I TURNED MONSTER ENERGY INTO WINE! 

Would you try monster wine?

I was already googling if caffeine can survive fermentation when you asked! General consensus is that yeast fermentations reduce, but don't completely eliminate caffeine content. Unsurprisingly, there's not a lot of solid research on the topic.

You need to make the famous “gator wine”, just Gatorade as wine.

Great job. Next time you should do RedBull so you can say "RedBull. It gives you wine"

I love the scientific approach behind this! Really adds some more depth to the process. Congrats on the monster mead!

Options for fixing the flat problem: 1. Mix it with a small amount of fresh monster for carbonation. 2. Attempt to make a sparkling wine, this appears to be don by adding more yeast to an existing wine when bottling, and then leaving to further ferment somewhere dark and cool. If you try the second one I'd love to see the result.

Loving the long form stuff from the channel. Seeing a professional at work after watching infamous youtubers chuck stuff in a jug really makes you appreciate the time, effort, and fun you can have when learning about mead making. Can't wait to see more

I bought your kit and am fermenting my first mead. It’s a blueberry maple black tea. Already addicted! Thank for the content.

By far your best video from a production standpoint

A passerby here. There's been an alcoholic "cocktail" sold in Russia in mid-00s called Jaguar, essentially an energy drink with some alcohol and carbonation (just mixed, not fermented). The common redbull-alike taste hid the alcohol and a whole generation of teenagers got wasted on that toxic sludge. This video gave me a flashback to that. A fun experiment, but I would suggest anyone to keep energy drinks and alcohol as separated as possible.

Anyone who says they wouldn’t be willing to try the monster wine should not be eligible for entry. In fact you should have to drink the monster wine in order to win. Really enjoyed the long form content. Excited to see what’s next.

I got into making mead a year ago when I started watching your videos. I've learned a lot from your videos and I really appreciate them. I've made classic mead, orange/cinnamon mead, cranberry/rosemary mead, and blackberry mead. Thank you so much for introducing me and my family to making mead, cheers!

Oh shit its an actual "youtube" video. Props man. Can't wait to see more.

You got me into making mead. I finished a 10% mead that all my friends enjoyed, I just started your spiced apple mead recipe that will hopefully be done for the holidays.

Monster Malt liquor

That intro animation is smooth! Great job with this video, and it's very intriguing to see how you got an energy drink to ferment.

Happy to see this channel growing. You're the reason I got into making mead, thankyou!

The madlad, he actually did it

Perhaps you should try making lacto-fermented things with strains like Lallemand's wildbrew series. Lactofermented mead, beer, wine etc. It would be cool and nobody's ever done it before. You'd be a pioneer into the unknown.

Try luxardo maraschino cherries. Don’t add anything else but the cherries and their own syrup 🍒

You should try some of the other flavors of Monster. I'd mostly be curious about one of the Juice monsters (more specifically one of the Punches or Mango Loco), one of the Reserves (I lean towards Strawberry & Kiwi and Orange Dream), Assault if you can still find a can of it, or one of the Javas. It's too bad that Monster doesn't have the range of flavors it once had, and how most of the main drinks have gone into the Ultra line, Mule and Cuba Lima would've been decent, Heavy Metal had a persimmon-like flavor though that hasn't existed for nearly a decade and a half now, and there's been some other flavors here and there that could've been interesting being made into a wine. You'd have to add sugar or honey to it, but I'm curious how any of the Monster Ultras would turn out, Violet being grape, Black being cherry, and the original White (often referred to as TV static), would be interesting choices and having the addition of non-sugar sweetener could make for an interesting back-sweetening effect. As for the naming, Kilju is probably the closest named thing, but that's usually 30-34 proof, but it's just sugar, water, and yeast, which is essentially what you have here with Monster plus the energy blend. With it not being distilled, hooch, popskull, and firewater don't exactly apply, nor any kind of spirit naming; though would a Monster spirit be considered a neutral, an outright Monster vodka might be a fun project. Otherwise I don't know of a single name for a sugar water non-distilled beverage outside of Kilju, outside of just calling it outright ethanol (the term is sugar-source agnostic, so there's no technical naming when using the term) which is what drinking alcohol is anyways. Monster ethanol, of whatever your brew's final ABV is as the label %/proof, is not only the best fitting name but also the literal name of this experiment. As far as other experiments go, like the distilled Monster vodka idea, mixing this with some grain for a malt or beer could also be interesting. Like the Hard Monster but done properly, rather than adding a flavor blend to a neutral malt, brewing the malt/beer with the Monster itself. You could also do a hybrid, similar to what a lot of late Old Norse recipes were doing with grained meads, a bunch of Dansk Mjød's products (Viking Blood, Ribe Mjød, Gl. Dansk Mjød, Vikingernes Mjød, and Odin's Skull) are a modernization of these types of grained mead recipes (though I think Dansk Mjød themselves use hops specifically); though I have no idea if any of these recipes, old or new, are boiling their hops or dry-hopping. Supposedly some 'innovative' winemakers are also hopping their products now, again no idea of which process, though I've heard from individual experiments that dry-hopping wines leads to decent results. I think this would be where Monster would shine the most, a grain product; too bad Übermonster was discontinued quite a long time ago, this was a non-alcoholic German beer monster that was actually brewed properly, it'd be humorous to put the hoppy alcohol back into the non-alcoholic Monster beer. Fermenting off the shelf drinks has pretty much opened up an entire new world of possibilities. You should do Gatorade next and send a bottle or two over to Babish; he did a tier list video on Reddit recipes and Gatorwine was one of them, though this was just mixing Gatorade and a cheap wine, it's become a running joke in his comment section and supposedly there's a Gatorwine tier list video coming.

