<style> .txt-gold { color: Gold; } .txt-tan { color: Moccasin; } .txt-red { color: Crimson; } .txt-green { color: LimeGreen; } .txt-blue { color: DodgerBlue; } .reveal section img { margin: 0; } .img-tall { width: auto; height: 590px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: contain; } .row p { margin: 0 .25em; } .img-full { width: auto; height: 700px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: contain; } .reveal p:has(> .img-full) { margin: 0; line-height: 0; } .img-title { width: auto; height: 520px; } .img-mid { width: auto; height: 350px; } .img-small { width: auto; height: 300px; } .img-wide { width: 400px; height: auto; } .img-pack { width: 250px; height: auto; } .row { display: flex; justify-content: center; flex-wrap: wrap; } </style> # Making <span class="txt-gold">Mead</span>  <!-- .element class="img-title" --> --- What is mead? Alcoholic bev made with honey and water <!-- .element class="fragment txt-tan" -->  <!-- .element class="fragment img-small" --> --- a.k.a "honey wine"  <!-- .element class="fragment img-small" --> _A "wine" is produced with grapes_ <!-- .element class="fragment txt-tan" --> --- a.k.a "hydromel"  <!-- .element class="fragment img-small" --> _Hydromel is the pre-fermented mixture_ <!-- .element class="fragment txt-tan" --> --- It's been around a while - Mentioned in Rigveda\* (~2000 BC) <!-- .element class="fragment" --> - Choice drink in ancient Greece (~300 BC) <!-- .element class="fragment" --> - Drunk by warriors in Beowulf (~600 AD) <!-- .element class="fragment" --> NOTES: - Rigveda is ancient Indian collection of hymns - Rigveda mentions "soma" which is a ritual drink associated with immortality - Mentioned by Aristotle - Danish warriors; orally-transmitted poem --- "Ambrosia of the gods" in Norse Mythology  <!-- .element class="img-mid" --> NOTES: - "Ambrosia" is drink of Greek gods in Olympus that grants immortality - a.k.a. "nectar of the gods" --- How do you make it? <p><span class="txt-gold">Honey</span> + <span class="txt-blue">Water</span></p> <!-- .element class="fragment" --> NOTE: the traditional way --- Challenges of the traditional method: - Patience <!-- .element class="fragment txt-red" --> - Bacteria <!-- .element class="fragment txt-red" --> --- Solution? Wine yeast <!-- .element class="fragment txt-green" --> --- <div class="row"> <img src="https://admin.lallemandbrewing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lalvin-mockup-2024-71B-HD-min-1-600x600.png" class="img-pack"> <img src="https://admin.lallemandbrewing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lalvin-mockup-2024-RC212-HD-min-1-600x600.png" class="img-pack"> <img src="https://admin.lallemandbrewing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lalvin-mockup-2024-EC1118-HD-min-1-600x600.png" class="img-pack"> <img src="https://admin.lallemandbrewing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lalvin-mockup-2024-ICV-D47-HD-min-1-600x600.png" class="img-pack"> <img src="https://admin.lallemandbrewing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lalvin-mockup-2024-K1-V1116-HD-min-1-600x600.png" class="img-pack"> <img src="https://admin.lallemandbrewing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lalvin-mockup-2024-QA23-HD-min-1-600x600.png" class="img-pack"> </div> --- Yeast nutrients <div class="row">  <!-- .element class="img-wide" -->  <!-- .element class="img-wide" --> </div> --- Ingredients  <!-- .element class="img-tall" --> ---  <!-- .element class="img-full" --> NOTE: strawberry and serrano --- Hydrometer reading <div class="row">  <!-- .element class="img-tall" -->  <!-- .element class="img-tall" --> </div> --- Degassing  <!-- .element class="img-tall" --> NOTE: - I _agitate_ the liquid to degass - **Aeration** is different, it adds O instead of removing CO2 ---  <!-- .element class="img-full" --> --- Racking  <!-- .element class="img-tall" --> ---  <!-- .element class="img-full" --> ---  <!-- .element class="img-full" --> --- Racking improves clarity  <!-- .element class="img-tall" --> NOTE: this is an example of poor clarity --- Calculating ABV <p class="txt-tan">SG₀ - SG₁ ÷ 0.775</p> NOTES: - SG = specific gravity (aka relative density) - Temperature adjustment --- Tracking  <!-- .element class="img-tall" --> ---  <!-- .element class="img-full" --> --- Pasteurizing  <!-- .element class="img-tall" --> --- Back-sweetening  <!-- .element class="img-tall" --> --- Aging  <!-- .element class="img-tall" --> ---  <!-- .element class="img-tall" -->