How We Make a LYCHEE Mead - Canned Lychee Honey Wine

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  • čas přidán 6. 04. 2024
  • Let's make a homemade lychee mead. We did this easily using canned lychees. Our video goes through the entire process with all the details as well as a comprehensive tasting of our homemade lychee mead.
    Ingredients:
    40 oz Lychee in Syrup (this link isn't the same we used but looks very similar):amzn.to/4ansLic
    1 Black Tea Bag Steeped for 5 min in 1 Cup of Water
    1/2 package Lalvin 71-B: amzn.to/3xmuhTc
    2 pounds Texas Honey: amzn.to/49rLZ55
    80 oz Water
    Additions:
    40 oz Lychee's in Syrup
    Back sweeten with Honey to 1.024
    2 teaspoons Citric Acid: amzn.to/43LHkJY
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Komentáře • 254

  • @dr_ginn_chaos8071
    @dr_ginn_chaos8071 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Binge watched a lot of your content over the past month or so including a lot of your older content, and I just finished fermenting 3 gallons of pure mead goodness. thanks for the amazing content and information.

  • @mikesova7240
    @mikesova7240 Před 3 měsíci +16

    Ok ,I think you need to be introduced to the potato masher. Lol love the videos, keep up the great content.

  • @o0whiteraven0o49
    @o0whiteraven0o49 Před 3 měsíci +7

    My wife is from Honduras and her mom wanted me to make her a wine with this fruit. I was worried at first since i had no idea what this was but It turned out good. So awesome to see yall make this wine also.

  • @beep-beepwatermelon4203
    @beep-beepwatermelon4203 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Life happened and I had to wait until the evening to finish watching this video, or should I say “ listening” because I had to have the room dark, and the audio is noticeably better! When my eyes are watching then I never noticed, but strictly based off of listening, it’s amazing! Like top quality 👍 nicely done

  • @Max_Snellink
    @Max_Snellink Před 3 měsíci +7

    With a few hours spare on a Sunday and a tin of lycees that's been in my pantry for far too long I know exactly what I'm about to do.. Thanks for the inspiration. It was going to be Aronia berry Bloodmead. Hadn't even thought of Lycees. ❤

  • @chef_life247
    @chef_life247 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This is perfect I wanted to make this meed for a while

  • @jacobcottier4006
    @jacobcottier4006 Před 3 měsíci

    You guys are incredible. Thank you for everything!

  • @drakkhisskaeren7593
    @drakkhisskaeren7593 Před 3 měsíci +2

    YAY "The Beast" is back, loved the Edit on that

  • @heldaneurbanus5135
    @heldaneurbanus5135 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I find it helpful when proofing yeast to add a little sugar and a little wheat flour. They seem to love it. Warm (not hot) water also helps to have happy yeast to pitch. For amounts if you want them I'd say 50-100 ml of warm water, 1 tsp white sugar or honey, 1 tsp plain wheat flour (other flours may work too).
    Living in a very hot and humid climate (like Florida but hotter) yeasts are fairly often DoA so I have always found proofing the yeast before use very important.

  • @arcwiz
    @arcwiz Před měsícem +1

    Thank you for this! I've been pondering making a strawberry lychee mead, but couldn't find any lychee mead recipes online.

  • @jucav45
    @jucav45 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Great video! I used fresh lychees for my wine/mead and peeled 8kg of them by hand. The spikes are no joke if you peel that many, it took about 2 weeks for my hands to heal. Going the canned way is a smart choice. The taste is great though so was still worth it in the end!

  • @reviewswithdouglas
    @reviewswithdouglas Před 3 měsíci +2

    My cousin made a PB & J Mead and at different temps you could taste the different aspects of the PB & J. Chilled you're able to taste the PB & J, at room temp you could taste the bread; it was a very interesting Mead.

    • @a1ynex95
      @a1ynex95 Před 3 měsíci

      Could you ask him how he did I’d be curious to try this myself

  • @justin.c.taylor
    @justin.c.taylor Před 3 měsíci

    Man ... Here I thought I had a flavor you two haven't done yet! My wife and I have this on our list to ferment, but we were waiting for fresh. Good to know we could do can. Thank you for another great video and experience!

