r/mead • u/Gnosys00110 • 1d ago

Recipe question It’s that time of year again!

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Time for the annual dandelion mead (metheglin?) batch.

I usually use the petals along with lemon and sugars from 3/4 honey to 1/4 agave nectar/syrup. This is the first bag of many. Hopefully will get enough for 3 litres of petals per gallon.

Anyone got any recipes they’d like to share?

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u/ThePhotographer98 Intermediate 1d ago

I hope people share recipes for this, Ive never heard of doing this with dandelions so I’m very curious 👀

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u/dean_ot Intermediate 1d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/mead/s/XH0o4ach11 this was mine from a few years ago. Would be interested in hearing OPs plan.

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u/Gnosys00110 1d ago

Will post a recipe shortly

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u/ashley_reve 1d ago

Wish my yard actually had some dandelions so I could make some! Made dandelion wine a few years ago with petals I picked in a state park and what little I got to taste before my cat knocked the carboy over was delicious!

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u/darkpigeon93 1d ago

I've made dandelion mead a few times. Definitely reccomend removing the greens from the yellow petals! Also gives you a chance to make sure that most of the bugs that live in dandelion flowers leave instead of ending up in your brew!

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u/Gnosys00110 1d ago

Aye, removed all green parts and the plethora of insects.

This bag was 400g of flowers, ended up with 120g of petals which is 1.2l in volume.

Will be freezing these and getting another 4/5 bags for a few gallons

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u/Away-Permission31 Advanced 1d ago

I’ve got 3 gallons going right now. Granted it’s from dandelion I harvested last year. They just popped here where I’m at for the season.

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u/Gnosys00110 20h ago

Nice. Sunshine in a glass. Aging it is gonna test my patience.

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u/Away-Permission31 Advanced 20h ago

With my first batch it was hard to not drink it right away. It was good from the start of aging. Just gets better with time. Now I have to see what I have left from that batch.

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u/PsychologicalHelp564 21h ago

I got these flowers in my garden, I’m about to do the same!

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u/realSequence Beginner 15h ago

Tried last year, got some mould. That was my first attempt at wine. This year I'm more confident about the process, but I'm less confident about pesticide use in my area as I've had some time to really consider it

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u/UnderUsedTier 3h ago

Damn, where do you live? Dandelions don't show up until May here

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u/Gnosys00110 3h ago

South UK. Millions of the bastards around atm