The simplest Mead to make, often called a Show Mead, or a Traditional Mead, contains nothing more than Honey, water and yeast (and nutrients, you need to feed your yeast!). An example would be the following: 12 lbs Honey Lalvin RC212 Yeast Water to 5 gallons This...
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.) – (Also known as Original Gravity – OG) This is used to determine how much sugar is...
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 following are some general rules for the major ingredient types that will help you avoid adding...
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 to make a straight traditional (sometimes called a ‘show’) Mead with only honey. I want it...
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 out pretty awesome, and the NewBee Guide was his very kind gift to GotMead to help other new...
