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The Newbee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 2:  Honey

The Newbee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 2: Honey

by Bray Denard | Apr 15, 2020 | Mead Newbee Guide | 0 comments

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 honey and bread Yeast (check out Joe’s Ancient Orange and Spice recipe in the Chapter 6),...
The NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 6: The Basic Recipe

The NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 6: The Basic Recipe

by Bray Denard | Jun 6, 2019 | Mead Newbee Guide | 0 comments

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...
The NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 5: Terminology and Calculations

The NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 5: Terminology and Calculations

by Bray Denard | Jun 6, 2019 | Mead Newbee Guide | 0 comments

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...
The NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 3:  Additional Ingredients

The NewBee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 3: Additional Ingredients

by Bray Denard | Jun 6, 2019 | Mead Newbee Guide | 4 comments

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...
The Newbee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 1:  What is Mead?

The Newbee Guide to Making Mead – Chapter 1: What is Mead?

by Bray Denard | Nov 27, 2018 | Mead Newbee Guide | 0 comments

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 tastes like the flowers that the bees were pollinating; but the constituents of mead flavor do not stop...
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