Gee's Bees, LLC

We finally got around to bottling up the mead we started back in November,  🥂 Making Mead (geesbeesnc.com)  Surprised at how dry it was,(we thought it would be sweeter) and really surprised at how potent it was. We were feeling pretty good just from our taste testing. We yielded 3 bottles from each carboy and have labeled them Dry, Dryer, and Extra Dry. Not sure what we'll do with it now besides give it away, but I'll probably stick with wobble-pops. B is already picking out recipes for her next go-round.

We've been intimidated by making mead even though they have been making it since 7000 BC  and in its simplest form, it is only 3 ingredients (Honey, Water, & Yeast). So we decided to try it, following the Bug Farmers video and recipe,  https://youtu.be/GVVoTx6dXd8 , (We get a kick out of him with his heaters in HOT-lanta). Our oldest had an old Home-Brew kit kicking around so we stole some materials and mixed up our concoction. Ingredients: 3lbs of honey 1-gallon Distilled Water - Some debate on this too. Seems that water with some minerals left in it adds to the flavor and as long as it isn't heavily chlorinated, tap water is preferred. 1 pkg Lalvin 71B Yeast - After reading some, there's some talk that any old yeast will work... AKA the Fleischmann's® Yeast you get at the supermarket. We mixed our ingredients, and "floated" about a 16% potential alcohol content, so it's off to the closet for a couple of months while the yeast does their thing. Mater...