12-22-2008, 06:56 AM
I'll quote from "An Essay on Brewing..." by John F. Adams, whoseguidelines I use for making mead:Mead ferments rather slowly. By its very nature, honey is antiseptic,which means to the brewer that it tends to kill the yeast which arefeeding on it.... In a mild, consistent temperature, it will take twomonths at least and probably longer...if you have used four pounds ofhoney per gallon.*****Most of my mead batches are jugged for two to four months, thenbottled just before the fermentation has worked out, giving a mildsparkle.Enjoy.--- "Ronan Mc Nulty" wrote:>> 6 months?!>> Does anyone actually have an exact measurement / time method for making> mead?>ORGINAL POSTER: gene