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Making Your Own Mead: 43 Recipes for Homemade Honey Wines Paperback – July 1, 2013

by Peter Duncan (Author), Bryan Acton (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars 21 customer reviews
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  • Paperback: 72 pages
  • Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing (July 1, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1565237838
  • ISBN-13: 978-1565237834
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 6 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A nice introduction into Meadmaking
By Coree S Nichols on January 13, 2014
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I'm completely new to making mead.

With that being said, I actually put my first batches together before getting this book. I really wished I had gotten it sooner because its pretty helpful. There are some oddities about it though.

Pros:

1. The photography is well done
2. The History is interesting
3 Loads of different recipes

Cons:

1. There are quotes from the book...in the book. This just seems to take of valuable space that could be used elsewhere.
2. Some information is vague. I understand that the book was short as intended to be, but I would have loved more description in regards to some ingredients/chemicals and processes.

All said and done, it is a good book. Anyone who is looking into mead making could do worse than not picking this up. it's quite helpful.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Many recipes, but only for a very modern approach to mead making.
By Anonymoose on July 17, 2014
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First of all, know that this is a very short book. It is mostly comprised of recipes, as the title indicates. It offers a very brief overview of the history of mead, and a very brief overview of the equipment and process of making mead. You could certainly create mead with just this book, but perhaps not as you'd like.

It offers some helpful photographs and gives step by step instructions which are clear, but very brief. The brevity of the book however is not my concern. My concern is that all of the recipes use a great deal of additives from boosters, to tannins, to various acids. I understand that is very much a standard for modern brewing and wine making, so for those of you that are not bothered by this, you can ignore the concern. I, however, was drawn to home brewing and mead making out of a desire to create natural products that us little to no modern gimmickry in their creation. I personally don't care for a very scientific approach to the craft of food and drink, though I understand this is obviously subjective. I am not a fan of turning all of the passion of life into measurement and math. I digress, however, as my concern is more about the natural state of the foods and beverages I craft. I want only natural ingredients. Honey, water, yeast, fruit. None of these recipes are helpful to me because the rely very heavily on boosters and stabilizers. These are not things I want in my food.

If none of that is concerning to you, this book offers some interesting recipes. It does not offer much beyond what you can easily find online for free however. I think the books brevity is it's downfall. A more thoughtful consideration of ingredients and guidance on more natural brewing would have justified a higher price.Read more ›
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Recommended
By K. Smith on June 23, 2014
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I have been brewing beer (off and on) since 1993 and recently started making mead. It's hard to say whether this book is suitable for a beginner but I believe it would be. I found most of the steps to making mead are very similar to brewing beer (racking, sanitizing, fermenting), so I skimmed through parts of it.

I particularly enjoyed the color photos. The beautiful bottles of crystal clear mead inspired me to make something similar.

There are a good number of different recipes at the end of the book. There are recipes for sweet, semi-sweet and dry meads, along with recipes that include fruit, fruit juices, spices, different honey varieties, etc.

The book is written in a style that's easy to read. The author didn't leave anything out but I would have enjoyed it more if it had been longer.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Meh....
By maltdrinker on May 8, 2015
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Its OK; but nothing special. What really gets to me is that it mentions is some recipes to use 1/15th, 1/8th, or similar portions of nutrients or tannins. Who here can measure such a small amount accurately? What should have been given is the amount in grams.
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Step one add sulfites...No
By Bryan Richard Perrenod on August 1, 2015
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As a mead maker of almost ten years, I can say this book has some ideas that are not helpful for the beginner. I got this for recipe ideas more than anything, and for that its ok. However, the first thing I crossed out was on the first item on basic rules, added sulfites to your must. I have never done this and never will. A basic understanding of honey is in order, it is one of, if not the only, food that does not spoil. It is naturally anti bacterial. So the over zealous sanitation of everything is not required. You should always sanitize your equipment and have good clean water, but your honey is either good or its not, taste it and find out. If its not good, using sulfites won't fix that.

This book comes off as someone that is a winemaker who fancies themselves a mead maker as well. Its not bad, but look elsewhere for the basics, and the good knowledge. (The complete meadmaker by schramm is an excellent start) This is a fine book if you know enough about mead to ignore the parts that need ignoring.
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Good for small batch brewing, too many chemicals.
By A. Burchfield on October 29, 2015
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I've got Ken Schramm's "The Compleat Meadmaker" (don't remember much about it but I rated it well 10 years ago) and Steve Piatz's "The Complete Guide to making Mead". This makes my third Mead book and I'd judge it the weakest of the set.
Piatz book mentions the use of chemicals- he uses them sparingly if at all (except for equipment cleaning/sterilization) this book was written in 1968, updated in 2013, can't seem to do anything without them.
I like some of the recipes in this book (some are vague) and the, usually, 1 gallon batch size (Piatz usually talks 5 gallon, is vague on down converting.
I like the idea of a small batch, just in case you don't like the recipe but am not really otherwise impressed with this book. If I ever actually get around to using this one it'll be as a companion guide to Schramm and Piatz.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

The book is informative and if I was already a brewmaster then maybe...

I just got this purchase in hand and went to reading right away. I was all gung-ho about making mead , but now , I'm not so sure. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Carico
Fair Book

This book is ok but now that I've made a few batches of mead I don't agree with adding acids to the mead until after fermentation. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Gene
Good Book.

I purchased the first edition, of this updated, and slightly revised version, over 40 years ago. I purchased the new edition for nostalgia as much as anything, but for someone... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Curmudgeon
Very good info! Very much enjoyed

Very good info!
Very much enjoyed!

Published 5 months ago by Brad
Recommend as a very basic introductionpe

Not very informative. Had I purchasesd this book before I spend several days researching the internet it would have been a hit with me. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Luzmila Vega
I would advise new readers to take these elements with a grain of salt...

This book is a decent introductory read for beginners looking to get into Mead-making. We really got it just to have a recipe book to use for ideas, and it serves that purpose ok. Read more

Published 8 months ago by D. K. Woods
waste of time

Short and basically useless, if you already know what mead is then you probably already know everything in this book.

Published 11 months ago by Z Mac
Great Primer for Mead-Makers!

An easy read with plenty of facts, history, and tips on how to begin a hobby in mead making. This book is not very long and can be read in a couple of days. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Sparky
good book but time will tell since it takes a ...

good book but time will tell since it takes a year to make mead so we will see. but the book has great info.

Published 11 months ago by nickd
Five Stars

love it

Published 12 months ago by JoAnn E Head

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