How to make all the mead in Skyrim | How to Drink

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  @howtodrink · 3 years ago (edited) · pinned

  <b>Stop telling me to soak my barrels. We soaked these for a full month before using them- I am not exaggerating. They leaked anyway.</b><br><br>The Elder Scrolls Cookbook: <a href="https://amzn.to/3XJN3MC">https://amzn.to/3XJN3MC</a><br>All In One Home Beer Brewing Mash and Boil Device: <a href="https://amzn.to/3HA52PV">https://amzn.to/3HA52PV</a><br>Brewing Airlock Kit: <a href="https://amzn.to/3ja70gq">https://amzn.to/3ja70gq</a><br>Oak Aging Barrels: <a href="https://amzn.to/3XHYHHN">https://amzn.to/3XHYHHN</a><br>Kitchen Funnel: <a href="https://amzn.to/3wvQbiS">https://amzn.to/3wvQbiS</a><br>Hydrometer: <a href="https://amzn.to/3ZZy4zD">https://amzn.to/3ZZy4zD</a><br>Glass Cylinders: <a href="https://amzn.to/3wyXNBo">https://amzn.to/3wyXNBo</a><br>Kveik Brewing Yeast: <a href="https://amzn.to/3WKmzci">https://amzn.to/3WKmzci</a><br>Culinary Lavender: <a href="https://amzn.to/3Y1p3Eh">https://amzn.to/3Y1p3Eh</a><br>Dried Rose Hips: <a href="https://amzn.to/3HE6m4m">https://amzn.to/3HE6m4m</a><br>The “good” cinnamon sticks: <a href="https://amzn.to/3Ra8xzD">https://amzn.to/3Ra8xzD</a><br>Juniper Berries: <a href="https://amzn.to/3XL4MTC">https://amzn.to/3XL4MTC</a><br>Dried Yarrow: <a href="https://amzn.to/3HAdoHe">https://amzn.to/3HAdoHe</a><br>Dried Hibiscus: <a href="https://amzn.to/3JnNaJq">https://amzn.to/3JnNaJq</a><br>Twitch: <a href="http://bit.ly/2VsOi3d">http://bit.ly/2VsOi3d</a><br>H2D2: <a href="http://bit.ly/YTH2D2">http://bit.ly/YTH2D2</a><br>twitter: <a href="http://bit.ly/H2DTwit">http://bit.ly/H2DTwit</a><br>instagram: <a href="http://bit.ly/H2dIG">http://bit.ly/H2dIG</a><br>Blog: <a href="http://bit.ly/H2DBlog">http://bit.ly/H2DBlog</a><br>Patreon: <a href="http://bit.ly/H2DPatreon">http://bit.ly/H2DPatreon</a><br>Gear: <a href="https://amzn.to/2LeQCbW">https://amzn.to/2LeQCbW</a><br>Drinks from Skyrim: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAKSf6IznTc">https://youtu.be/yAKSf6IznTc</a><br>A drink for vikings?: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HAoHT_8QTQ">https://youtu.be/3HAoHT_8QTQ</a><br>Viking Beer &amp; Mead: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Oiql5Z_dE">https://youtu.be/66Oiql5Z_dE</a>

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  @MTG_Scribe · 3 years ago

  &quot;You&apos;re kidding yourself if you think you have data. All you have is noise.&quot; is an all-time HTD quote.

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  @Emberheart_ · 3 years ago

  Blackbriar mead, in a cut quest that&apos;s still in the game files, had salt as a secret ingredient! The purpose was supposedly that the customer drank the mead, unknowingly got more thirsty and drank more mead until being so drunk they&apos;d not notice their thirst. It was all some sneaky way for the criminal Blackbriar family to sell more mead.

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  @Funct · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m obsessed with Greg discussing the &quot;cardamom&quot; so extensively that it just could not be edited around. I guffawed every time the captions read him.

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  @fcon2123 · 3 years ago (edited)

  As someone who&apos;s made mead several times, I can tell you that they taste best after being aged a year. &nbsp;Yes, they&apos;re drinkable after 3-4 months, but I beg you to let them sit just a bit longer. &nbsp;It&apos;s unreal how much the taste refines and improves. &nbsp;Also, use a wine yeast - Lalvin 71b is my favorite. &nbsp;It can take the ABV up like 14% if the conditions are right! &nbsp;Ale yeasts won&apos;t really take it beyond 6-7%. &nbsp;Once made a blueberry mead that was delicious AND gave you a noticeable buzz after just 1 glass.

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  @eatdoomsday · 3 years ago

  I noticed a misstake, in game the bees at goldenglow have a lot of mountain flowers to make honey from, but the ones around honningbrew meadery would have a lot more lavander and tundra cotton to make it, this would make a big difference in taste. Honey isn&apos;t &apos;just honey&apos;

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  @HOSER922 · 3 years ago (edited)

  The mead quest was part of the Thieves&apos; Guild line. Maven Black-Briar, who is basically a mob boss, wants you to sabotage her competitor, Honningbrew, so she can enact a hostile takeover. <br><br>You can&apos;t really choose a side without just... not continuing the quest line, but the guy who runs Honningbrew has basically enslaved his only employee, so they try to make you feel better about ending his career and getting him thrown in prison that way.<br><br>Edit: As someone in the comments eluded to, there is also an insane wizard secretly living in a cave underneath the Honningbrew Meadery who is planning on destroying Whiterun with an army of mutated skeevers who you have to deal with during the sabotage.

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  @Swordandsteel · 3 years ago

  As someone who has over 2600 hours in Skyrim, and makes mead on the side. I’ve never clicked on a video faster

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  @n0isyturtle · 3 years ago

  I&apos;d love to see an episode focusing on uncommon/weird bottles that are only used in a handful of drinks, and seeing if you could expand the use of them.

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  @MidnightWildspirit · 2 years ago

  &quot;&apos;Mead, mead, mead.. would it kill &apos;em to get some beer every now and then? Stupid bees and their stupid honey...&quot; - Random Bandit in Skyrim

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  @ultimateninjaboi · 3 years ago

  As someone whos been making mead/cider for a little bit now, its actually really nice to see the not-so-glamorous beginnings here. I think everyone whos ever tried their hands at homebrewing has fucked something up, or had some kind of problem. So its really nice to see the same happening here, especially for the people who might be wanting to start, so they wont get discouraged if its not seamless for them right away.

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  @grammar_antifa · 3 years ago

  A few notes from someone who&apos;s made mead before and researched it a lot:<br><br>Normally (in modern times) you wouldn&apos;t ferment in a barrel. You ferment in glass carboys or plastic buckets and optionally age in or with some wood. It&apos;s just way more convenient. These barrels are a novelty I wouldn&apos;t ever bother with. We usually use wine yeasts, though kveik isn&apos;t a bad choice especially if you don&apos;t want to deal with trying to keep its temperature in a specific range (the kveik may have contributed to the citrusy notes Greg got). We also normally add some additional nutrients for the yeast. Honey doesn&apos;t contain much nitrogen and if the yeast don&apos;t have enough you can get off flavors. Lastly, it tends to get way better with age.<br><br>Home brewing and mead and wine making is a deep rabbit hole. You can make so many things that aren&apos;t really available commercially.

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