I just got started making mead thanks to your videos. Looking forward to trying your improved Skyrim mead!!

You got me started with making Mead and i recently finished my first batch using foraged elder berries and lemongrass and black tea using your recipe. Currently i am going to try and make red wine from the grapes we grow at home, thanks for getting me started!

Somebody had to do it!

Bold of you to assume I wouldn't watch the hell out of an hour long deep dive that includes bottling/capping et al.

This was quite literally one of the most entertaining videos I’ve seen

That’s awesome! Thank you for the opportunity.

Heck yeah bro! Stepping up the vid production majorly! This was highly entertaining and still educational. Well done 🍻

I’ve been following this project the whole way. Actually amazing to see that it’s not only drinkable, but good. Keep it up! I’d love to see more of these experiments, but I’d also definitely still like to see your more ‘normal’ mead recipes too.

Seen other comments saying maraschino cocktail cherries, that would be cool I seen another RU-vid channel distil them but I think a wine/mead would turn out a lot better!! 🍒

Unsure what the labelling rules are in the US, but in Canada... If it's not from a grain, it's a wine! So even mead is classified as a wine.

I love the long form, you’re doing great! I wanna see another long form soon

It's been interesting watching you struggle with the monster experiment. I'm glad you finally conquered it!

Very clean video. Been watching for a while and you're the reason I now have a brewing kit. Making some mead for a local Viking Day festival and can't wait! Anyway, props to turning a million things into wine😂 keep up the good work!

Anyone else bummed out he didnt go into even MORE detail? Props for this, I've already recommended your channel to a few of my friends also getting into mead.

Get ready for monster Jesus!

The editing is so good!! The dramatic music transitions are brilliant

Do maraschino cherries next

The Dutch are joining the Mead-hype, I'd love to expand me and my friends equipment line. Great work on everything! You've inspired us to become true mead-enthusiasts❤❤ love from Holland

This was so unexpected and a delight to watch!

I’m making my first mead with your kit. It’s a blueberry maple black tea. So far so good. I’m already addicted. Thanks for the content!

I would love to try monster wine!!!

Caffeine AND booze? You like to play dangerous games.

Monster Hooch. For those that don’t know, the gravity measurement measures the density of the liquid before and after fermentation. Since yeast eats sugar and farts out CO2 the density of the liquid will be less after fermentation. The amount of difference allows you to estimate the alcohol percentage. If you accidentally bottle this liquid before it’s done fermenting, the yeast will continue to eat the residual sugar and create CO2 and alcohol- CO2 under pressure in glass bottles can create bottle bombs that explode under pressure and can obviously be dangerousssss

How about turning Arnold Palmer Half and Half into mead?

Thank you for trailblazing all these crazy recipes!

What happens to the caffeine?

I recently made my first mead at home. Many mistakes were made, but it was drinkable. Love your channel!

Awesome long form video

ONE MAN ONE JAR & A DREAM

Love the editing.

Love that it turned out. Frankly, your videos have definitely inspired me to do some experimentation on my end... I've got a watermelon mead horror show fermenting in the other room... I've definitely learned a lot about why folks don't recomend watermelon mead...

Could see the smile in his eyes the second he took a sip of the monster wine. Very neat video, I do some brewing myself, I have a blueberry mead aging as of a few days ago.

This really was a movie in the making. Everyday I'm this much closer to picking up a new hobby when you make it look so fun

Maybe you need to o port some monster from another country where less preservatives are added

I eagerly look forward to seeing you experiment and learn more about making meads and wines, I think it’s so fascinating! Keep up the great work!