  • @beardedxj
    @beardedxj Před 3 měsíci +1

    I would love to see PawPaw fruit mead. Love these experiments! Learned a lot from your videos.
    My First batch is 2 months in and already tastes amazing. Can't wait to bottle it. I made Black n Blue Razz. Blackberry blueberry razzberry. It's at 17.6% right now. Tastes like a semi dry red blend. Absolutely amazing.

  • @alexcan669
    @alexcan669 Před 3 měsíci

    I loved the video guys!

  • @stonerainproductions
    @stonerainproductions Před 3 měsíci +2

    Ive never had lychee before, but at the end Derica said it was grape-like. I think id like to try this. Great video as always.
    On as asit, i saw the Meadowfoam bottle in the video and i got excited. I hope you are enjoying it! I genuinely love the taste and fell in love with it. Its my new favorite honey, the cost makes it a little prohibitive tho.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      We're gonna make something with it. Haven't even opened it.

  • @kashim73
    @kashim73 Před 3 měsíci

    I have been wanting to do a recipe like this for some time now.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Came out really nice. The acid really made a difference!

  • @chucklasher6061
    @chucklasher6061 Před měsícem

    Earl Grey and Lychee sounds great. The flavor combo could be delicious

  • @grosey11
    @grosey11 Před 3 měsíci

    I made lychee honey mead a while ago. I was browsing the grocery aisle for canned apple pulp. It was great although I really have come to like just the honey mead on the dry side with champagne yeast.

  • @locomike2
    @locomike2 Před 3 měsíci

    thanks for the tipp, on the chillies guys

  • @gabrielpauly7931
    @gabrielpauly7931 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Happy National Beer Day!... thanks for another great vid... SKAL

  • @sallysmith7090
    @sallysmith7090 Před 3 měsíci

    Really grateful you mentioned using citric acid to bring back your brews meadazzle guys! I recently added Kraken to my festive brew and while i love the flavour it felt kinda flat, like an old rum and coke. Gonna try the acid and see if i can bring some figgy back. Also I'm pretty proud of meadazzle 😂

  • @Mongoose540
    @Mongoose540 Před 3 měsíci

    I just got done making the IBC Root Beer mead you did a while ago. That is so delicious. I'm glad i did it along side my first mead, which was a traditional, it didnt turn out well. The root beer one turned out amazing. I'm now gonna start working on an alcoholic dr pepper. After watching this i May have to try a lychee as well.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      What happened with the traditional?

    • @Mongoose540
      @Mongoose540 Před 3 měsíci

      @@CitySteadingBrews It wasn't bad per se. I just didn't like how it came out. My brother liked it just fine, so i just gave it all to him. After doing some more research it seems that bread yeast causes more of an astringent flavor to the brews compared to other yeasts such as ale or champagne. Both of the meads i made so far were with bread yeast. I have ordered some champagne yeast, in order to limit the astringency, to keep trying out more brews.

  • @gregvaughntx
    @gregvaughntx Před 3 měsíci

    I love seeing the Desert Creek honey! They're local to the county I live in. Most the meads I make use that.

  • @drakkhisskaeren7593
    @drakkhisskaeren7593 Před 3 měsíci

    OMG, The Audio Change is Awesome, LOL definitely can tell the new setup

  • @nekobat1962
    @nekobat1962 Před 3 měsíci

    I love lychees so this mead sounds wonderful! If I ever get space I might try this.

  • @beep-beepwatermelon4203
    @beep-beepwatermelon4203 Před 3 měsíci

    Also lychee and goji berry would probably be amazing together, especially because both are really lovely with citric acid.
    I’ve started adding lemon or lime zest and juice to my daily smoothies, and now I can’t go back! Adjusting acid makes all the difference

  • @quester307
    @quester307 Před 3 měsíci

    Sound blanket change was very apparent, but in a good way. Voices seem much clearer. Thank you for what you all do... Keep going folks!

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      It's microphones, audio recorder, new camera and sound dampening... fairly substantial investment!

    • @quester307
      @quester307 Před 3 měsíci

      @@CitySteadingBrews 25:29 specifically... took me back for a second. I actually checked my sound settings first, lol

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah, a few different changes through this video.

  • @CraftyWiners
    @CraftyWiners Před 3 měsíci

    Can we admit we'd never heard of a lychee before? But sounds fun to try!

