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Advice for a first time mead maker?

  • 24-11-2015 03:59PM
    #1
    Smiley92a
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭


    So I just bought a home brewing kit, and it even comes with a recipe. It seems, basically, to be Joe's Ancient Orange Mead. I'm going to need three pounds of honey, and I don't know what to go looking for. Has anyone here ever made this mead before, and if so, what honey did you use? Also, do you have any advice for making it? The recipe mentions that it should be really good after six months. I'm thinking that the first batch will be ready around summer, and if it's good, I can get a bigger demijohn and have some interesting gifts to hand out next Christmas.


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  • #2
    Links234
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    Hey there, I've been making mead a lot since the summer, so hope I can help. I've not used the Joe's Ancient Orange receipe myself, so I can't advise specifically on that one, but the honey I've been using to make my mead I just get from Lidl. You can get 454g (1lb) jars for €1.99 each, so you're not worrying about sinking a lot of money if something goes wrong, and it's actually really decent quality honey.


  • #3
    Smiley92a
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭Smiley92a


    Thank you for the advice. I bought the honey the other day, and the water today. Looking forward to getting started. Didn't know you were a brewer as well as an activist :)


  • #4
    Links234
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    What? Me? I'm not an activist. :o

    Hope the brew goes well. Out of curiosity, what yeast are you using?


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