Root beer mead please!

I'd love to see you ferment multiple different brands of energy drinks to compare which one is best.

I'm so glad you got a successful batch of this. Thank you for doing such an awesome video explaining the full process. Love your videos!

From the Philippines here, I really enjoy your videos and it really helped me get a good grade on my chemistry subject. Keep it up.

Missed opportunity to turn the Monster 'M' upside down for the label. Awesome video!

Love that you do these experiments!

Two months ago I made a “wine” using grape Celsius and it came out great with no issues. Cool thing about using Celsius is that it’s sugar free so I ended up using a 2lbs of honey on top of the 8 cans of Celsius. Came out to 11% and tastes delicious!

Love the long form videos and the dedication to make this crazy idea a reality, keep up the good work!

I love that you actually made this happen. Pretty work

I recently got into making wine. I mean why not..I'm a fabricator and love creating things. I love the science and info you share to help us newbies out. I was drinking the Moster wine with you. Lol

Love these wild projects! Especially the dedication you take to make them work!

Great work glad you had success!

I love these videos so much. They're what got me into mead making. Keep up the great work!

This is awesome! Inspired me to look back into home brewing and fermenting once again after a long hiatus.

I used to try making wines at home all of the time, but I never could seem to make a successful batch. But after watching your videos, I feel inspired to take another swing at it. Thanks bro.

Love all the unique experiments you do!

this is somewhat close to what us finnish call "kilju" which at it's purest form is just water, regular sugar and yeast, but it's not uncommon to make it from juices or frozen berries. I think this would fit nicely into that category :)

I love the science behind the making! Adds another layer of interest!

Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda) makes a "salty" salt meaning you can taste it when it reacts with an acid. Potassium bicarbonate is a much better option to reduce the saltiness. Given the amount of care, time, an knowledge you put into making this I'm really surprised you didn't use potassium bicarbonate.

I love watching your experiments!

This is awesome, I find your videos so entertaining and educational! 👏🏻

He actually unleashed the beast! I’ve been following along and the results are stellar! 🎉

Bro I'm so excited that you pulled this off! Well done!

I’ve been making meads in my free time for close to a year and my wife is always like ‘ok that’s cool I guess’, but showed her this and your other works and she went ‘OHHH dang that’s really cool, you should try that!’ Thanks for the great inspiration!

I’m getting excited for starting my mead journey. The experimenting with flavors are the best. Thank you for these vids 👍

I’m not a monster fan, but after watching this, I would TOTALLY try this! And my husband has recently started to enjoy drinking really well flavored alcoholic beverages, and I think this is something he would really like! So to be able to do this at home would be amazing!

Yo, big props to pushing yourself and growing. Ive been following for months and been a big fan. Keep up the content!

I'm a huge fan of your experiments! Keep up the good work.

So happy to see more long form stuff! So stoked for more awesome content!

I loved this!! I can't believe that actually worked, insane! I love your work man, and can't wait to see what you come up with next

more long form content! production was great and this fermentation's success makes me excited to see what crazy things you'll come up with next. cheers!

Thanks for the opportunity.

You have inspired mw to start brewing my own mead, I am currently on my 3rd batch and experimenting with plums grown in my garden and love my blackberry mead that's finished fermenting last week!

Handsome Shrek turned Monster Energy into wine. What a banger.

I really enjoy your experiments and true meads. Keep up the entertaining content!

As someone with a science background who enjoys mead, this is dope as shit.

That’s amazing congratulations! I’m glad it turned out so well!

I love watching all of the things you make. Never boring haha

I would definitely try this! I have started a few different meads and I am tempted to experiment more now that I’ve got the hang of it. Great video btw! You should try fermenting different energy drinks and compare the end products of each, to see which is the best for flavouring, most alcohol, etc.

Cool video, it's really nice to see you tackling more long form content.

i didnt even expect a giveaway. this is my first video. i thought it was really cool. ideas based on this: honey wasp honey (caution due to it may be dangerous) mead, dunno if possible. hot ones spicy mead marinated wet aged steak like guga does. but whatever sounds good. thanks for the opportunity

Man, these experiments are always super cool. I wish mead were more readily available but alas, making mead is also fun! I’ve been meaning to go and grab a kit.

I love this! Some of my favourite channels are Nile Red, Thought Emporium and Max Miller's Tasting History, this sort of video is right up there! Experimenting with the schience of stuff n making weird but cool results! I hope you make more vids of turning unusual stuff into mead/wine!

this is my first video i’ve seen of yours outside of a tiktok! you’re such a good editor!! excited to see more long form content