  • @SouthValleyKnifeCo
    @SouthValleyKnifeCo Před 3 měsíci

    I've never heard of lychee. Might have to try some

  • @ssadams
    @ssadams Před 3 měsíci

    I have used buckets forgot 35 years and have only once closed the lid tight one time(the 1st time). I found it too difficult to open. Thanks for the video. Cheers 😀 👍

  • @evaniwhitten6437
    @evaniwhitten6437 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Regarding sweetening during balancing phase- I've been making a simple syrup concentrate and adding small amounts to a sample. Then i compare the difference in grav between that and the original on a refractometer (because even if it doesn’t give the right gravity because of the alcohol, itll still tell you the difference in density between the two) then use that as the benchmark for sweetening. Its fewer sample sips yeah, but i like the ease of it.

  • @timaidley7801
    @timaidley7801 Před 3 měsíci

    Last year I had some success turning the pears in our garden into pear cider by following your video, and last month I tried my hand at mead, following one of your videos. However, I think I made a mistake by leaving the raisins and lemon rind in for too long (about four weeks). Despite it not having finished fermenting yet, I racked it in to a fresh jug in order to separate it from the fruit, and it has a really pretty strong taste of lemon rind to it. Anyway, I plan to stay the course, let it finish fermenting, and then I'll probably bottle it in a month or two. Hopefully the taste smooths out a little between now and then!
    I also have the other half of the 6lb jug of honey I bought still left over, so I might try another batch with a little less lemon, and only leave it a week or two before removing it from the fruit this time.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      We normally leave it in til racking but everyone's tastes are different 👍

  • @pizekel
    @pizekel Před 3 měsíci

    I was thinking about giving the GOYA frozen passionfruit pulps a try.

  • @LawlissLanterns
    @LawlissLanterns Před 3 měsíci

    I have avoided making fruit meads as a rule, not wanting to deal with the extra 'stuff' THIS ONE is something I want to do!! I did make a stainless steel filter for the auto siphon when I made a mead with rose petals.
    THANKS again for another great educational video... I have recommended your channel to anyone remotely interested in making mead.
    I always credit what I learned here to my successful brews.
    I just bottled a horehound cinnamon, it is interesting, could be sweeter.. my post brewing game isn't up to your standards... I would be interested to see what you'd do with it.
    Cheers folks!!

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +2

      A little mess is more than worth it to experiment with fruit in mead. Makes it incredibly versatile!

  • @SpillTheWine67
    @SpillTheWine67 Před 3 měsíci

    🎼Purple Haze Purple Haze !🎶❤️! You two are THE BEST Brew Channel on YT HANDS DOWN!

  • @julietardos5044
    @julietardos5044 Před 3 měsíci

    Lychees are traditionally consumed on your birthday for good luck. I may actually make this one to drink on my birthday next year. It sounds really good.

  • @samljer
    @samljer Před 3 měsíci

    Theres a lychee drink from "SOHO" thats excellent.
    you guys are in for a treat, 100%

  • @Polydactyl_Pterodactyl
    @Polydactyl_Pterodactyl Před 3 měsíci +1

    Hey wow! WHIBEL got a new job! 😂
    Thanks for doing this. Now I’m totally going to have to make this for Larry. Lychees are native to China and were one of his favorite childhood treats.
    Btw, if you ever get a chance, try lychee rice wine. It’s very yummy.

  • @elricthebald870
    @elricthebald870 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Purple Haze. Now THAT would be an interesting mead. Though it won't be exactly legal in most of the world.

    • @timothynaquin8899
      @timothynaquin8899 Před 3 měsíci

      Purple Haze is a beer made by the Abita brewery in Abita Springs, LA

    • @elricthebald870
      @elricthebald870 Před 3 měsíci

      @@timothynaquin8899 Could be. But I highly doubt there's any actual purple haze in it.

  • @aimeevanlandingham3844
    @aimeevanlandingham3844 Před 3 měsíci

    I did something similar to this with canned Jackfruit. I looked over and saw I still had four tins of it from months ago. I ran it through the food processor to just get it chunky, added sugar and water, then yeast. It's in conditioning now, I forgot to get dried jackfruit at the asian market and racked it before realizing that lol.
    It has a light jackfruit taste to it so I'm hoping the dried fruit will give it more flavor.

  • @toddstropicals
    @toddstropicals Před 3 měsíci

    So much for the lychee sweet & sour chicken dish I was gonna make...
    A neighbor of mine has a couple of loquat trees loaded with fruit he said I could have, I may get them and make wine.

