Holiday Cheers in a Glass - Our Fruit Cake Mead Masterpiece

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This could be our BEST mead recipe ever on this channel. It took almost a year to make this video, and a lot of individual pieces, and a lot of testing and experimenting, but... we did it. It's pretty amazing really. Watching an idea unfold and expand into what you imagined is just a really cool thing, and we are very proud of this mead recipe!
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3 lbs (1.36 kg) Honey (we used Wildflower)
100 grams (roughly 15) Deglet Nour Pitted Dates: amzn.to/3Ru85wM
200 grams (10) Sun dried Figs: amzn.to/3Ru8bo8
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2 Pinches Dried Zest (we used Rangpur Lime Zest)
1/4 teaspoon Wine Tannin: amzn.to/41o0m7X
3/4 gallon (2.839 liters) Water
1/2 packet Mangrove Jack's MO5 Yeast: amzn.to/4anzqZY
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750 ml 94 proof Kraken Rum
Back Sweeten with Honey (we went to 1.020 specific Gravity)
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@catherinecorrea7819 2 месяца назад

I made this recipe with some slight modifications. Instead of wine tanin, I used an elderberry tea. Added dried 10-12 dried cranberries for a more complex taste. I also did a little of the sweetening with sugar (because I ran out of honey). I left my spices in for a month. It was PHENOMENAL! Heavily spiced with a deep, rich flavor. I would never have thought to make a mead like this. Thank you sooo much for this idea. I think this has to be a new holiday tradition.

@andrewlutton4684 6 месяцев назад

This is why I love your videos, self contained and not trying to flog part 2/3 etc. Makes it really good

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

We are always trying to improve :)

@jongrnl 6 месяцев назад

We found this bourbon barrel aged maple syrup at Costco a few months ago and made a wine out of it. A month later and it’s the best thing we’ve ever made! We were taking about making 5 gallons and doing it for Christmas gifts next year. Fast forward a few weeks and we’re watching this episode and you fortify your wine and my wife gasps and goes “we should fortify the maple wine with bourbon!” You’re giving us bad ideas…

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Lol

@ianwilkinson8664 6 месяцев назад

Being a Brit, most of us are brought up on fruitcake and don't quite have the aversion to it like most Americans ;-) I'm going to use your recipe as a base but use similar ingredients as I use in my Christmas cake and use brandy, not rum. You guys have never let me down yet so I am expecting a great Yule mead next year.

@MrAcuta73 6 месяцев назад

One thing to keep in mind, they use high-proof spirits for a reason. Going to take a lot more 80 proof to get to 18% or better. That might change things noticeably.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

We only used 94 proof.

@ronwatford7331 6 месяцев назад

I grew up on good family-recipe fruitcake here in FL 😅 either way, I think we're definitely trying this.

@dillonmoore1105 6 месяцев назад

If that's the case are there any fruit cake recipes you know of that I could use that are good? I don't want to make one like the ones that I've had experience with which were... questionable.

@carlsharpe2811 6 месяцев назад

Same mate, I’m going lower on the figs, around 70% on the dates but adding mixed fruit plus cherries 😊 I like a citrusie note so kinda toying with lemon peel but Spiced Ribena is definitely going in lol. Fortification will be brandy (it’s cheaper). No idea if this’ll work 🤣

@DarkThorne45 6 месяцев назад

"Have fun storming the castle." Miracle Max

@3kids2cats1dog 6 месяцев назад

Long time lurker, first time commenter. I'm inspired. It sounds great.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Awesome!

@AZjoe52 6 месяцев назад

doing this one, I have my own Figs & Dates from trees in my yard. have been wanting to do a mead with them but not sure to makeup. I did do the fig wine and loved it

@elricthebald870 6 месяцев назад

Totally agree. Just finished bulk pasteurizing a pumpkin mead (with actual pumpkin AND pumpkin spice). I should have started that one a lot earlier. But at least it wil be finished and aged well before the '24 holidays.

@aimeevanlandingham3844 6 месяцев назад

Would you be willing to share the recipe? I have some pie pumpkins to use up.

