Once everything is sanitized, pour a 1/2 gallon of water in the pot on medium heat. When it's warm, but not boiling, add the honey and stir it so it all dissolves. Turn the heat off before it starts to boil
Use the funnel and pour the honey water mixture ("must") into the jug
Top off the jug with cold water, leaving at least 2 inches of head space on top
Put the lid on the jug and gently mix everything around
The next step is to add the yeast, make sure that it isn't too hot 90°F. One yeast package will make up to 5 gallons of mead, so if you're doing 2 gallons you can just split one between the 2 jars
Now put the lid back on tightly and this time you're really going to shake it up for several minutes
Put a little water in the airlock to the line, then put the rubber stopper into the jug. In a few hours, or at least by the next morning, you should see bubbles in the jug and in the airlock
Keep it in a cool (not cold) dark place. Mead takes longer to ferment than cider or beer, 6 weeks to be on the safe side for bottling as you don't want any explosions! You want to wait until you don't see any bubbles in the jug and your airlock is still
