Books
The Compleat Meadmaker - Ken Schramm (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Compleat-Meadmaker-Production-Award-Winning-Variations/dp/0937381802/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420800320&sr=8-1-fkmr0)
The Complete Guide to Making Mead - Steve Piatz (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Complete-Guide-Making-Mead/dp/0760345643/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0WG865XYBFTQCBYWCXCE)
Making Mead: A Complete Guide to the Making of Sweet and Dry Mead, Melomel, Metheglin, Hippocras, Pyment and Cyser - Bryan Acton and Peter Duncan (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Mead-Complete-Metheglin-Hippocras/dp/0900841079/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1427714267&sr=1-1&keywords=mead)
Blogs & Websites
Storm the Castle - The Joy of Mead (http://www.stormthecastle.com/mead/)
GotMead (http://www.gotmead.com/forum/index.php)
Meadist (http://meadist.com)
Mead Made Complicated (http://www.meadmadecomplicated.org/)
A-Mazing Mead (https://amazingmead.wordpress.com/)
Articles
Wikipedia - Mead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead)
5 Essential Things You Should Know About Mead (http://style.time.com/2013/08/02/5-essential-things-you-should-know-about-mead/)
BeerSmith - Making Mead for Home Brewers (http://beersmith.com/blog/2013/09/20/making-mead-for-home-brewers/)
2008 BJCP Style Guidelines - Category 24 — Traditional Mead (http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style24.php)
2008 BJCP Style Guidelines - Category 25 — Melomel (Fruit Mead) (http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style25.php)
2008 BJCP Style Guidelines - Category 26 — Other Mead (http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style26.php)
Serious Eats - A Beginner's Guide to Mead (http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/07/what-is-mead-how-is-mead-made-best-bottles.html)
Brew Your Own - Fruit Cocktail: Make a Melomel (http://byo.com/stories/issue/item/680-fruit-cocktail-make-a-melomel)
Brew Your Own - Mead: From Nectar to Nirvana (http://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1140-mead-from-nectar-to-nirvana)
Brew Your Own - Making Mead: Tips from the Pros (http://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1102-making-mead-tips-from-the-pros)
Brew Your Own - Mead Clones (http://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1138-mead-clones)
BJCP Mead Article by award-winning home meadmaker Curt Stock (PDF) (http://www.bjcp.org/mead/melomel.pdf)
Kitchen Lab Blog - Choosing Honey for Mead (http://thekitchenlabblog.com/2014/07/25/notes-2-choosing-honey-for-mead/)
10 Things You Didn't Know About Mead (http://liquor.com/articles/10-facts-about-mead/#Hc2HqbcS7UGZl50Q.97)
Vi-King Of Beer: Our 5 Favorite Bottles Of Mead From Around The World (http://www.foodrepublic.com/2013/01/14/vi-king-of-beer-our-5-favorite-bottles-of-mead-from-around-the-world/)
12 Great Gifts for Mead Makers (http://meadist.com/mead-articles/12-great-gifts-for-mead-makers-holiday-gift-guide/)
Serious Eats - Homebrewing: How to Make Mead (http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/01/homebrewing-make-your-own-mead-with-honey.html)
Meadist - Best Yeast for Mead Making (http://meadist.com/making-mead/mead-tips-tricks/best-yeast-for-mead-making/)
Brew Your Own - Braggot: Style Profile (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/260-braggot-style-profile)
Brew Your Own - Make a Spiced Metheglin (https://byo.com/mead?start=20)
Brew Your Own - Mead: The Most Noble Brew (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1141-mead-the-most-noble-brew)
Podcasts
The Brewing Network
The Jamil Show - Mead with Ken Schramm (http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/membersarchive/Jamil12-01-08.mp3)
Brewing With Style - Mead (http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/membersarchive/bws_2014_11_18_mead.mp3)
The Sunday Session - Mead (http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/membersarchive/ses_2014_07_28_mead.mp3)
The Sunday Session - Moonlight Meadery (http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/membersarchive/dwnldarchive05-07-12.mp3)
Basic Brewing Radio
August 14, 2014 - Mead Boiling Experiment (http://traffic.libsyn.com/basicbrewing/bbr08-14-14lebermead.mp3)
January 9, 2014 - Ken Schramm on Mead (http://traffic.libsyn.com/basicbrewing/bbr01-09-14schramm.mp3)
October 31, 2013 - Split Batch and Burnt Meads (http://traffic.libsyn.com/basicbrewing/bbr10-31-13bochet.mp3)
August 9, 2012 - Moonlight Meadery (http://traffic.libsyn.com/basicbrewing/bbr08-09-12moonlightmead.mp3)
June 28, 2012 - Fruit Mead Experiment (http://traffic.libsyn.com/basicbrewing/bbr06-28-12fruitmeadexp.mp3)
May 19, 2011 - Cyser and Mead Experiments (http://traffic.libsyn.com/basicbrewing/bbr05-19-11meadexp.mp3)
July 9, 2009 - NHC Mead Panel (http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr07-09-09meadpanel.mp3)
