The bees have been busy this spring and summer, and treated us with a decent crop of light-colored, and quite floral honey. The Summer Honey Mead Magic kit and booster packs are now available, but quantities are limited! We started a batch of mead from this blend; it’s going to be a very light-colored beverage, probably … Continue reading New honey flavor — summer wildflower
Today we unveil a new section of the Mead Magic site – the Brewer’s Corner, where we talk about different mead recipes that we’re testing in our own kitchen. Our goal with the Brewer’s Corner is to craft variations on a straight mead that you can replicate in your own home with a Mead Magic booster pack and ingredients … Continue reading The Brewer’s Corner
Hey, Kickstarter backers! Talking with some Mead Magic kit users this weekend, we realized that a lot of folks got a kit, but didn’t have time to use it — so many kits didn’t get used right away. That’s perfectly OK! The honey won’t spoil. But that means you may not have wanted to take … Continue reading Kickstarter discount extended
Hand-in-hand with the capping machine comes bottle caps! Within the last couple of years, bottle caps have made a leap from plain and ordinary to fun — and useful. Various online services will print custom made caps, based on your uploaded image. The super-handy thing about custom caps is that, assuming you print different caps … Continue reading Mead Tools: Bottle Caps
Getting your brew into the bottle is pretty easy, but then you need to close it up so it can age nicely for a few months. A 12-ounce beer bottle makes a nice drink for two, and to close that up you need a capping tool. Capping tools come in different sizes and prices. The … Continue reading Mead Tools: The Capping Tool
Today’s tool of the trade is the bottling wand. The bottling wand goes hand-in-hand with last week’s auto-siphon. With the auto-siphon to start your liquid flow, attached the bottling wand to the other end. The bottling wand has a spring-loaded tip that, when you press it, lets your new mead flow. Lift up the wand, … Continue reading Mead Tools: The Bottling Wand
This week’s tools of the trade: the auto-siphon. Your kit includes five feet of tubing to siphon and bottle with. If you graduate to five-gallon batches, consider the auto siphon. The auto siphon basically starts your flow of liquid for you with a couple of quick pumps of the inner racking cane. Auto siphons are designed … Continue reading Mead Tools: The Auto-Siphon
We’re going to start a series on mead making tools of the trade that you haven’t seen in your kits. The reason why they’re not in your kits is that you don’t *need* them to make your first, single gallon of mead. But as you branch out, you may find some of these tools either … Continue reading Mead tools: the hydrometer
Exciting news! We have secured a LIMITED supply of orange blossom honey for our booster packs. Orange blossom honey has a floral, citrus aroma, with a deep amber color and makes a wonderful mead. An Orange Blossom mead took silver at the 2013 Mazer’s Cup International. Our orange blossom honey comes from HoneyRock Farm, in … Continue reading Orange Blossom Honey!
If you’re looking for an alternative to the Deluxe kit, but still need a bit of help with bottling, we’ve made available two new items, which give you an alternative way to bottle your new mead by reusing wine or beer/cider bottles you may already have at home. Check out the Zork Corks, which easily … Continue reading More ways to bottle