@elricthebald870 6 месяцев назад

@@aimeevanlandingham3844It's pretty simple. Cut, peel, roast and mash pumpkin. Add water, honey, pectic enzyme and yeast. Step feed if necessary. After fermentation sweeten with honey and brown sugar. Add pumpkin spice. Pasteurize if necessary. Age and bottle.

@aimeevanlandingham3844 6 месяцев назад

@@elricthebald870 that sounds amazing thank you!

@shawngibson9187 6 месяцев назад

After that tasting.I'm definitely starting this one! Sounds great.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Hope you enjoy

@1boortzfan 6 месяцев назад

Great job guys, my mouth was watering as I watched this.

@famousone260 6 месяцев назад

Pineapple honey with apple cider spice turns out soooo good.

@tobin_nathan 6 месяцев назад

Bless you guys for starting a holiday video in January!

@Christopherfrost13 6 месяцев назад

My wife and i BOTH are so incredibly excited about this one. We are starting it in January as you recommended. Gonna be a hard wait till next holiday.

@CowboyPreston Месяц назад

Used to work at a local brewery, always enjoyed making Christmas ale. Now I'm gonna attempt this as my first holiday mead.

@jasonhartzell9507 4 месяца назад

Thank you for the videos. I started a simple mead on 1/21/24 which is my first brew. Then decided to start the fruitcake mead on 2/2/24 all going well with all of your education over the years.

@cassiejohnson9152 6 месяцев назад

And just like that, you've rearranged my winter brewing schedule 😆 I currently have a cranberry mead that just went dry and I'm moving into secondary tomorrow. Then I was going to start a berry wine. Now I want to start this one next!

@whatincarnation 6 месяцев назад

My hats off to you. This is an awesome recipe and I'm all over making this one.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Thank you :)

@zacharylasher1891 6 месяцев назад

I think the best partabout your videos is stuff like this ! Watching the whole Journey from bare ingredients to finished wine/mead / beer and to see you both enjoy your hard work ! And be able to share in the creations! I get the same enjoyment making my own wine ! Great job. And happy holidays !

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

@tyleryoung697 6 месяцев назад

Oooooo great idea! I’m taking a spiced pear mead for my family Christmas party but I’ll have to try this one for next year!

@ryanmadgwick6016 6 месяцев назад

Love love love your channel, ive been making my own mead ever since i cam across your first vikings blood back when Brian had the big beard😊. Ive been looking for something special to make and this is going to consume my january! Thanks guys, and heres to seeing more of your videos in 2024! 🎉

@austinhaacke67 6 месяцев назад

Also, the intro made my brain happy. Well done!

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Glad you liked it!

@garyhowery1981 6 месяцев назад

I am so excited to try this recipe out!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@NateWebb0483 6 месяцев назад

That. Sounds. *Amazing.* 😳

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

It is!

@christopherakaninja3878 6 месяцев назад

Love the use of the Tardis appearing! Happy Holidays

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Same to you and yours!

@TheStraycat74 6 месяцев назад

It's not x-mas without The Doctor.

@the_whiskeyshaman 6 месяцев назад

Love it. Another one for the list.

@mothergoose229 6 месяцев назад

We were going to make the Spiced Metheglin recipe today...then I see this, released today. Now I am wondering if I need to figure out how to track all these ingredients down last minute! Trying to establish a Christmas Tradition Mead, where we make it each year around Christmas and drink it the following. This might be the one.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

This is better for a holiday theme.

@mothergoose229 6 месяцев назад

@@CitySteadingBrews That settles it then. The only bummer is the dates say they ship in 1-2 months. I'll be able to use your affiliate links for the other stuff, but will have track down dates locally.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Shouldn't be too hard to find.

@TheStraycat74 6 месяцев назад

I am a 20+ year mead brewer and I approve this message. X-Mas Mead

@heartproblems2727 6 месяцев назад

Looks like another recipe to try.... looking forward to making this. Thank you for all you do.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Anytime. This is among our best.

@heartproblems2727 6 месяцев назад

I'm already looking forward to it. Got to get figs and dates now..