March 5, 2009 - Wine Kit Pyment (http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr03-05-09pyment.mp3)
February 12, 2009 - Mead Honey Experiment (http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr02-12-09meadhoney.mp3)
May 22, 2008 - Mead Basics (http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr05-22-08meadbasics.mp3)
November 8, 2007 - Beer Yeast Mead (http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr11-08-07meadyeast.mp3)
September 13, 2007 - Keeping Bees (http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr09-13-07beekeeping.mp3)
August 2, 2007 - Meadmaker Mike Lozano (http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr08-02-07lozanomead.mp3)
February 1, 2007 - Mead Festival and Experiment Tips (http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr02-01-07.mp3)
June 1, 2006 - Mead Experiment Update and Listener Mail (http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr06-01-06.mp3)
February 23, 2006 - International Mead Festival Recap (http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr02-23-06.mp3)
February 2, 2006 - Mead with David Myers (http://www.basicbrewing.com/radio/mp3/bbr02-02-06.mp3)
BeerSmith Podcast
Mead Making with Michael Fairbrother (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beersmith-home-beer-brewing/id398500515?mt=2)
Making Mead with Curt Stock (http://beersmith.com/blog/2011/08/17/making-mead-with-curt-stock-beersmith-podcast-20/)
Moonlight Meadery with Michael Fairbrother (http://beersmith.com/blog/2012/07/26/moonlight-meadery-with-michael-fairbrother-beersmith-podcast-43/)
Making Mead for Home Brewers (http://beersmith.com/blog/2013/09/20/making-mead-for-home-brewers/)
Video
Brewing TV - Episode 21: Making Mead with Curt Stock (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwjAZI86bOo)
Commercial Meaderies
These commercial meaderies are mainly US-based, but their products really get the imagination going on flavour combinations.
Bunratty Mead & Liqueur Co (http://homepage.eircom.net/~bunrattywinery/)
Redstone Meadery (http://www.redstonemeadery.com/)
Moonlight Meadery (http://www.moonlightmeadery.com/)
Schramm's Meadery (http://www.schrammsmead.com/)
B. Nektar (http://bnektar.com/)
Lindisfarne Mead (http://lindisfarne-mead.co.uk/)
Heidrun Meadery (http://www.heidrunmeadery.com/)
Miscellaneous
GotMead - Mead Gravity Calculator (http://www.gotmead.com/2014-04-16-20-10-09/mead-calculator.html)
Recipes
Joe's Ancient Orange Mead (http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f80/joes-ancient-orange-mead-49106/)
Garry's Lemon Mead - 2015 Bronze Medal Winner (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php/topic,6491.0.html)
Russ Whaley - Apple Pie Cyser (http://www.russwhaley.com/home-cooking-apple-pie-cyser/)
Funky Mead (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/683-funky-mead)
Rocky Mountain Red Metheglin (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1755-rocky-mountain-red-metheglin)
Braggot Recipe (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/259-braggot)
Bragging Braggot (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/3066-bragging-braggot)
Pyment Recipe (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1757-pyment)
Basic Sweet Mead (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1760-basic-sweet-mead)
Basic Dry Mead (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/2247-basic-dry-mead)
Wild Blossom Blanc de Fleur Clone (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1978-wild-blossom-blanc-de-fleur-clone)
Redstone Meadery Vanilla Bean - Cinnamon Stick Mead Clone (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1977-redstone-meadery-vanilla-bean-cinnamon-stick-mead-clone)
Rabbit's Foot Meadery's Sweet Mead Clone (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1976-rabbit%E2%80%99s-foot-meaderys-sweet-mead-clone)
Orange Blossom Honey Mead (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1972-number-9-orange-blossom-honey-mead)
Zocco's Sweet Mead (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1971-zocco%E2%80%99s-sweet-mead)
Old/New England Bracken (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1815-old-new-england-bracken)
Saint-Valentine's Metheglin (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1814-saint-valentine-s-metheglin)
Kiwi-Strawberry Melomel (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1813-kiwi-strawberry-melomel)
Still of the Night Mead (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1811-still-of-the-night-mead)
Fall Spice Metheglin (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1753-fall-spice-metheglin)
Royal Metheglin (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1752-royal-metheglin)
I'm still very early into my mead-making career, but I'm doing a bit of reading up at the moment and thought it would be a good idea to compile a directory of mead resources. If you have any good links or other recommendations, just comment below and I'll update the above post.
