Easy Homemade Mead Recipe- 12% ABV and UNDER $6 a Bottle!

Let's make an easy and delicious homemade mead with ingredients you can easily get at your local grocery store. This recipe makes about 12% alcohol and is relatively cheap at just under $6 per bottle. Mead is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey. It's one of the oldest alcoholic drinks ever made and if you have some honey, you can make it yourself. Mead doesn't have to be complicated, expensive or difficult. This mead comes out wonderful at just 4 weeks (on average). Anyone can do this. You will need a few basic pieces of equipment, but they can be purchased easily using our links below. *** This is what we call a TLDR Cut (Too long, didn't read cut), so it's a step by step process but there's not a lot of explanation. For a full explanation and process, see the link for the full video here: https://youtu.be/f7a8oKvGJOk?si=w7N4Sn75QAwaxj0y Ingredients: 2 1/4 lbs Honey 1 Packet Fleischmann's Active Dry Bread Yeast 108 fluid oz Drinking Water Rind of 1 Mandarin Orange Rind of 1 Lemon 1 ounce Raisins Additions: Honey to desired Sweetness (we went to a gravity reading of 1.030) Racking: https://youtu.be/-X00d3C14z0?si=0AKSWcNIUBqKigvb Wood Aging: https://youtu.be/CV1CwIVPlgc?si=2Vfvkhtw-V2Rx99_ Pasteurize: https://youtu.be/zWBU3EI-EFo?si=DoqSo-oDVgEpHWBD Bottling: https://youtu.be/i6kiTuRuops?si=qfaGwrhS6FkrAmpn _____________________________________ 5 Liter Wide Mouth Fermenter: https://amzn.to/457wZZi Star San: https://amzn.to/44rkW7r Scale: https://amzn.to/3qWtNjF Our Favorite Pitcher: https://amzn.to/3R16Xlz Stirring Paddle: https://amzn.to/4bIgndn Hydrometer Kit: https://amzn.to/3Pg9ZRJ Baster: https://amzn.to/3PsOWvv Auto Siphon: https://amzn.to/45uKqC9 1 Gallon Carboy with Airlock: https://amzn.to/4aM8cLQ Bri's Pen: https://amzn.to/45zY8Ul CSB Hat: https://city-steading.com/product/citysteading-brews-corduroy-hat/ CSB Glasses: https://city-steading.com/product/city-steading-brews-stemless-wine-glass/ Fun T-shirts: https://city-steading.com/product-category/t-shirts/ You may notice we do not have a lot of sponsored products or sponsored ads in our videos! That's intentional. We have found most offered sponsorships are completely not appropriate to you, our audience, so we don't want to waste your time. What we actually do is offer you links to products we USE and BELIEVE in. We use the Amazon Affiliate Program for these links and we DO receive a small commission if you purchase using our links and all this comes at no additional cost to you! _____________________________________ Become a City Steading VIP - Click to learn more http://www.city-steading.com/vip-club _____________________________________ Want more City Steading? Website: http://www.city-steading.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/citysteading