Mead Making Journal: Almost Off Grid Journal Series No 1($11.15Value)

Description

Do you want to master the art and craft of making mead? This Almost Off Grid Mead Making Journal has all the information a beginner needs to get started brewing their own mead. Mead is a fermented drink, traditionally made from honey, water, and yeast. If you are familiar with wine making, mead is made along similar lines using honey instead of sugar. If you want to start making your own mead at home, this elegant mead journal contains all the information you need, even if you are new to homebrewing. It also has plenty of room to record your own notes as you become more experienced. The Mead Making Journal includes: the key principles of winemaking and fermentation, and how they apply to mead - the basic equipment needed to get started making homemade mead, some of which you will already have in your kitchen - tips for sourcing honey and the importance of using quality ingredients - the terms used in mead making and what they mean - the additives you find in mead recipes, their purpose, and whether you always need to use them - an overview of the different kinds of mead you can make - all about sterilisation in winemaking, how easy it is, and why it is so important - five tried and tested mead recipes - knowing when fermentation has started, when it has finished, and when your mead is ready to drink - mead making hints, tips, and more. The five recipes included are: Basic Honey Mead, Cyser (Apple Mead), Mixed Berry Mead, Dandelion Mead and Sparkling Elderflower Mead. These are followed by over 100 lined journal pages. This will allow you to keep your mead recipes in one place, log your progress and record your making and tasting notes. Written by homebrewing enthusiast Bev Newman, Bev brews mead at home with honey from her bees and is keen to demystify this ancient craft. As well as making her own wine, beer, cider, mead and cheese, Bev has grown her own food, kept bees and chickens, and is an enthusiastic forager and fermenter. She also enjoys traditional crafts like soap and candle making, weaving, macramé and crochet. Bev has answered many of the questions she has been asked about mead making over the years in this book, which includes all her hints and top tips. This is the first in a collection of Almost Off Grid Journals. The others include: Hedgerow Wine Making, Country Wine Making and Cider Making. Beautifully designed, they contain basic information in the front to get started, room in the margins for notes, and lined pages so you can add your own information and clippings as you build your knowledge. They allow you to create the perfect reference series just for you, covering a range of subjects related to traditional crafts and sustainable living. This journal series came about when Bev realised she had books on all sorts of subjects, yet many of them were sitting on the shelf largely unused. When you buy a book on a topic that interests you, such as wine recipes, you tend not to revisit all of it. Some of the book appeals, some isn't, and then the book is often forgotten. Almost Off Grid Journals cover a range of subjects related to traditional crafts and sustainable living, enabling you to create your own reference library for ongoing use. This journal measures 17.0 x 24.3cm and has 150 pages in total, with book industry perfect binding and a glossy cover designed to easily wipe clean. It is printed on high quality white paper which minimises ink bleed-through and is suitable for pen or pencil. The Almost Off Grid Mead Making Journal is an essential tool for any mead maker and the ideal gift for all homemade wine enthusiasts.