Thats fantastic thanks.
I've done two mead batches now - one just with plain lidl mead and also the Joes Ancient Orange mead recipe from Homebrewtalk.com - Both were okay but I reckon big improvements can be made.. I would also like to make a sparkling ginger mead someday too.
Looking forward to checking out the links.
Cheers Luke.
I'd love to do a sparkling ginger mead myself, but I've read a lot of comments about the perils of bottle conditioning meads. Apparently over the course of the long aging period that most meads require, the yeast can wake up and start fermenting residual sugars, resulting in bottle bombs. It is recommended that you use something like a Champagne yeast if you're bottle conditioning mead as the more popular mead yeasts (71B, EC118) get a bit funky after long aging in the bottle.
Excellent research
@Mods: Please sticky this!
Thanks Will! Already stickied by Garry! :)
I made this back in December and it tastes pretty fine. I've a couple of bottles I'm hanging on to for next Christmas.
http://www.russwhaley.com/home-cooking-apple-pie-cyser/
Quote from: helmet on April 01, 2015, 08:48:48 PM
I made this back in December and it tastes pretty fine. I've a couple of bottles I'm hanging on to for next Christmas.
http://www.russwhaley.com/home-cooking-apple-pie-cyser/
Recipe looks nice. I've added it to the list above. Cheers.
http://www.bjcp.org/mead/meadbibliography.pdf
http://beersmith.com/blog/2013/09/15/making-mead-with-michael-fairbrother-beersmith-podcast-65/
http://beersmith.com/blog/2011/08/17/making-mead-with-curt-stock-beersmith-podcast-20/
http://beersmith.com/blog/2014/09/15/mead-making-with-michael-fairbrother-beersmith-podcast-88/
http://beersmith.com/blog/2012/07/26/moonlight-meadery-with-michael-fairbrother-beersmith-podcast-43/
http://beersmith.com/blog/2013/09/20/making-mead-for-home-brewers/
http://www.foodrepublic.com/2013/01/14/vi-king-of-beer-our-5-favorite-bottles-of-mead-from-around-the-world/
Quote
In Poland, mead is also a great excuse to get out of doing important things. Apparently, Polish Prince Leszek I the White explained to the Pope that Polish knights could not participate in the Crusades because there was no mead in Palestine. While this sounds like a totally acceptable answer to us, we don't recommend using this excuse on your boss. Its significance in history goes even deeper: the English word "honeymoon" is rumored to come from mead; it was the practice of the bride's father providing her with enough mead for a month-long celebration. Now that's a sweet wedding!
:)
12 Great Gifts for Mead Makers
http://meadist.com/mead-articles/12-great-gifts-for-mead-makers-holiday-gift-guide/
Serious Eats - Homebrewing: How to Make Mead
http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/01/homebrewing-make-your-own-mead-with-honey.html
Meadist - Best Yeast for Mead Making
http://meadist.com/making-mead/mead-tips-tricks/best-yeast-for-mead-making/
Quote from: Bubbles on December 11, 2015, 12:45:19 PM
12 Great Gifts for Mead Makers
http://meadist.com/mead-articles/12-great-gifts-for-mead-makers-holiday-gift-guide/
OMG... Just want one... but my wife will kill me ;-)
(http://www.woodinvillewhiskeyco.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/woodinville_barrel.png)
You don't tell her everything, do you?? ;) :D
Buy one secretly and keep it in the shed! >:D
"Game of Thrones" style Drinking Horn - https://alehorn.com/product-category/drinking-horns/tankards/ (https://alehorn.com/product-category/drinking-horns/tankards/)
(https://alehorn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/newxl2600-500x610.jpg)
http://www.jelldragon.com/images2/hw_beer_mug_drinking.jpg (http://www.jelldragon.com/images2/hw_beer_mug_drinking.jpg)
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/gameofthrones/images/d/d8/Dragonglass.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150407175226 (http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/gameofthrones/images/d/d8/Dragonglass.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150407175226)
The following (mostly recipes) have been added to the list above. Enjoy!
