With Mead Making Day fast approaching, we wanted to take the chance to showcase mead making in greater depth. This week, we'll be looking at some great mead making recipes, as well as the equipment you'll need to get started! Mead is a great way to celebrate all that is home-brewing, so join us below as we take a look at how you can branch out with your home-brewing!

Bee There, Bring Your Honey - It's Going to Be A-Mazing! 

All successful brews begin with the right equipment, and Strange Brew can set you up with exactly what you'll need to get the show on the road.

Our Complete Mead Making Equipment Kit includes everything you'll need to get started making mead at home.

This kit includes:

7.8 Gallon Drilled Primary Fermenting Bucket with Drilled & Grommeted Lid

6 Gallon Glass Carboy with Rubber Stopper

3-Piece Airlock (for Fermenting Bucket)

Adhesive Thermometer (for Fermenting Bucket)

Automatic Pump-style Siphon with 5' of flexible tubing

Dual Function Bottle Filler (½" OD)

Fast-Flow Bottling Spigot

Glass, Triple Scale Hydrometer

8 oz of B-BRITE™ Cleanser

Enjoy Home Winemaking by Robert & Eileen Frishman

Wine Equipment Kit Instructions

Or if you'd prefer to start with a smaller set up, why not try our One Gallon Wine Making Kit.

This kit includes:

2 Gallon Fermenting Bucket with Drilled and Grommeted Lid

Clear One Gallon Glass Jug

38mm Screw Cap with Hole for Gallon Jug

Mini Auto-Siphon

Econolock

Easy Clean No-Rinse Cleanser

5 ft Siphon Tubing

Siphon Hose Shut-Off Clamp

Small Coarse Nylon Straining Bag

Sodium Campden Tablets

Montrachet Red Star Active Freeze-Dried Yeast

Winemakers Recipe Handbook

Equipment Instructions

Mead making ingredient kits are a great way to get started brewing a mead if you are not yet comfortable making your own recipe. Check out some of our favorites below!

2015 AHA Mead Day Recipe Kit: Tupelo

Complete "Crystal Metheglin" Mead Ingredient Kit

Complete "Sweet Dry-Hopped" Mead Ingredient Kit

Complete "Winter Warmer" Mead Ingredient Kit

Complete Blueberry Mead Ingredient Kit

Complete Dry Mead Ingredient Kit

Complete Orange Zest Mead Ingredient Kit

Complete Sweet Mead Ingredient Kit