Want a book that gives mead making the breadth and depth it deserves? This book is it!
If you’ve ever tried to find comprehensive information on mead making, you’ve probably been confused and overwhelmed at the scattered and conflicting information on this subject! The Compleat Meadmaker, by Ken Schramm, gives mead making the focused attention that it deserves! It covers all aspects of the craft in an easy to read fashion. It focuses on the importance of quality ingredients and the wide range of flavor diversity you can achieve within the field of mead making. This complete book is a resource you can’t do without.
Includes all the necessary ingredients and equipment, especially high-quality wildflower honey.
No siphoning required! The included bottle filler & tubing make bottling a breeze.
The Fermenter has a large mouth opening for easy cleaning after fermentation.
Comes with simple, step-by-step instructions to guide you through the mead-making process.
One word, Delicious! The Pop Cultures Mead Making Kit is super easy to make and leaves you with 1 gallon of Wildflower Honey Mead. Whether you’re a seasoned brewmaster or a curious beginner, this kit has everything you need to create a batch of delicious mead.
We designed this kit with simplicity & enjoyment in mind. It comes with step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow. The Pop Cultures Mead Making Kit has all the equipment you need so that you can start brewing right out of the box.
Our Mead Making Kit also makes an excellent gift for those who love DIY projects or enjoy Mead. Plus, it’s a great way to spend time with friends and family by sharing your creation with them. Mead can be enjoyed anytime throughout the year, especially on a nice summer day with family & friends!
Discover • Create • Share • Enjoy
Includes:
1 Gallon Fermonster Jar with Spigot
Wildflower Honey
CellarScience FRESH Dry Wine Yeast
FermFed DAP Free Yeast Nutrient
Potassium Carbonate
Airlock & Stopper
Adhesive Thermometer
Bottle Filler & Tubing
One Step No Rinse Cleanser
You Will Need:
Filtered or Spring Water
PopTops Bottles or other suitable bottles
Utensil for Stirring (stainless or plastic spoon recommended)
Note: If the lid on the FerMonster is difficult to remove, run the lid under hot water for a few minutes and twist off. If still having trouble, we reccomend our FerMonster Lid Opener.
Dry mead is similar to a dry white wine. This kit will make a delicious dry mead that you can age out for years to come. You can also choose to carbonate it and serve at a wedding for a sparkling mead toast! As a slight aside, the term Honeymoon is said to refer to drinking Mead for 1 month after the wedding to help ensure the birth of a boy.
While the kit is great still or carbonated, the adventurous home fermenter could use this kit as a base on which to experiment. Consider fermenting it out and then splitting it off into smaller 1 gallon containers where you can make a sweet mead by adding more honey to one, vanilla bean to another, fruit to another, etc.
When making a Dry Mead we recommend that you have a small amount of Tartaric Acid on hand at the end of fermentation. As with a wine, a final small bump in acidity can bring out the honey flavor and aroma and add a bit of refreshment. We suggest adding 1/4 tsp at a time to your taste.
Features 12 lb of Wildflower honey and all the nutrient packs needed to make premium mead. Tartaric acid, if you wish to try your hand at adjusting acidity is sold separately.
Dry Yeast Recommendation:
DV10: Strong and clean, stays true to original honey's flavours and aromas.
QA23: Aromatic / Floral, great bouquet (a bit more lean and focused than R2)
W15: Great aromatic profile (true to the honey source) and heavy mouthfeel.
Includes our simple, step-by-step two page instructions, which will teach you the basics of making mead.
This kit does not include yeast. Please see our recommendations above.
This recipe kit makes a light, refreshing mead. Hydromel literally means "Honey Water" in Greek. The term "hydromel" is a way of describing the low strength of alcohol in this mead kit.
This kit is a very basic introduction to mead. Estimated alcohol is 5-7%. A perfect choice to carbonate in the bottle or kegs.