Funky Mead (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/683-funky-mead)
Rocky Mountain Red Metheglin (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1755-rocky-mountain-red-metheglin)
Braggot Recipe (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/259-braggot)
Bragging Braggot (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/3066-bragging-braggot)
Pyment Recipe (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1757-pyment)
Basic Sweet Mead (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1760-basic-sweet-mead)
Basic Dry Mead (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/2247-basic-dry-mead)
Wild Blossom Blanc de Fleur Clone (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1978-wild-blossom-blanc-de-fleur-clone)
Redstone Meadery Vanilla Bean - Cinnamon Stick Mead Clone (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1977-redstone-meadery-vanilla-bean-cinnamon-stick-mead-clone)
Rabbit's Foot Meadery's Sweet Mead Clone (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1976-rabbit%E2%80%99s-foot-meaderys-sweet-mead-clone)
Orange Blossom Honey Mead (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1972-number-9-orange-blossom-honey-mead)
Zocco's Sweet Mead (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1971-zocco%E2%80%99s-sweet-mead)
Old/New England Bracken (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1815-old-new-england-bracken)
Saint-Valentine's Metheglin (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1814-saint-valentine-s-metheglin)
Kiwi-Strawberry Melomel (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1813-kiwi-strawberry-melomel)
Still of the Night Mead (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1811-still-of-the-night-mead)
Fall Spice Metheglin (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1753-fall-spice-metheglin)
Royal Metheglin (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1752-royal-metheglin)
Braggot: Style Profile (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/260-braggot-style-profile)
Make a Spiced Metheglin (https://byo.com/mead?start=20)
Mead: The Most Noble Brew (https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/1141-mead-the-most-noble-brew)
Mead Ambassador nominee there ;)
MazerCup 2015 (International Mead Competition http://mazercup.com)
https://youtu.be/TdFbkyZPMKo
Making Cyser for the 2016 Mazer Cup http://www.ciderschool.com/2015-cyser-making/
Getting together indegrients at the moment for my first attempt.
Where do people get the nutrients for these? I've seem Go-Ferm used for the rehydrating of the yeast and Fermaid-K for the nutrient additions, but can't seem to source them here, outside of a 1kg bag on the THBC.
Alternatives/sources for getting them?
Unfortunately, I don't have a source for these products. I use Youngs yeast nutrient, which is just diammonium phosphate (DAP). I think GoFerm is also DAP based, or maybe it's the other one you mentioned.
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Yeah I have youngs as well. Cool, I'll just use that. One of them isn't dap based, as that is bad for dry yeast when it's rehydrating I believe, so I'll just use it on days 1, 3 and 5 and degas the other days.
If you have a yeast starter on the go you could boil some and use that as nutrient. Them yeasties will eat other yeasties. Savages.
Quote from: molc on May 30, 2016, 08:45:41 PM
Getting together indegrients at the moment for my first attempt.
Where do people get the nutrients for these? I've seem Go-Ferm used for the rehydrating of the yeast and Fermaid-K for the nutrient additions, but can't seem to source them here, outside of a 1kg bag on the THBC.
Alternatives/sources for getting them?
Here is a source for fermaid k http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FERMAID-K-Complete-Yeast-Nutrient-Wine-Making-Home-Brew-500G-/232232913434?hash=item3612290a1a:g:f9AAAOSwQTVV8lJj
Wouldn't you know it as soon as I got some fermaid K fermaid O is now all the rage and can't find a source for it. Sure at least we are use to being behind the times here. Also you can find smaller amounts of goferm on eBay too. Happy mazing!
Nice one, cheers! I'll be transferring to tertiary in a few months so will have another same then and see how it's getting on.