  • @thelakecommander7632
    @thelakecommander7632 Před 3 měsíci

    Great content. I made a leche mead last year and it really turned out great. Unfortunately only made a gallon of it and am down to my last bottle.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yeah, we do smaller batches, and I feel your pain, lol.

  • @brycekeltner6418
    @brycekeltner6418 Před 3 měsíci

    Brian and Derek love the videos They are super helpful Started out doing your honey Mead, now I've done 8 of your brews from blueberry to raspberry etc. I was hoping for a future video. Yall could do a kiwi Mead.

  • @markmanning2921
    @markmanning2921 Před 3 měsíci

    I was 3 when i first tasted these (fresh off the tree) and all my life i could vividly remember the taste. A few months ago A local chinese grocery store had some and i knew exactly what they tasted like before i ate any of them, the memory is burned into my brain, i can taste them now they are that good!
    p.s. Oxi-fication :)

  • @wouter.bisseling
    @wouter.bisseling Před 3 měsíci

    Hey Brian and Derica! About three months ago, I brewed some mead. It cleared up perfectly after fermentation, but it ended up with a wet cardboard smell. This is my first time encountering this issue. I've read that it's likely related to oxidation. However, the smell was already noticeable when I took the first gravity reading after about two months (which is quite a long time for fermentation, with an initial gravity of 1.104). At the time, I didn't pay much attention to this because it was still fermenting, and fermenting often produces strong odors, haha. So, I'm quite certain it wasn't due to oxidation. At the time, I didn't use SNA and wasn't aware of how much nutrients the yeast required. I'm thinking I may not have added enough FermaidO, causing stress on the yeast and slow fermentation, which could have led to this smell. What are your thoughts on this situation, and is there any way to remove this smell? Perhaps just giving it more time? Anyways, thanks for your help and for creating these videos! (BTW I made a loose leaf ceylon tea wine (just tea and sugar) a few weeks ago and did a reading today. I tasted like fresh APPLES. How in the world! Very exciting stuff!)

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +1

      That smell is from oxidation. No amount of nutrients would have changed it. We don't stagger additions and often leave it out entirely. Somehow, your mead was exposed to oxygen. It might age out, but it's not really a guarantee. Usually once it's oxidized, it stays.

  • @FedericaBettini-nv1pj
    @FedericaBettini-nv1pj Před 3 měsíci

    thank you so much for making this mead, I had prepared the fresh litches in the freezer, pitted, and got two boxes of litches like you... after the first fermentation I wanted to halve it and add rose petals and in the other basil,... some your precious advice? even if you should put the canned or fresh litchis first...

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      Not really sure what you are asking here... sounds like a whole other recipe.

  • @billbucktube
    @billbucktube Před 3 měsíci

    👍👍

  • @blackstarboys4719
    @blackstarboys4719 Před 3 měsíci

    Hey guys, you wouldn’t read about it but I was looking at some frozen lychees in the supermarket on the weekend and thought ah I’m not sure, now you’re doing it! This is so cool. I’m really curious how this goes. I love lychees 🇦🇺

  • @spraky94
    @spraky94 Před 3 měsíci

    I was making passionfruit mead based on your recipe but I used frozen seedless cubes of passionfruit(ended up just being frozen juice no pulp) Couldn’t get fermentation to start. So this morning i poured half the liquid into another fermenter and added more honey and water to each a little more yeast to each and yeast nutrient to each. Glad to report fermentation started in both. I have a feeling the ph levels were too high for fermentation to take place. If it ends up not having much passionfruit flavor I’ll rest them both on more passionfruit after fermentation.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      More honey to a lack of fermentation usually makes it harder, just fyi.

    • @spraky94
      @spraky94 Před 3 měsíci

      @@CitySteadingBrews good to know for the future

  • @TheInfinityzeN
    @TheInfinityzeN Před 3 měsíci +1

    Doing "mathes" based on the volumes and numbers you gave, I got around 11.4% before final sweetening. Then you lose some with the sweetening and acid, so I would have just labeled the bottles 11%. The abv and ph are both in a range that make the final product shelf stable which is really the most important thing for a wine you are going to be bottle aging for possibly years. Getting more exact numbers requires a lab test and there is really no reason for that.
    I'm now thinking about swinging by the Asian market and picking up a few cans to try this out. Though I may just go with a straight wine.

