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Best Mead Making Books
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A Sip Through Time: A Collection of Old Brewing RecipesA Sip Through Time: A Collection of Old Brewing Recipes by Cindy Renfrow
Buy new: $18.00
This was one of our first books, and one of my favorites to pull recipes to test. I loaned it out to a friend a few years ago, and he has yet to return it! (Ben, if you are reading this, I want my book back!)
Making Wild Wines & Meads: 125 Unusual Recipes Using Herbs, Fruits, Flowers & MoreMaking Wild Wines & Meads: 125 Unusual Recipes Using Herbs, Fruits, Flowers & More by Pattie Vargas
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.88
This is another favorite of ours. This book covers more than straight mead, but it encouraged us to branch out. I never would have tried dandelion wine, if not for this book!
The Compleat Meadmaker : Home Production of Honey Wine From Your First Batch to Award-winning Fruit and Herb VariationsThe Compleat Meadmaker : Home Production of Honey Wine From Your First Batch to Award-winning Fruit and Herb Variations by Ken Schramm
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $13.56
Definitely at the top of our Meadmaking favorites! This book can be a bit technical, but after you brew a batch or two, it is fun to sit down, read this book, and try more recipes!
First Steps in WinemakingFirst Steps in Winemaking by C. J. J. Berry
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $0.82
We have not seen this book ourselves, but several of our customers have mentioned to us as one of their first books.
Mad About Mead: Nectar of the GodsMad About Mead: Nectar of the Gods by Pamela Spence
Buy used from: $42.85
Unfortunately, I loaned this book out, since I did not have time to read it (at the time). Would love to hear what others think of it!
Beekeeping At Buckfast Abbey with a section on mead makingBeekeeping At Buckfast Abbey with a section on mead making by Brother Adam
Buy used from: $125.00
This is on my "want" list! The Abbey was one of the earliest places to really sit down and study the habits of the bees as well as breed their own strain. What does that have to do with meadmaking? Well, nothing really. But I'd be really interested to hear what Brother Adam has to say about meadmaking!
Traditional Country Winemaking: Including Mead (Picture Know-how)Traditional Country Winemaking: Including Mead (Picture Know-how) by Paul Turner
Buy used from: $45.99
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Third Edition (Harperresource Book)The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Third Edition (Harperresource Book) by Charles Papazian
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.49
Includes mead recipes, including a well-known ginger-raspberry mead recipe.
Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient FermentationSacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation by Stephen Harrod Buhner
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $12.02
This has a section on mead.
Amateur Wine Making: an Introduction & Complete Guide to Wine, Cider, Perry, Mead & BeerAmateur Wine Making: an Introduction & Complete Guide to Wine, Cider, Perry, Mead & Beer
Amateur wine making: an introduction and complete guide to wine, cider, perry, mead and beer making and to the cultivation of the vineAmateur wine making: an introduction and complete guide to wine, cider, perry, mead and beer making and to the cultivation of the vine by S. M. Tritton
Buy used from: $12.00
Mead Making, Exhibiting and JudgingMead Making, Exhibiting and Judging by Harry Riches
Buy used from: $81.52
Making Mead Honey Wine: History, Recipes, Methods and EquipmentMaking Mead Honey Wine: History, Recipes, Methods and Equipment by Roger A. Morse
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $11.94
This is also on our "want" list. I have heard other meadmakers refer to it, but need to grab a copy for myself.
How to Make Honey Mead with RecipesHow to Make Honey Mead with Recipes by Karen Peebles
Buy used from: $15.50
Making Mead: A Complete Guide to the Making of Sweet & Dry Mead, Melomel, Metheglin, Hippocras, Pyment & CyserMaking Mead: A Complete Guide to the Making of Sweet & Dry Mead, Melomel, Metheglin, Hippocras, Pyment & Cyser by Bryan Acton
Buy used from: $3.99
Let's make our own wines and beers: More than 300 different recipes, meads, tonics, cordials liquors, brandies, ciders, perries, champagnes and sparkling winesLet's make our own wines and beers: More than 300 different recipes, meads, tonics, cordials liquors, brandies, ciders, perries, champagnes and sparkling wines by John H Tobe
Buy used from: $19.74
MAKING MEAD a Complete Guide to the Making of Sweet and Dry Mead, Melomel, Methegin, Hippocras, Pyment and CyserMAKING MEAD a Complete Guide to the Making of Sweet and Dry Mead, Melomel, Methegin, Hippocras, Pyment and Cyser by Bryan and DUNCAN, Peter ACTON
Recipes for Home-made Wine, Mead and BeerRecipes for Home-made Wine, Mead and Beer by Bernard Charles Arthur Turner