Dry Yeast Recommendation:
DV10: Strong and clean, stays true to original honey's flavours and aromas.
QA23: Aromatic / Floral, great bouquet (a bit more lean and focused than R2)
W15: Great aromatic profile (true to the honey source) and heavy mouthfeel.
Includes our simple, step-by-step two page instructions, which will teach you the basics of making mead.
This kit does not include yeast. Please see our recommendations above.
We use the term "sack" as a way of describing the high strength of alcohol in mead.
This mead kit features 18 pounds of honey. Estimated alcohol 18-20%. The yeast will die off leaving behind residual sugar. The honey flavor will dominate this style of mead highlighting the honey's natural flavor and aroma's.
Absolutely the perfect kit to make a fantastic, unique after dinner dessert beverage to share with your friends.
Dry Yeast Recommendation:
DV10: Strong and clean, stays true to original honey's flavours and aromas.
QA23: Aromatic / Floral, great bouquet (a bit more lean and focused than R2)
W15: Great aromatic profile (true to the honey source) and heavy mouthfeel.
Includes our simple, step-by-step two page instructions, which will teach you the basics of making mead.
This kit does not include yeast. Please see our recommendations above.
An amazing Raspberry Melomel (mead with fruit) complete with a whopping 15lbs of Wildflower honey and 6lbs of delicious Raspberry pureee. Your amazing elixir will feature a slightly sweet honey flavor with a golden red color and very evident all natural raspberry flavor and aroma. The honey we choose for our meads is top of the line USA wildflower honey from a long time apiary supplier in California. We are very picky about our honey and we guarantee you can taste the quality. This is a very special beverage that you can lay down and enjoy over multiple years. Perfect at the holidays, around a camp fire, or as a night cap.
In addition to honey and fruit puree our meads kits include three types of yeast nutrient (which are absolutely essential) along with potassium carbonate to raise pH, pectic enzyme to break down the raspberry puree, and campden tablets.
Dry Yeast Recommendation:
71B-1122: Softens high acidity (metabolizes up to 30% malic acid), strong ester/fruit profile
MT: Fresh berry and elegant red fruit qualities
RC-212: Big, full-bodied red fruit characters enhanced cherry like flavors
Includes our simple, step-by-step two page instructions, which will teach you the basics of making mead.
This kit does not include yeast. Please see our recommendations above.
Melomel is a mead fermented or flavored with fruit.
This Melomel kit features 15 lbs of our Wildflower Honey and 6 lbs of Blackberry puree. Blackberry puree adds a red color and slight bit of tannin to your mead resulting in a delicious dessert-wine like apertif.
If you're feeling adventurous try adding an extra can of Raspberry Puree for an over the top Berry Melomel Mead experience!
Dry Yeast Recommendation:
71B-1122: Softens high acidity (metabolizes up to 30% malic acid), strong ester / fruit profile
MT: Fresh berry and elegant red fruit qualities
RC-212: Big, full-bodied red fruit characters enhanced cherry like flavors
Includes our simple, step-by-step two page instructions, which will teach you the basics of making mead.
This kit does not include yeast. Please see our recommendations above.
Melomel is a mead fermented or flavored with fruit.
This Melomel features 15 lbs of honey, 3 lbs of Apricot puree and 3 lbs of Peach Puree to produce a golden hued fruit infused concoction that will have your friends inviting you back for more.
While developing this kit we used our BA-11 dry yeast strain as it is known in white wine making to bring out Apricot and Peach aroma's. Other yeasts that would work well with this kit can be found below.
Dry Yeast Recommendation:
BA11: Apricot and peach esters with good mouthfeel
DV10: Strong and clean, stays true to original honey's flavours and aromas.
71B-1122: Softens high acidity (metabolizes up to 30% malic acid), strong ester / fruit profile
Includes our simple, step-by-step two page instructions, which will teach you the basics of making mead.
This kit does not include yeast. Please see our recommendations above.
