Those who at least once tasted the mead cooked in Suzdal will long remember its pleasant taste. Although you can find some good counterparts in stores. It is not difficult to prepare this spicy drink on your own - it will turn out tastier, and much cheaper than the purchase.
Before you begin the mystery of creating this yummy, you should decide what kind of mead will be, how many degrees. An analogue of the company Nikola is sold in stores with a strength of 5%. Those who prefer low-alcohol drinks can brew it in such a fortress. How to make a weak drink will be described later. A couple of degrees more vigorous than the Oprichnaya Suzdal mead. How many degrees is it? 7.3%. There are similar drinks of greater strength. With a certain technology, 16% can also be taught. This is the strongest type of this drink. Such a sample is obtained by extending the fermentation time. You can first make honey mash, then overtake it in a special preparation, and then you get a very strong mead. How many degrees? Under 40, but it will already be a different, alcohol-containing drink, since it is as a result of distillation in the apparatus that alcohol is made so strong.
But our task is to prepare mead, not moonshine based on it. Here is a drink recipe that is easy to make on your own. It will turn out delicious, healthy. And this is a great way to get candied honey, because with time it thickens. A good housewife will never throw such a product away, she will prepare a pie, a haircut, make herself cosmetic masks or treat her beloved with a delicious drink.
Homemade mead
Ingredients:
- 3.5 liters of water;
- 500 grams of honey;
- 3 grams of hop cones;
- 1 gram of yeast (it is better to take Saf-levyur).
Cooking:
Before cooking mead, it is necessary to prepare the container in which it will be prepared and undergo the fermentation process. An ordinary enameled pan and two 3-liter cans or a large glass bottle will do.
Hop cones are sold at the pharmacy. So there should not be a problem with this. First, a little water is poured into the pan, it is put on the stove and brought to a boil. Now you can add honey to it and, having mixed well, boil for another 3 minutes, removing foam from the surface. Boiling honey for a long time is not recommended, since at the same time it loses most of the nutrients. And during this time it will dissolve perfectly. After the foam ceases to stand out, hops are put in the pan and the fire turns off. The dishes must be covered with a lid so that the brew is infused.
Soon a real mead will come out. How many degrees will it be? About 7-10. So such a light drink will appeal to both ladies. To give strength, it is necessary to dilute the yeast in sweet water, and wait until the dough rises.
Did the contents of the pan cool? Then you can add yeast dough to it and mix. The drink is removed for 5 days in a warm place for fermentation. The hops are taken out. Then a young mead (how many degrees it formed, an alcohol meter will show) is filtered through gauze, bottled and placed in a cool place for a week.
After this time, you can start a pleasant tasting. It will turn out delicious, fragrant mead. The degrees in it are small, so that with moderate consumption, there will be no strong intoxication, but a cheerful mood will be created, and the body will be nourished with useful elements contained in honey.