What is the best way to store mead - where and under what conditions?

Mead is a delicious drink with a pleasant aroma, which is prepared on the basis of honey, water (or berry juice) and yeast. Modern people usually use it for medicinal purposes, but preparing a small amount of the drink is not easy. Therefore, the question arises: how to store mead at home for a long time.

Ingredients: honey
Time to bookmark: Summer, Autumn

Mead will not ferment prematurely if it is properly “cared for.”

Content

1 Suitable container for storing mead
2 The importance of temperature and light when storing mead
3 How long does mead last?

Suitable container for storing mead

The container for fermented drinking honey is of key importance. The quality of the saved product depends on it. Wooden (especially oak, which cost a lot of money) barrels are most suitable for this. Wood allows you to preserve all the taste and healing properties of the drink.

If it is not possible to purchase such barrels, then it is also possible to use glass containers. This material does not affect mead in any way and its elements do not in any way combine with the substances of the drink. But under no circumstances should metal barrels be used to store mead. Metal can not only “destroy” the quality of the drink, but also lead to toxic poisoning.

As for plastic, mead is also successfully stored in it, but, according to experts in this matter, the shelf life of the drink in this case does not exceed 1 month.

The importance of temperature and light when storing mead

The shelf life of mead directly depends on the temperature (from 5 °C to 7 °C) in the room where the drinking honey will be stored. People who know a lot about this matter recommend digging a hole in the ground and burying a bottle of healing drink in it. This place, naturally, needs to be marked somehow.

Exposure to sunlight on the container can cause the mead to ferment again, and this will turn the medicinal drink into an ordinary mash. To avoid this, choose a dark and cold room to store it.

How long does mead last?

Fermented drinking honey has no limited shelf life. However, several important factors must be taken into account:

after opening mead, it cannot be stored for more than 1 year;
the honey drink cannot be moved from place to place, that is, shaken;
There is an opinion that mead made with yeast can go bad after 20 years. In Rus', yeast was not used when preparing mead, so it could be stored for 30-40 years.

Knowing all of the above points will help you properly preserve the healing honey drink for a long period.

From the video you will learn not only a simple recipe for making mead without boiling, but also recommendations on how best to store it at home.