@dirtysploof5890 6 месяцев назад

omg i love her lmao Got a nice holiday cider going cant wait to open next week

@gerardbradshaw5644 6 месяцев назад

Hi guys that looks great and I'll definitely being do one and a big big happy Christmas and new year from the UK

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Happy Holidays!

@knightmare1015 6 месяцев назад

Merry Christmas my friends. This was phenomenal! I love fruitcake. My mother and I get the 3 pack of Claxton fruitcakes at Sam's Club every year and we usually combine it with either vanilla or French vanilla ice cream. You guys took it to the next level with rum instead of brandy like the fruitcakes normally use. Rum is way better in a fruitcake than brandy is as far as I'm concerned. 😁

@jticonchuk Месяц назад

I made 2 gallons of this stuff, split the batch when it got to the fortified stage. One batch fortified with Kraken, the 2nd I'm letting it ride. I pasteurized the 2nd batch (15%) for safety will backsweeten it and "let it sit." Everyone should make this recipe! It's so good even at the early stage I'm at.

@rcairnut 6 месяцев назад

Golden fruitcake, we made this one in our family bakeries for a 100+ years, wish I had some right now.

@ghoppr71 6 месяцев назад

This was a nice little surprise video. Loved the Dr Who intro.

@robertbeauchesne9148 4 месяца назад

Ok… I think I nailed it! I finally found a mead that I like. Thanks

@CitySteadingBrews 4 месяца назад

Great!

@uniqueyoutubehandle 6 месяцев назад

Ive watched 10+ of your mead videos and am super impressed with your approach and presentation. Scientific method / critical thinking that doesnt overwhelm the neophyte. Walking me thru the questions i didnt know i had without making me feel inept. At this Ive bought vessels, a case of honey and other implements. Thankyou for the confidence!

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Thank you. We love gearing things like this! Best of luck and we are always here to help

@si3427 6 месяцев назад

I made my fruit cake in July and it has about a half a bottle of brandy in by now and it is so delicious and not building material. I think I might have a go at this over the Xmas holiday sometime between Boxing Day and new year.

@sallysmith7090 5 месяцев назад

Started this around three weeks ago and I've used a combination of orange blossom honey and Spanish forest honey which has a strong molasses flavour so I am very excited for this one!!

@jelton52 6 месяцев назад

Oh my goodness, I know what I am starting in January!!!!!

@RamDragon32 6 месяцев назад

When I saw the thumbnail I was concerned you were making a pine flavored mead... This looks amazing. I don't drink alcohol but I love the almost magical alchemy that you guys go through. I have a lot of subs to crafters (machinists, 3D printing, woodworking, resin crafts,whatever), and you guys are as incredible to watch as any of those others. I just love your personalities and excitement and the process of craft and discovery. Although there is an excellent woodworking youtuber that makes a lot of recipes with trees he's working with. Justinthetrees? I think? I bet you guys could colab with him and make something unique and incredible from christmas trees,

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Thank you :)

@julietardos5044 6 месяцев назад

Interesting. My fact-of-the-day calendar informed me that yesterday was Jane Austen's birthday, and she was an accomplished homebrewer with her specialty being spruce beer. I've never had a spruce/pine beverage of any type, and it sounds like one of those things I might have to make so I can try it.

@julietardos5044 6 месяцев назад

I just went and watched Justinthetrees' video on making incense from juniper. What a neato video! Thanks for the tip!

@julietardos5044 6 месяцев назад

So now that I watched Justinthetrees' video Cake Flavored with Pine Cone Syrup, I 100% agree with you that CS should collaborate with Justin on making a pine cone mead/wine.

@alexcan669 6 месяцев назад

Wow an 11! That’s amazing I need to make this for next year

@sheilam4964 6 месяцев назад

Happy Holidays.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Same to you and yours!

@kingofmetal6683 4 месяца назад

Watching these videos.... Really makes me just want to drink my first batch even though I just racked it for the first time and it's only been a couple of days. I'm so excited for this batch to be done so I can experiment with more flavors and mixes

@CitySteadingBrews 4 месяца назад

Make more! Then eventually you never run out!