  • @JemyM
    @JemyM Před měsícem

    I am considering Lychee mead because I have some RC212 packages left. Seems my grocery store have canned Lychee as well. :)

  • @shannoncraig509
    @shannoncraig509 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I looked at growing zones for lychee trees. It is too cold to grow them where I am at, but they should grow in Florida.

  • @timothynaquin8899
    @timothynaquin8899 Před 3 měsíci

    The sound change caught me off guard. But the sound is much clearer and sounds better. Good job with the blankets

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +2

      Blankets, new microphones, new audio recorder, new camera, lighting, etc.

  • @SoederHouse
    @SoederHouse Před 3 měsíci

    We compared 71B with D47 for a strawberry and cheery meads and the 71B stripped out a lot of the malic acid.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Mhm. At different temps though they will both act differently. D47 likes cold far better.

  • @paulmorson2268
    @paulmorson2268 Před 3 měsíci

    Hi and thanks for another great video! I have a question on acids please - when would you use citric rather than a blend? Is it as straightforward as use citric with melomels? Thanks 👍

  • @GreenfieldsHomeplace
    @GreenfieldsHomeplace Před 3 měsíci

    I never thought of doing a Lychee mead. Awesome. Just curious, what do you guys do with your Lees, the spent fruit and stuff? Trash? I thought about giving it to my chickens but then realized the alcohol probably isn’t the best for them. Idk. I guess it could go in the compost too. Thanks for another great video!

  • @0Foxtroy0
    @0Foxtroy0 Před 3 měsíci

    It seems like you guys have a lot of projects going on all at once. How do you juggle many projects simultaneously and will you ever make a video showcasing your fermentation station? 10/10 great content!!!

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      We just did... yesterday, lol: czcams.com/video/fQE99rCnZXw/video.html

    • @0Foxtroy0
      @0Foxtroy0 Před 3 měsíci

      Oh dang🤣🤣🤣, of course the one day I miss an episode it’s the one prior😅

  • @antheaxe7340
    @antheaxe7340 Před 3 měsíci

    if you don´t like mashing i would try scissor ether cut them in 2 or just cut slice an opening halfway through them to expose more surface area i think rha would work
    straight in bowl but if the fork works better do the fork

  • @FedericaBettini-nv1pj
    @FedericaBettini-nv1pj Před 3 měsíci

    I like this recipe very much, in fact I will use it as a base, and then by dividing it one will remain as you did and the other 2 jars with the addition of basil and a bunch of rose petals in one, I was just asking you if it was appropriate to do this or directly during the first fermentation, add the other ingredients, already making three different jars....

  • @bigdaadio.K2WW
    @bigdaadio.K2WW Před 3 měsíci

    Does the color of the liquid effect the ph strips color? I was wondering if the grape color, of a grape wine distorts the reading?
    Very good video!!! Thanks

  • @jgurratusd
    @jgurratusd Před 3 měsíci

    Can’t wait to try this recipe out! I guess you kind of did a step feed with the 2nd round of lychee, right? Do you imagine you’d get a much different product using all of the lychee up front at the beginning?
    …ohhh also, what do you think the difference would be if you had used acid blend? Thank you for the awesome content!

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Maybe a little of a step feed. I don't expect it would be much different if added up front, no. We didn't because we weren't sure how flavorful it would be.

    • @jgurratusd
      @jgurratusd Před 3 měsíci

      @@CitySteadingBrews add it to the list of “we did it this way, so you don’t have to” items. Thank you so much!

  • @timothynaquin8899
    @timothynaquin8899 Před 3 měsíci

    The TV show Vikings, that was actually one of my gripes about it was that they never showed them making Mead. Like they were in the mead Hall drinking mead but you never saw them actually making it.

    • @andyn3532
      @andyn3532 Před 3 měsíci

      On a daily basis nordic people's didn't actually drink a lot of mead as honey was still an expensive commodity back then as well.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      Yup, mostly wine and ale.

  • @SamuelSantos-pr8yb
    @SamuelSantos-pr8yb Před 3 měsíci +2

    NOBODY EXPECTS THE LYCEE FERMENTATION!

