Mead Making
Mead is a wine made from honey and is possibly mankind's original fermented beverage. Making mead requires quality honey, yeast, and additional fermentation nutrients for the right fermentation. Traditional meads can be dry, semi-sweet, or sack sweet depending on your preference. But don't stop there. Homemade mead can be made with the addition of apples (cyser), Fruit (melomel or berry mead), wine grapes (pyment), spices (metheglin), or even malted barley (braggot).
Interested in learning how to make mead at home? Our homebrew mead making kits yield three or five gallons and can be brewed using supplies from a beer or wine making equipment starter kit. Of course, we also carry all of the mead making supplies you'll need, from fermenters to yeast nutrients.
For melomels with fruit, we recommend an extra-large primary fermentor of 7 to 8 gallons.
Be sure to take a look at our NB Artisanal Mead Kits, made with Ames Farm's amazing honey — these are simple and traditional mead recipes designed to let the honey shine through. Because the floral sources and composition of Ames Farm honey will change with the season and years, and are dependent on variables like hive placement and weather, every batch of these kits will be unique.
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Potassium Sorbate
Potassium sorbate, aka "stabilizer," prevents renewed fermentation in wine that is to be bottled and/or sweetened. Use 1/2 teaspoon per gallon. Whe...
View full detailsCampden Tablets - Potassium Metabisulfite
Campden Tablets are easy-to-use capsules of potassium metabisulfite; use to prevent oxidation and growth of wild yeast and bacteria in must. One ta...
View full detailsPotassium Metabisulfite
Potassium metabisulfite is one of the most important winemaking compounds. It is an antioxidant and bactericide that releases sulfur dioxide into w...
View full detailsThe Compleat Meadmaker
By Ken Schramm. The most detailed and authoritative book on home meadmaking. Beginning with a history of mead and definitions of the major styles, ...
View full detailsSilver Cloud Flavor Extracts for Craft Beer, Wine, Seltzer, & Mead - 2 oz.
Silver Cloud flavoring is meant for use during the time of bottling beer, wine, or mead. The most common recommended starting dosage level on flavo...
View full detailsNB Artisanal Standard Semi-Sweet Mead Making Kit
With a more pronounced aroma and greater mouthfeel than dry mead but with lower residual sugar than a true sweet mead, medium or semi-sweet mead ha...
View full detailsNB Artisanal Sack Sweet Mead Making Kit
A very strong beverage, sack is the mead equivalent of a late-harvest icewine or a barley wine. A viscous and intense sipping experience. Includes ...
View full detailsNB Artisanal Standard Dry Mead Making Kit
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View full detailsWyeast 4632 Dry Mead
Wyeast 4632 Dry Mead is the best choice for dry mead. Used in traditional dry meads, metheglins, and melomels. Also used for: Dry Ciders, Cysers. ...
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