@angeladavison6795 6 месяцев назад

I'll have to try this one

@brandonchristian8730 3 дня назад

Y’all really sold me ok this! I’m gonna make this after I try makin a beer

@kellyusher5184 Месяц назад

Ok. Started this Holiday Mead in January. Finally got it bottled yesterday. My favorite mead so far. ❤. Thank you guys.

@CitySteadingBrews Месяц назад

Hope you enjoy it!

@delven121 6 месяцев назад

awesome job on another video. I am still waiting on my mead from a recipe you all shared a while ago. I am looking forward to tasting it. (Honey, Raisins, Black tea).

@claclarolo1 5 месяцев назад

I actually got a stall on this at the exact same gravity and timeframe as you did haha! And that was with a staggered nutrient schedule. Ive never had a stall before, so I'm glad you filmed everything and showed us what you did

@CitySteadingBrews 5 месяцев назад

Happy to help!

@Sean-yr2rl 2 месяца назад

I have a basic mead I made that doesn’t have any strong flavors so I’m gonna try this recipe with it. Adding the seasonings, I am looking forward to the taste test. It’s fun watching you two Experiment.

@rexannam2646 5 месяцев назад

I was brought up on fruitcake as well. And like Ianwilkinson says, my great grandmother not only used brandy in her recipe, she preserved it with brandy as well. It was always a running joke in my family that you could set it on fire at Thanksgiving, and the brandy wouldn't burn off until after new years!! Since she added mace to her fruitcake I'm going to add a little bit of mace to the mead and see what that does, as well as some different dried fruits that are also used in great grandmother's recipe. Also, the yeast you're using might be better for the temperature here. It’s cooler between 64 and 68. It rarely gets above 72 even in the summer (you should see my electric bill)! Thanks for a great start 👍. Love your videos, always fun and full of information.

@kahlilbt 6 месяцев назад

Happily, I'm Italian, so Christmas was time for panettone 😋 but I'll be trying this mead next year!

@dawsonraney5289 4 месяца назад

I just fortified and sweetened a 2 gallon batch of this recipe! I also helped a friend make a batch, which was his first time making mead. It smells and tastes like it's going to be awesome! I've learned so much watching your videos since I started this hobby in Oct 2023. Thank you!

@CitySteadingBrews 4 месяца назад

Happy to help!

@OneImperfectSaint 6 месяцев назад

I love that this is what you put the Kraken in. I just mixed a cyser, lemon mead, and a metheglin into a cocktail and my girlfriend says I need to brew an official wassail mead. I guess I should take your cue and start it as soon as I get my Valentine's Love Potion out of my Little Big Mouth.

@HoeLeeFAQ 4 месяца назад

I have never tried making one of your recipes, only follow your methods, but this one I just might have to try it.

@memcgohan6801 5 месяцев назад

Just started cooking this recipe today!

@paulmorson2268 6 месяцев назад

I put together your spiced metheglin last weekend and may have to make this also once it’s fermented out and I have room in the airing cupboard! Merry Christmas and Yule to you both! 🤗

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Awesome and same to you!

@claclarolo1 6 месяцев назад

I am 100% doing this recipe in Jan. I love christmas pudding and mince pies, so this sounds right up my street

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Sounds great!

@manoweb1 6 месяцев назад

I wanted to tell you about one of my latest meads! Last month I started making up 2 separate one gallon batches, 1 just a traditional mead and the other i tried something I've never seen someone do, not sure if you've tried this but i really think you should, it'll surprise you! I took a gallon of hot water (not scalding) and started a tea, with a mixture of different teas, earl gray, chamomile, an organic peach tea, green tea, regular lipton tea, and some lipton iced brew (orange and black mix). I let it steep until i felt it was done (few hours), i just kept tasting it to make sure it didn't get too strong (or bitter). I used 100% tea instead of water in this mead and a month in, it tastes amazing! The tea sure didn't help much for the color up to this point lol (but I'm not worried about that, it should just be a little darker than the norm) I used 71b and since it has been colder this last month here in East Texas, it's been running at 65°-72° in my brew room. Which i have found that 71b runs a little slower at these temps, but the 3 batches I've ran like this, all have came out very well!

