The NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Appendix 9: How to Read a Hydrometer
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } The following steps will make it easier to get the gravity readings using a hydrometer: Take a sample of the Mead using a...
View ArticleHoney Varietals
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } There are dozens of honey varietals. This list is a work in progress. If you have a varietal that I’ve missed, drop me a line at...
View ArticleMead Making Handbook – Internet Edition – 1998
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } Author: Jace Crouch of the Brewer’s Guild This Mead Making Handbook was prepared by Jace Crouch of the Brewer’s Guild. It is...
View ArticleOak and Mead
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } Oak and Mead If George Washington made mead, he’d have chopped down an Oak Tree! Throughout history, humanity has been...
View ArticleSur lie, spice and Meadmaking
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } Thoughts on lees exposure and meadmaking from a question about lees exposure in a methyglin with lots of cinnamon in the...
View ArticleLearn to Make Mead from U.C. Davis Enology Staff
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } You love to make mead. You’d like to make it even better. Maybe you find fermentation management a bit puzzling, or just want to...
View ArticleMead Making Short Course at the Robert Mondavi Institute, UC Davis
The Honey and Pollination Center at the Robert Mondavi Institute, UC Davis, is in the planning stages of its first Mead Making Short Course. The event, to be held Thursday, February 6 – Saturday...
View ArticleYeast Fermentation and the Making of Beer and Wine
By: Luisa Alba-Lois, Ph.D. & Claudia Segal-Kischinevzky, M.Sc. (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) © 2010 Nature Education Citation: Alba-Lois, L. &...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Appendix 7: Conversion Tables
Liquid Weight Metric Imperial US Cups US Pints Metric Imperial 30ml 1 fl.oz. 1/8th 25g 1 oz 60ml 2 fl.oz 1/4 50g 2 oz 90ml 3 fl.oz. 75g 3 oz 120ml 4 fl.oz. 1/2 1/4 100g 4 oz =...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Appendix 8: Sample Recipe
The following recipe is from ‘The Complete Joy of Home Brewing’. The notes are basic, but point to what is needed to reproduce or improve on the recipe. The post The NewBee Guide to Making Mead –...
View ArticleHoney and Mead
By James E. Tew, Ph.D.(reprinted with permission, Spring 1986 AMA Newsletter) Ohio State Cooperative Extension Service Apiculturist; Coordinator, Commercial Beekeeping Program, Agricultural Technical...
View ArticleA Judging Experience
by Dewey Caron One of the ‘value-added’ products for beekeepers is Mead. Mead is an ancient drink, probably the first alcoholic beverage consumed by humans, even predating beer and wine. […] The post A...
View ArticleNatural Cork Info
28 February 2007 by Marlene Truter Communications Cork is a proven closure for wine. No other stopper combines cork’s inert nature, flexibility, sealing ability and resilience. Being a natural...
View ArticleSelecting Honey
by Phil Mariola (reprinted with permission from the Summer 1987 AMA Journal) Most people who aren’t beekeepers or who don’t have a family member who is a beekeeper know surprisingly […] The post...
View ArticleEvolution of a Mazer – Mead&Greet
Hello and welcome to my little corner of Gotmead.com, The Evolution of a Mazer! First and foremost, I'd like to offer sincere thanks to our resident Meadwench, Vicky Rowe, for […] The post Evolution of...
View ArticleEvolution of a Mazer – Apple Fever
I want you all to know right now that I am an apple fanatic. For the past year I have been obsessing about the Roxbury Russet apple . . . […] The post Evolution of a Mazer – Apple Fever appeared first...
View ArticleOld Polish Metheglin Recipes
by Arkadiusz SzałataPolish Winemakers and Meadmakers Association Below recipies come from polish handbook of meadmaking "Miodosytnictwo. Sztuka przerabiania miodu i owoców na napoje" ("Meadmaking. The...
View ArticleFirst Annual Homebrew Mead Competition for New England
Manchester, NH o April 30, 2009 – On Saturday, April 25th, Brew Free or Die (BFD) held the first "Mead Free or Die" homebrew mead competition in Manchester, N.H. Both […] The post First Annual...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 3: Additional Ingredients
As mentioned before, there is no set rule for what you can and cannot put into Mead to add flavor. Therefore, rather than create a list of potential ingredients, the […] The post The NewBee Guide to...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 5: Terminology and Calculations
Before you start into the actual recipes themselves, it is best to have a quick lesson in the basic brewing terminology and calculations that you will use. Specific Gravity (S.G.) […] The post The...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 6: The Basic Recipe
The simplest Mead to make, often called a Show Mead, or a Traditional Mead, contains nothing more than Honey, water and yeast. An example would be the following: 12 lbs […] The post The NewBee Guide...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 7: Planning
The first thing to do before you start buying ingredients is to sit down and plan your Mead. This is perhaps the most important part of the whole process (aside […] The post The NewBee Guide to Making...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 9: Yeast
One of the key ingredients of Mead is the yeast. It has not been included in the Ingredients chapter since this particular item has its own unique variables that require a little additional thought by...
View ArticleThe NewBee Giude to Making Mead – Chapter 18: Bottling
Bottling is perhaps one of the most time consuming parts of the process of making Mead. There are many options for how you intend to bottle, some requiring a little […] The post The NewBee Giude to...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 19: Troubleshooting and Common...
At some point during the process, something will either go wrong, or you will not know what to do next. In the immortal words of Douglas Adams – DON’T PANIC! There are two ways of dealing with the...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 20: What Next?
