Accurate Testing for Beginners and Beyond: We even include an instruction sheet to show beginners what they should be looking for when reading their hydrometer. This practical guidebook will inspire you to take up the craft, with a basic guide to mead-making techniques, plus 43 recipes for brewing the world's oldest alcoholic beverage.

Oh and there’s no yeast nutrients included too but it’s not really super necessary, just something staple in my mead-making personally. Once boiling, pull it off the stove and mix in your honey thoroughly (this is the point where, if you were creating a recipe that included various spices and/or fruits, you would also add those). One of the oldest alcoholic beverages in the world, people have discovered various ways to make meads. If you’re planning to make more homebrewed spirits at home in the future like me, this kit will be a really handy and useful investment with all its equipment and accessories. Of course, we also carry all of the mead making supplies you'll need, from fermenters to yeast nutrients.The mead containers, corks and other equipment are usually provided but you should always check to make sure.

It also helps that the manual’s actually very easy to understand even by someone with zero homebrewing experience. Now this kit is for those of you who want to hone their mead or wine making skills more and take it to the next level…or for an experienced brewing junkie who just needs new equipment or a test jar. For meads that require a more complicated process and advanced brewing technique, elaborate kits are available for you to choose from.Its only flaws, which were the not so tight bucket lid and the very regular cleanser were workable flaws anyway. Our Mead Kit includes nutrients that keep the yeast healthy throughout fermentation by providing nitrogen that honey lacks. Racking- This is the process of cleaning your mean or any fermenting beverage of its lees and other sediments. I’ve had my favorites but as I got used to the process, I now like to pick my equipment separately and experiment with how they work with one another.

Now, add spring water to the carboy until you reach the ‘one gallon’ fill line (just above the raised embossed letters on the carboy). The best results can be had by placing your bucket in the refrigerator a week before you anticipate transferring (ensuring fermentation is complete; no more airlock bubbles). One of my favorite features of this impressive honey wine kit might just be its equally impressive guide. Before adding more spring water, add the entire packet of DAY 1 yeast nutrients to the carboy and shake to dissolve. Aside from the recipe ideas, this kit doesn’t come with honey so you get to decide what honey you’d like to use for your mead.The ultimate set with all the cleaning tools you need to keep your hydrometer and test jar shiny forever! If by any chance, you receive your hydrometer in anything less than perfect condition, rest assured that we will send you a replacement immediately. Making mead requires quality honey, yeast, and additional fermentation nutrients for the right fermentation. If you’re a homebrewing junkie, I’m sure occasions of dropping your glass carboy all too harshly or having it broken or cracked by pressure are no stranger to you already. While testing other kits for this review, I gave this one to a homebrewing uncle who lives just right next door so he can help me brew using this one.

This Home Brew Stuff deluxe mead kit is one of these and it’s for beginners and experienced homebrewers alike.

It also helped that the wildflower honey it came with, which came from Idaho near Boise, is surprisingly good. If you’re making mead for the very first time, you must’ve encountered some terns you’re unfamiliar with.