  • @yourmetalgod69
    @yourmetalgod69 Před 3 měsíci

    OMG you so should have use one of the Kveik yeasts. One of them leaves lychee esters behind I think it is Espe or Ebbegarden yeast that does it. I forgot which but I bought it just for that lol.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +1

      You can, but... the lychee gives a lot of lychee flavor 👍

    • @yourmetalgod69
      @yourmetalgod69 Před 3 měsíci

      @@CitySteadingBrews I was thinking more for enhancement of the fruit, though I do love mixing flavors lol it is kinda like getting free fruit flavor and smell haha. OFC Kveik is a whole learning curve and 5x more expensive than wine yeast so some trade-offs for sure.

  • @kevin_ninja_jones2363
    @kevin_ninja_jones2363 Před 3 měsíci

    I love that new fermenter but i think it might work best to use it for primary. I have no idea what those taste like i haven't heard of those until recently but never tried any yet

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      Works fine for either.

    • @kevin_ninja_jones2363
      @kevin_ninja_jones2363 Před 3 měsíci

      Your right I was meaning with the cheese cloth it seems like it would be better for primary for the season they use more open fermenters at big meaderys it might be better for complexity. I know nothing compared to you guys I was more or less thinking out loud lol it was just the idea that came to me when I saw it.

  • @raykiii
    @raykiii Před 3 měsíci +1

    NEW TEE " This is far from not good."

  • @elricthebald870
    @elricthebald870 Před 3 měsíci

    37:34 Totally agree. But there is commercial mead, and there is commercial mead. Just like with wine and beet they can vary widely.
    A local craft brewery recently branched out and added a mead to their line. An 8.4% carbonated hydromel. I've tried it, and I've dumped it. But I really like my own carbonated hydromel.
    Commercial mead is not the be-all and end-all.

  • @timothynaquin8899
    @timothynaquin8899 Před 3 měsíci

    Derika, I'm from Louisiana, I got your Purple Haze joke. I love Abita beer. You should try their root beer if you can find it

  • @beep-beepwatermelon4203
    @beep-beepwatermelon4203 Před 3 měsíci

    I love making lychee kombucha!
    love your videos! I always wonder what astrological signs you are.

  • @demonicbunny3po
    @demonicbunny3po Před 3 měsíci

    Had a thought. You’ve mentioned before that you will sometimes cook with your meads, that you try to avoid any mold or fungus growing in your mead.
    So I had a thought of a mushroom mead. Not sure it would be amazing drinking experience, but infusing a mead with that shroominess could be pretty good in a pasta dish.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Different kind of fungus... lol. Paul, one of our admins makes mushroom mead and wine. Cooks with it mostly.

    • @demonicbunny3po
      @demonicbunny3po Před 3 měsíci

      @@CitySteadingBrews I know they are very different, just explaining how my brain got there.
      He ever say how it is to drink? I bet it is great for cooking, but there is the adage of “cook with the wine you would drink”.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      He has different and more... eclectic tastes than me for meads and he said it's good to cook with 😉

  • @jarodlojeck5150
    @jarodlojeck5150 Před 3 měsíci

    Lychee Explosion is my next band name.

  • @failmonkey44
    @failmonkey44 Před 3 měsíci

    I was talking with a professional brewer who makes meads and spirits here is in Finland. I was talking to him about my ginger wine. I make it with brown sugar and sweeten with honey. He told me to add some carrots to the must. So basically just make your recipe of ginger beer with more sugar, but while simmering add couple carrots in it. I made one also with about a 250g of fresh jalapenos added after it cooled down. Starting gravity was 1.120 and with EC-1118 it got to 1.000. I took a taste and with tasted very sweet. I checked the gravity again, and then had to check a known gravity(apple juice) and it was not broken. Turns out I did not sweeten at all. Both the one with spice and without was excellent, bit strong, but excellent.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      I have never heard of adding carrots... interesting.

    • @alaskandonut
      @alaskandonut Před 3 měsíci

      @@CitySteadingBrews Except in the strawberry banana V8 Fusions mead I did! This had some blended vegetables including carrots and beats and the carrots formed very odd, concerning structures in the must. It has turned out pretty nice, although this was my first mead and I am ignorant to good mead.

    • @failmonkey44
      @failmonkey44 Před 3 měsíci

      @@alaskandonut the very same conversation he told me, what ever i do and try, DO not try beetroots. I dont know if it just a preference or what, but he seemed very serious about it

  • @jamesfetterman4661
    @jamesfetterman4661 Před 3 měsíci

    Will you guys make a blue rasberry mead for science? I would really love to see that.

