Making Mead (honey wine) Step by Step with Photos

Mead or often referred to as "Honey Wine" is impressively easy to make!

Step 1: Measure out 1 pound of honey for every gallon of water. We decided to only start with a 1 gallon batch, but as soon as we have the space we will get a 5 gallon batch going!

 Step 2: Funnel your honey into a sterilized glass jar or carboy and add water (1 gallon to every 1 pound of honey).

Step 3: Add Champagne Yeast

Step 4: Secure your bung and watch the yeast and sugar start working!

Make sure to leave enough head space for the yeast and sugar to "work" and not have overflow. You can see in the photo that it is already foaming and if we would have topped it off too high, the pressure from the activity would have overflowed a bit.

Now we wait! The next step will be in about 3 months and the whole process for mead is about 9 months.