@MichaelAnderson-df2hj 6 месяцев назад

I've brewed for a few years using the,"PawPaw" method. It wasnt until I stumbled upon your channel that I graduated from preschool. This year when I brewed I would cover it with an industrial grade trash bag. But this time I wrapped it in a thin blanket with a standard heating pad. My 6 gallons of pilsner I started yesterday has me mesmerized as this is the first time I really get to watch my airlock. I think I am ready to graduate grade school. Looking at a 7.9 gallon conical with stand and a detachable collection chamber at the bottom. I bought a 7lb bag of pilsner then added 1 gallon of apple juice and 4lbs of brown sugar. My spgr was 1.070. Wish me luck my last beer a muntons amber was only ok. My wines usually do great if they dont have peach in them. Heck my red grapefruit wine was so good that I put a 5star rating at the top of my notebook "Formula" page. Putting it on par with my home made MD 20/20!

@coryclark7706 6 месяцев назад

winner winner served after Turkey Dinner

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Or with!

@manoweb1 6 месяцев назад

excellent video! 👍

@coreyeubanks7866 6 месяцев назад

I absolutely LOVE this recipe, will definitely be brewing this one. I'm a slightly obsessive fan of fruit cake, and as such take one small issue with the recipe. American fruitcake uses cherries. I think my variant will include a bottle of knudsens dark cherry juice. But very much looking forward to this one!

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Oh yeah you can play with the additions :)

@Robochuck 6 месяцев назад

Having just recently started, I was not aware of the previous fortification video. I just bottled my "holiday" acerglyn (my second brew ever) and had not fortified it, but my EC 1118 reached 17%. Sweat, spicy and with a hint of citrus, I hope next year I will be even half as happy with mine as you were with yours.

@DkDax775 6 месяцев назад

I did something similar with a spiced cyser I made. I used honey and Musselman's apple cider and then used clove, cinnamon, and allspice. Let it extract for a week, and then backsweetened with brown sugar. I've only had a few people try it but everyone has loved it as a "Christmas in a glass" type drink. I should note that by similar, I meant I was going for a Christmas mead.

@_Higgs 3 месяца назад

I made this one and definitely regret not using a bag for the fruit. So many fig seeds and a very loose lees. Racked it for the first time last night and will almost certainly have to rack again. I plan to fortify half the same as you and just pasteurize the other half.

@heartemisart700 6 месяцев назад

The Tardis sound fits perfectly. Just racked two bubblers of exactly this that have been standing since new years day 2022 and it blew my mind. Now I hope the family and friends enjoy it just as much! Happy holiday season everyone!

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Wow, you made this same thing?

@heartemisart700 6 месяцев назад

Yup, including the Kracken rum! I kid you not. @@CitySteadingBrews

@nekobat1962 4 месяца назад

0:19 I love the TARDIS noise at the beginning. My mom would make fruit cake and wrap it in a linen towel soaked in rum or brandy. She'd start in November and soak it until Christmas. You could get drunk on it.

@user-ki3zd9zp6m 5 месяцев назад

I have come to the conclusion that watching your channel is dangerous to my credit card, lol. Way too many good ideas and possibilities. My "to do" list just keeps growing. Keep it up!

@CitySteadingBrews 5 месяцев назад

Lol

@ashcreekAER 6 месяцев назад

Gotta love that TRBOS reverb delay craziness

@billbucktube 6 месяцев назад

👍👍

@LawlissLanterns 6 месяцев назад

The T.A.R.D.I.S. sound effects was the perfect thing to start!! Keep being awesome!!

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@jeffsmith927 6 месяцев назад

Imagine this idea, but as a rum ball mead, OMG!

@anthonylundgaard6575 6 месяцев назад

I'm watching this while dinking my first ever mead i finished a few weeks ago

@FedericaBettini-nv1pj 6 месяцев назад

thank you...your channel is wonderful, you are fantastic...I have reproduced some of your meads...one more fantastic than the other...now I'm trying the coffee one...and I have dates ready and figs...because only in this period are they available to me in Italy in Trentino...thanks again...