  • @travisgrimforge
    @travisgrimforge Před 3 měsíci

    There's always a non zero percent chance it could be a mimic...so checking for eyes and teeth is a must

  • @morgaineandsum
    @morgaineandsum Před 3 měsíci

    Tannin question:
    can one add tannins after the brew is done because i had a testbatch of wildberry wine nice and fruity but i think i did not add tannins at the time (4 years ago maybe more)
    started my favorite cherry vanilla, old faithfull mead again this time without my ceiling being coverd in cherrymead
    i made some extra headspace 9 liters in a 10 liter carboy , sg 1.100 , 3 kg of flower and pine honey mixed vanillapods and 2 liters of strong cherryjuice and a cherry apple mix box about 6 liters , and used strong yeast oeno something making fruities come up and added a nice black tea cherry flavour.
    my 34 liters of applemead is at the phase that there is about 7 liters left .. it's so good. next project herbs .. commamille or rosemary , maybe dandelion but not sure ..

  • @Katarax
    @Katarax Před 3 měsíci

    i have a questrion as a beginner... can you add to much honey to a batch? so the standard is 3-3.5 pounds would something insane happen if i added say 5 pounds or 6 pounds of honey to the initial fermentation? i am now the brewmaster for my friends and and getting a 7 gallon fermenter and what would happen if i were to add like 25-30 pounds of honey to the 7 gallon fermenter?

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      Too much honey and it may not ferment, it might stall, or it will cause off flavors due to stressed yeast. Generally a bad idea.

  • @Famine_52
    @Famine_52 Před měsícem

    So im just about to get into mead making and brewing in general so ive been watching these videos nonstop for about 3 days now. I know myself (and my friends) well enough to know that i am going to eventually be doing some experiments with highly acidic beverages, how would i cut down the acid level to give yeast the best chance of survival?

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před měsícem

      Why do you think they will he acidic? But anyway, potassium bicarbonate works well enough.

    • @Famine_52
      @Famine_52 Před měsícem

      @CitySteadingBrews the reason I know I'll be competing with acid levels is because we all drink various energy drinks and tend to lean to the more citric flavors thus I'm assuming an acidic drink that will eventually be used as an experiment to see if it will work. When I told my D&D group I was about to start trying to make mead, one of the first things they asked was "if monster nitro would work". Thank you for all the great information!

  • @FedericaBettini-nv1pj
    @FedericaBettini-nv1pj Před 2 měsíci

    Hi comma I'm trying to make litche mead like you, after the first day of a very light fermentation that didn't even start the bubbler it stopped, what do I do, try adding a little water and yeast?😢

  • @sethb9687
    @sethb9687 Před 3 měsíci

    I'll definitely be trying this one! I love lychee. Also, if you guys are open to expending your audience, you might consider creating an ifunny account. There is a HUGE interest in mead on that app. Like unbelievably huge. I will forewarn you though, there is a bit of off-color things that you'll occasionally see. But for accounts like yours, it'll generally be pretty wholesome. Just a thought. Cheers.

  • @user-yj8ng5lr2i
    @user-yj8ng5lr2i Před 3 měsíci

    When using sterilizer, can you make a 5 gallon pail of it and use it for an extended period of time???

  • @thetattedpharmacist3215
    @thetattedpharmacist3215 Před 3 měsíci

    Forgive me if you’ve answered this before (you probably have) but could you substitute some of the honey in a basic mead for maple syrup to add a different flavour? I’ve never made my own before but you’ve inspired me to buy some gear and give it a go, and I absolutely adore maple!

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Sure. It does take on a different flavor. czcams.com/video/6Z3Qdabmx7I/video.htmlsi=u6YEMwPOPmXx3z1r

    • @thetattedpharmacist3215
      @thetattedpharmacist3215 Před 3 měsíci

      @@CitySteadingBrewsthanks so much for the reply, heading over to the video you linked as soon as I get a chance!

  • @domors89
    @domors89 Před měsícem

    Very interesting! Are you concerned about oxidation from the 2 weeks spent in the second vessel with the cheese cloth?

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před měsícem

      Not at all. Oxygen doesn't just incorporate itself, it has to be added by mixing or stirring to cause an issue.

