The Complete Guide to Making Mead, Updated Edition : The Ingredients, Equipment, Processes, and Recipes for Crafting Honey Wine

Make delicious meads in many varieties and flavor profiles with this completely updated edition of the definitive companion book for home mead-making. Some stories suggest that mead was originally discovered when one of our not-yet-upright forebears stuck their hand in a fermenting bee hive and came away with a honeycomb containing a little more than they bargained for.Whatever the truth, brewers have brought this beverage into the twenty-first century, and you can rest assured that The Complete Guide to Making Mead is a thoroughly up-to-date, modern, and authoritative guide to homemade mead.Best of all, it has something for everyone, from the stone-cold beginner to the seasoned veteran.Written by award-winning mead-maker Steve Piatz, the book features:A brief history of the fermented beverage and a rundown of the various types of meadDozens of recipes for basic meads (honey only), melomels (honey and fruit), metheglins (honey and spices), and braggots (honey and malt)A discussion of t