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Happy to help!

@Gmrgrl-mb5np 6 месяцев назад

As you wish… lolol. I am definitely making this. I absolutely love fruitcake.

@Gmrgrl-mb5np Месяц назад

Unfortunately I have to grieve, I purchased the demijohn that y’all showed in another video and I heard a crack and rushing of liquid. The holiday mead is now living in my shop vac and about to get dumped. 😭

@CitySteadingBrews Месяц назад

@Gmrgrl-mb5np really sorry to hear that! Contact the manufacturer, maybe there was some defect? Obviously that won't replace the mead... again, sorry for your loss.

@bengriffiths1908 6 месяцев назад

Finally got to start mine today! :) I couldn't find any figs, locally, so I used raisins, instead, and a good Earl Grey black tea for the tannins. Everything else was the same as yours. I did use a full gallon of water, and that brought my starting gravity to 1.090. (like 11.5%ish possible... but since I am gonna fortify it "It just doesn't matter!" LOL! Thank-you guys for putting this out there. I love to give away my brews, so this is gonna be X-mas this year for everybody. :) I will post again in December to let y'all know how it turned out with the raisins and earl grey.

@jeffsherk7056 6 месяцев назад

I try to make your favorite recipes. When I made your new Viking Blood mead, I had some boozy dried cherries from conditioning that tasted good, and that I did not want to get rid of because they had my delicious cherry mead in them. So, I used the boozy cherries to make 2 loaves of fruitcake, soaked in some Calvados that I wanted to finish using. The fruitcake was delicious. The cherry mead is about a year old now, so I'm bringing some to the family for Christmas. Likewise, I made a raisin mead that is also a year old or more, and that is going to our Christmas celebration. Now, I have fermenting your apple juice wine made by concentrating 2 gallons of apple juice into one gallon, except that I started with nine quarts of apple juice instead of eight. I will take my time before racking and bottling it. I have a lot of dried fruit in my cupboard, so as soon as the concentrated apple wine is bottled, I'm going to try this very recipe. I'm looking forward to it.

@aimeevanlandingham3844 6 месяцев назад

I love this intro, you guys should do something like that for all your videos 😂.

@matthewmeiring6521 6 месяцев назад

Have you guys ever had Barenjager? Its a honey liquer (it's imported from Germany). It tastes like drinking mead that was backsweetened with so much honey it becomes syrupy (obviously that wasn't how it was made. Its distilled, because it is 35% ABV, but it tastes fantastic). It leaves a slight film of honey flavor on your lips that you can taste for like ten minutes after drinking it.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Yup. It's good for sore throats :) we keep it in the fridge.

@NightfallShadow 6 месяцев назад

My holiday mead is Cranberries blended. Honey. Water. Cinnamon sticks 2. A pinch of cloves and nutmeg because I have no idea how much to put into a 1gl carboy. and a bunch of peppermint candycanes mini along with a teaspoon of yeast nutrients. It should be ready by maybe a few weeks. It's the third week but I will be taking my second test on friday. STill got some fermenting going.

@Troscoman 6 месяцев назад

19:29 I have know allspice berries from a video of yours, and I falled in love with it. In my country it's called "jamaican pepper", don't know why. hehehe And man, now I have some great mead recipes with then. thank you.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

One of my favorite spices for sure.

@earlturner6023 6 месяцев назад

I had a cyser turn out quite bland. Dropped an allspice berry in each bottle, and bam, fixed it right up.

@GreenfieldsHomeplace 21 день назад

I wish I had seen this video in January, but I don’t think I was even a subscriber then. That was BM, before mead. BCS, before City Steading…that actually sounds better than BM…LOL. 😂 I’m so excited to make this one. I have a list and this just ascended to the top. YUMMM.

@CitySteadingBrews 21 день назад

Welcome!

