Drink Like a Geeky Viking: the Nitty-Gritty of Brewing MEAD!

This talk is about details that the short version of my main mead talk omits, such as more on equipment (though still homebrew level, not commercial), calculations, how to fix problematic batches, what to do with the leftover sludge, and many more topics of technical interest. Basically, Mead 201.

So you know the very basics of making mead. Maybe you can follow a recipe. But do you know how to predict how strong and sweet a recipe will yield? (Or reverse it, and construct a recipe for desired strength and sweetness?) The math is surprisingly simple. Do you know what equipment, supplements, and chemicals to use, and why? What to do with the leftover sludge? How to fix a batch with problems – and when to just toss it instead? How to carbonate your mead? Come find out all this – and much more! We won’t be getting into how commercial meaderies operate, but this will level you up from unsure scrounging newbie to confident well-equipped homebrewer.

This goes into the nitty-gritty geeky details that I omit from the shorter versions of my main talk on brewing mead.