    • @domors89
      @domors89 Před měsícem

      Thanks for the reply. I've done 2 versions of lychee, ginger and sugar cane mead and am not happy with them yet. All fresh fruit. I think the sugar cane gives a grassy note I don't love. Will keep trying

  • @stephenkennedy2075
    @stephenkennedy2075 Před 3 měsíci

    How did you decide how much lychee to use for primary and secondary?

  • @SouthValleyKnifeCo
    @SouthValleyKnifeCo Před 3 měsíci

    Also i blend and use a dry hopper for added fruit.

  • @thors_bane
    @thors_bane Před 2 měsíci

    Do the two of you ever use brew bags and if so, do you have a recommendation for a natural bag supplier?

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 2 měsíci +1

      We have but tend not to. I don't have advice for a supplier though.

  • @bartlester591
    @bartlester591 Před 3 měsíci

    I love your hats where do you get them

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      Mine, I have no idea... Derica's is in our store: city-steading.com/product/citysteading-brews-corduroy-hat/

  • @Abjess
    @Abjess Před 3 měsíci

    Hi! Question for you guys or anyone in the comments! I'm making a cyser. Just apples, honey, apple juice, yeast. My starting gravity is a little high at around 1.16. Is this normal?? Will that kill the yeast?

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Dilute it to 1.100 or below. Yes, that will likely not work well.

  • @1boortzfan
    @1boortzfan Před 3 měsíci

    I'm glad to see y'all drinking from a Mason jar. Now I know you're regular people. LOL. I used to deliver groceries to Save a Lot grocery stores as a truck driver. They sell Leechees.

  • @earleencadwell8373
    @earleencadwell8373 Před 3 měsíci

    Potato masher!!!

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah, for these though, the fork was a little better really.

  • @chelseagrimsley6689
    @chelseagrimsley6689 Před 3 měsíci

    Speaking of summer drinks, have yall done anything lemonade-esque?

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Lemon mead.... czcams.com/video/j3Am3w6Xv4Q/video.htmlsi=ntk-5N9Ed45_vV3P

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Skeeter pee.... czcams.com/video/O2T0VpS6ypw/video.htmlsi=zTQTv5_t1XDlCWuC

  • @MrAcuta73
    @MrAcuta73 Před 3 měsíci

    Never tasted lychee...should head to the Asian market and get some to try. I need galangal, lemon grass, and coriander root anyway. So I have an excuse.
    Might try sorbet too if I like it...I sorbet everything these days.

  • @NuHaz3
    @NuHaz3 Před 3 měsíci

    Hey! I am trying to remember your rule in how much yeast per gallon you use. You mentioned it in one of your videos but I don’t remember which one it was 😅

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      Usually a half packet but we have used whole packets in a gallon.

  • @shawn9015
    @shawn9015 Před 3 měsíci

    Hey guys have you ever seen a magna lid? You press on a ring. Once, and it pretty much is permanent. However, the middle skrews off and has a good seal.

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      Haven't seen that no...

    • @shawn9015
      @shawn9015 Před 3 měsíci

      @CitySteadingBrews I'm sorry it's a gamma seal lid not magna.

  • @cyberdreck
    @cyberdreck Před 3 dny

    would a pulse in a food processor work ?

  • @fustratedfisher
    @fustratedfisher Před 3 měsíci

    Have you ever made "Rose Hip Wine" fruits from the wild rose

    • @CitySteadingBrews
      @CitySteadingBrews  Před 3 měsíci

      We tried dried ones once. Was not happy with it. Fresh may be better.

  • @tonyscarborough1093
    @tonyscarborough1093 Před 3 měsíci

    Love your "patented folding method" bit but did you know a lot of yeast data sheets say this?
    Available in 5g nitrogen-flushed sachets to maintain optimal yeast viability.
    It is recommended to store yeast in dry conditions, between 4 and 15°C, for optimal viability and product performance. It is however not detrimental for the product to remain at room temperature for shorts periods of time, such as during transport.
    The yeast will rapidly lose activity after exposure to air.

  • @rednecksniper4715
    @rednecksniper4715 Před 3 měsíci

    Never heard of lychee til today

  • @Shrdzz
    @Shrdzz Před 3 měsíci

    What would happen if i used canned peach for my mead? Is that a bad idea?

  • @gabrielpauly7931
    @gabrielpauly7931 Před 3 měsíci +1

    the reflection of your umbrella light looks like a jellyfish in your brew... just an observation : )