@WskyHustle 6 месяцев назад

Now I have to figure out how to keep this a surprise for a whole year! 😂 definitely making it! Never had a "date" though, might have to try it first

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Lol

@WskyHustle 6 месяцев назад

@@CitySteadingBrews that was riddled with typos, I swear I haven't started drinking.. yet. 😂

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

No worries! I typo like crazy on my phone.

@sandycove777 6 месяцев назад

I see Wednesday Adam's with those braids. Y'all reference movies and books so much...I look forward to it. On the other hand I have my first 3 brews going now. I wish I could get a year zip by in 45 minutes like this video. 2 weeks have dragged by here 😢

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Make more :)

@vintage1994 3 месяца назад

So I started this one in early February. I racked it today into secondary and added the spices. I think I'm going to rack it onto cherries when I remove the spices and then rack one last time when it's time to fortify.

@jticonchuk 3 месяца назад

Going to be making this this weekend! Wish the little big mouth bubbler would come back in stock.

@CitySteadingBrews 3 месяца назад

There are alternatives: amzn.to/3PPQnDT

@angieturner1661 6 месяцев назад

I may have just bought figs and dates at Costco to start this for next year 🤗

@Minyassa 6 месяцев назад

Well now I know what I'm going to try to do this coming January! Yummmm. Btw, if fruitcake scares you, it's not good fruitcake. A good fruitcake has a texture like a heavier cake (like gingerbread), very moist but definitely cakey, full of fruity notes and spices. It should smell mouthwatering rather than chemical. I hope you will get to try a real homemade one!

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

It was a joke...

@gabriellebenard5254 6 месяцев назад

11 from both wow okay i might try this for next year

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Yeah. Highest scores ever given.

@jayvandenburgh855 6 месяцев назад

Yet another wonderful recipe! I can't wait to try it! I've your spiced apple wine aging right now and will be racking your spiced metheglin tomorrow. The only question I do have about this recipe is, in hindsight, would you have added the yeast hulls at the beginning to avoid the stall? If so, would you still use a full teaspoon?

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Nah. It shouldn't stall :)

@markwendt3496 6 месяцев назад

Definitely loved the color throughout the different stages (when it was clear of course). I'll give this a try and see what happens. One more thing. When it was mentioned about how actual fruitcakes are sometimes re-gifted, and Brian eventually said "they're cakes", here's my counterpoint to that. Twinkies are cakes (or at least part of them are), and they tend to last a long time before spoiling...if they ever do.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

One difference: chemical preservatives

@markwendt3496 6 месяцев назад

@@CitySteadingBrews very true.

@MrTacklebury 6 месяцев назад

I get my fruitcake from Ackroyd's Scottish bakery in Detroit. It's very good andRUM soaked the way my mom always made it. Unfortunately, she's not able to mess with it anymore, so the one I get is close. Wish I could try this.

@davidszacik2326 4 месяца назад

Loved the idea of this, but added 1/4 cup of candied fruit with the spices (had preservatives so it wouldn't matter at that point), and I think it added a nice touch!

@Dragonboy735 6 месяцев назад

My father has always said that there is only one fruit cake in existence it is just regifted so much during the holidays that we all get to see it. He hates fruit cake.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Lol

@jackeljas4104 6 месяцев назад

That doctor who introduction. 😮

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

@user-hd3cn5yn8v 2 месяца назад

Made this mead unbelievable! All the different notes you get is spectacular! What am I doing with it? I’m gonna let it sit all the way to Christmas! Thank you both!

@CitySteadingBrews 2 месяца назад

Glad you like it!

@mattrenaud7573 6 месяцев назад

When I saw the "Holiday Mead" video icon I got really excited to see a star anise pod on the table in front of the bottle. I thought "Has Brian given in and included a licorice adjacent flavor?". But, alas, it was just for a photo op. ☹ I know that some people just aren't wild about the flavor, but there's always hope, right? 😉

@hantms 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic video, fantastic mead! I think it's also a bit sweeter than the final gravity suggests, because of all the alcohol that was added. (Remember the gravity before adding the rum was 1.002, and then after it was well below 1.000.

@CitySteadingBrews 6 месяцев назад

Good point.