honey
2 L warm water to dissolve the honey
5g yeast nutrient
5g white wine yeast
Made up to 4L in my gallon demijohn.
This should end up about 7% and quite dry (I've used the yeast before in a lemonade)
It's been bubbling away for a couple of days now and is smelling quite nice. I'll rack after a month or so and then probably leave it in secondary for a couple of months before bottling.
Will post back with results...
Cheers,
Tim