MEADS
Mead recipes and more......
Mead is magic! It’s Mother Natures gift!
The taste and complexity of flavours derived from honey are immeasurable.
Try my proven yummy Traditional II Mead recipe and then experiment with adding fruit, herbs or spices!
Most importantly with Mead is to get a great basic recipe to build upon to your own taste!
The recipes increase in detail and information with the newer recipes having improved layout and function hopefully simplifying things.
The difficulty rating is either straightforward/modest/involved
Please ensure you have familiarised yourself with the ‘How to’ page before setting out as many assumptions will be made accordingly.
And don’t forget the FAQ if needs.
Traditional II
A proven tasty basic Mead recipe!
ABV: 12%
Taste: Dry
Difficulty: Straightforward
Blueberry & Raspberries
A yummy Mead with light fruity notes.
ABV: 13%
Taste: Dry and slightly fruity
Difficulty: Straightforward
Cranberry Melomel
A gorgeous tart and fruity dry melomel with real depth of flavour
ABV: 13%
Taste: Slightly sweet and Fruity
Difficulty: Involved
Strawberry Melomel
A deeply satisfying Strawberry Melomel.
ABV: 13%
Taste: Fruity and slightly sweet
Difficulty: Modest
Cherry Melomel
Sweet Cherry Melomel!!
If you like Cherries…….
ABV: 14%
Taste: Dry and Fruity
Difficulty: Involved
Cinnamon Apple Cyser
A surprisingly bright sparkling tangy cyser.
ABV: 12%
Taste: dry/fruity/sparkling
Difficulty: Involved
Mead Comparison
It’s Done!
The results are in……
D47 v M05
Dundurian Spice-Water
A Ginger and citrus spicy Melomel
ABV: 14%
Taste: dry/spicy/ginger
Difficulty: Modest
Strawberry and Blackberry Melomel
A slightly sweet fruity Melomel (or is it?)
ABV: ~15%
Taste: Fruity!
Difficulty: Modest
Carbonated Hydromel
A fizzy bottle conditioned hydromel
ABV: 6%
Taste: Honey and citrus
Difficulty: Involved