Trying something but not sure of what im doing

[Keyon]

To be honest i have no idea of what im doing but i wanted to try something new, so here's what i did:

I bought a 4L jug of water and dumped about 500 to 650 ml of water from it.
I then put 1kg of honey and dumped it in my jug, then proceeded to shake it until it was mixed.
I put 4 grams of bread yeast in.
I put the cap back on the jug loosely to avoid exploding the jug.

Any tips? This is my first batch and it cost me about 15cad. I was hoping to make a plain dry mead.

 

[darigoni]

Yeah, you are right, you don’t know what you are doing. You’ll probably end up with something alcoholic, but I very much doubt it will be drinkable. It will be dry and should be around 12% to 13% ABV.

There’s a LOT more to making mead than throwing some yeast into a water/honey mixture.

For one thing, besides sugar, the yeast need some nutrients, which they don’t get from the yeast. They can get these from the add ins (fruit) or you can buy them as a supplement (Fermaid K and Fermiad O). People have also used dead (boiled) yeast, as a nutrient.

You’d probably be better off if you tried this recipe:

Joe's Ancient Orange Mead Recipe

Joe's Ancient Orange Mead Recipe is the perfect recipe for beginners which you'll find all over the internet. It was originally posted by Joe Mattioli on a website called Got Mead many years ago and went viral.

www.almostoffgrid.com

Good luck.

 

[rb2112br]

In addition to what darigoni mentioned, I'd recommend investing in a vessel of some sort that uses an airlock. Putting the cap on loosely allows gases to escape, but also allows things in that you don't want.

 

[Squatchy]

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