The basic process of how to make a Mead has now been covered, and you are probably asking yourself what the next step is. The simple answer is to keep […] The post The NewBee Guide to Making Mead –...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Appendix 1: Honey Varietals
There are dozens of honey varietals. This list is a work in progress. If you have a varietal that I’ve missed, drop me a line at gotmead@gotmead.com and let me […] The post The NewBee Guide to Making...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to making Mead – Appendix 2: Types of Mead
FYI – The following is provided solely as interesting information and is not required reading to make your Mead. Different cultures and civilizations all over the world have made and […] The post The...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Appendix 3: Additional Equipment
The following pieces of equipment are useful, although not necessary: Yeast Starter Bottle – We should first make note that there is a difference between a ‘yeast starter’ and […] The post The NewBee...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to making Mead – Appendix 4: Food Grade Plastic
Plastic containers are made from different polymers, the combination of which results in a product that is or is not of food grade quality, as defined by the U.S. Food […] The post The NewBee Guide to...
View ArticleThe NewBee Giude to Making Mead – Appendix 5: Instructions for Using the Mead...
The GotMead Mead Calculator helps you to determine various aspects of your mead batch, such as specific gravity, amount of sugar (honey, fruit, etc.) needed, and other tools to make the calculating...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Appendix 6: ABV/BRIX/S.G. Charts
SG Gravity Brix Baumé Honey(lb&oz/US gal.) P-ABV (%) (degrees) (degrees) ((SG-1)×220)+1.6 lb oz 0.6Br-1 1.000 0 1.6 0.0 0 0 0.0 1.005 5 2.7 0.7 0 2.2 0.6 1.010 […] The post The NewBee Guide to...
View ArticleAcacia Rose BOMM
I’ve made this rhodomel numerous times. This mead is an instant favorite among anyone who loves mead (and to some that don’t!). The richness of the Acacia honey combined with […] The post Acacia Rose...
View ArticleThe Mystery of the “Secondary”
In the world of mead making, especially amongst those who are new to the craft, there seems to be an abundance of mystery, uncertainty, and just general nonsense surrounding the concepts of a secondary...
View ArticleAncient Mead Making Meets Modern Science: Wild Yeast Culture from Honey...
Ancient Mead Making Meets Modern Science Part 1: Wild Yeast Culture from Honey (Honey Bug) This article is the first of a series that combine the ancient ways of making mead with […] The post Ancient...
View ArticleAncient Mead Making Meets Modern Science Part 2: Isolating a Pure Yeast from...
Ancient Mead Making Meets Modern Science Part 2: Isolating a Pure Yeast from a Wild Honey Culture (Honey Bug) This article is the second of a series that combine the […] The post Ancient Mead Making...
View ArticleDIY Chiller Project
Many people have the goal to make great tasting and looking mead. With so many variables in the mead making process, temperature is one that rates among the most important to control. But for most...
View ArticleThe Newbee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 1: What is Mead?
What is Mead? Mead is the product of yeast converting honey and water into alcohol. The first question is usually “What does it taste like?” In it’s base form, it […] The post The Newbee Guide to...
View ArticleThe Newbee Guide to Making Mead
The NewBee Guide was written in 2006 by Angus, then a very active member of the GotMead forums, and a new, but avid, meadmaker. Angus developed several recipes that turned […] The post The Newbee Guide...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 8: Recipe Calculations
You will now have the basic list needed to begin calculating how much of each ingredient to use. The following example demonstrates how to go about this: I am going […] The post The NewBee Guide to...
View ArticleThe NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 4: Equipment
Having the right equipment is a major component in making your brewing easier, allowing for more consistent results, and avoiding any unwanted spoilage. This does not mean that you absolutely […] The...
View ArticleThe Newbee Guide to Making Mead – Index
CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS MEAD? CHAPTER 2: HONEY CHAPTER 3: ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS CHAPTER 4: EQUIPMENT CHAPTER 5: TERMINOLOGY AND CALCULATIONS CHAPTER 6: THE BASIC RECIPE CHAPTER 7: PLANNING CHAPTER […]...
View ArticleThe Newbee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 2: Honey
Let me start here by providing one bit of advice: the better the ingredients, the better the Mead. You can make some very nice Meads using supermarket bought processed Clover […] The post The Newbee...
View ArticleJoe’s Ancient Orange, Clove, and Cinnamon Mead
This is arguably the most pervasive mead recipe on the internet. When Joe Mattioli created this on GotMead, lo these many years ago, he had no idea how it would […] The post Joe’s Ancient Orange,...
View ArticleJDs Pumpkin Spice Mead
See the recipe in the forum here: http://www.gotmead.com/forum/showthread.php/25048-JD-s-Pumkin-Project-as-heard-on-GotMead-Live Follow the recipe progress on his blog here:...
View ArticleBryans Banana Chocolate Bochet
See the forum thread: http://www.gotmead.com/forum/showthread.php/24838-Bryan-s-Banana-Chocolate-Bochet Cooked honey for about 30 minutes til it was a dark reddish brown, cooked oatmeal at about 140°F...
View ArticleBray’s One Month Mead aka the BOMM
Bray’s One Month Mead (aka “BOMM”) is a mead that is completely drinkable in 1 month. It is the result of a series of yeast screen with various ale yeasts […] The post Bray’s One Month Mead aka the...
View ArticleChristmas Spice BOMM
From Bray: This recipe is loosely based on wayneb’s Christmas Spiced Metheglin with a BOMM twist. I believe credit should be given where it is due. I wanted something Christmas-sy […] The post...
View ArticleThe Perfect T’ej BOMM
The Perfect T’ej BOMM I’ve spent nearly 2 years perfecting my T’ej recipe. What is perfect you ask? Fast, cheap, consistently delicious, and minimal tweaking. I’ve finally mastered the recipe […] The...
View ArticleStrawberry Szechuan Short BOMM
This mead is a fantastic summer short mead. While it is very good straight out of primary, a few months of age really brings the honey sweetness back. I was […] The post Strawberry Szechuan Short BOMM...
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