Mead Kits

A 1/3 mix each of citric, tartaric and malic acids. Primarily used in fruit wines to adjust acid levels. A rough approximate of weight is 1 tsp = 3 grams. We highly recommend using a scale to weigh the product for an accurate dose. We do not recommend relying on these rough conversions for accurate dosage rates.

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Start making great wine at home with a small investment in some quality equipment. This inexpensive starter package includes all the equipment you will need to begin making wine with VineCo's extensive line of concentrate kits. These kits are designed to make 23 liters of wine, or about 6 gallons. Primary fermentation will take place in the included 7.9 gallon bucket. After the primary fermentation is complete you will transfer the wine into the included 6 gallon carboy leaving behind the sediment from fermentation. We have included all the necessary cleaning and testing equipment. Also included are corks and a corker for bottling and corking your own wine. You will need to purchase a wine concentrate kit. You will also need to save or buy approximately (30) 750ml wine bottles (2.5 cases). Included In Kit: 7.9 gallon food grade bucket and lid with airlock hole 6 gallon plastic carboy for aging Airlock and stopper 7/16" Siphon assembly Bottle brush Sample taker/thief Triple scale hydrometer Bottle filler with removable spring Bottle corker 100 Corks - 1 3/4 in. One Step Cleanser  

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Our Orange Blossom honey should be used for your very best creations. It comes directly from orange tree orchards in America and has the unmistakable floral aroma of orange blossoms. By far, one of our favorite honey for meads. Click here for a PDF of the MoreWine! Mead Making Manual.   Please note: Honey that gets cold often becomes crystalized but this has no detrimental effect on the overall quality. It can still be used in its crystalized form or returned to liquid by gently heating it back up in a warm water bath.  

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4766 is a crisp and dry fermenting yeast with a big, fruity finish Creates a nice balance for all types of apples, pears, and other fruit Activator Smack-Pack System™ "proofs" the yeast and shortens lag time when it hits your wort When smacked, the Activator™ packet releases sugars and nutrients to initiate the culture's metabolism Wyeast has been a pioneer in craft brewing for over 35 years and is committed to creating the finest fermentation products available Although beneficial, cultures do not need to be activated prior to inoculation I was a doubter at first, but after using the Wyeast Cider strain, I am now a convert.  I used to ferment my ciders with English Ale (sweet) or Champagne (dry) yeast, but no longer! I have found a delicious Cider yeast that highlights the flavor of the apples and does not ferment too dry.  After we started stocking this strain, it became impossible to keep it in stock during the harvest season! This yeast creates a nice balance for any type of apple, pear, or other fruit. It gives a crisp and dry ferment and allows the fruit character to dominate the flavor profile. Attenuation: NA Flocculation: Low Alcohol Tolerance: 12% Optimum Fermentation Temp: 60-75°F Cell Count: 100 Billion Styles: Apple Wine Common Cider Common Perry Cyser (Apple Melomel) English Cider French Cider Fruit Cider New England Cider Traditional Perry Other Sppecialty Cider or Perry For best results we always recommend ordering an ice pack with your liquid yeast. Please Note: When choosing an ice pack option beware that the liquid yeast will not arrive cold even when shipped together. Ice packs and insulated mailing options are designed to keep the yeast colder for longer during shipment, but they will not ensure that your yeast arrives cold. We will not replace liquid yeast that arrives warm. During warmer months we strongly recommend you choose dry yeast.    

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4184 has a rich, fruity profile complements fruit mead fermentations Activator Smack-Pack System™ "proofs" the yeast and shortens lag time when it hits your wort When smacked, the Activator™ packet releases sugars and nutrients to initiate the culture's metabolism Wyeast has been a pioneer in craft brewing for over 35 years and is committed to creating the finest fermentation products available Although beneficial, cultures do not need to be activated prior to inoculation Leaves 2-3% residual sugar in most meads. Rich, fruity profile complements fruit mead fermentations. Use of Wyeast Wine Nutrient Blend is recommended. Attenuation: NA Flocculation: Medium Alcohol Tolerance: 11% Optimum Fermentation Temp: 65-75°F Cell Count: 100 Billion Styles: Braggot Common Cider Cyser (Apple Melomel) Metheglin Open Category Mead Other Fruit Melomel Semi-Sweet Mead Sweet Mead Dai Ginjo Plum Wine   For best results we always recommend ordering an ice pack with your liquid yeast.   Please Note: When choosing an ice pack option beware that the liquid yeast will not arrive cold even when shipped together. Ice packs and insulated mailing options are designed to keep the yeast colder for longer during shipment, but they will not ensure that your yeast arrives cold. We will not replace liquid yeast that arrives warm. During warmer months we strongly recommend you choose dry yeast.    

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Add great fruit flavor and aroma to your beer or kombucha with our natural fruit flavorings. Best if added just prior to bottling. We recommend you start by adding 2 oz per 5 gallon batch and then add more according to your taste. Contains no sugar or haze-causing pectins. Glycol, Caramel Color(Sulfites), and Sodium Benzoate. Contains Sulfites

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We offer wildflower honey from open spaces around the world. We have found it makes a terrific, complex, base-mead. We have found this to be a great basic honey for brewing , so much so that we use it in our ingredient kits that feature honey. Click here for a PDF of the MoreWine! Mead Making Manual.   Please note: Honey that gets cold often becomes crystalized but this has no detrimental effect on the overall quality. It can still be used in its crystalized form or returned to liquid by gently heating it back up in a warm water bath.  

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Add great fruit flavor and aroma to your beer or kombucha with our natural fruit flavorings. Best if added just prior to bottling. We recommend you start by adding 2 oz per 5 gallon batch and then add more according to your taste. Contains no sugar or haze-causing pectins.   Non-Flavor Ingredients: Ethyl Alcohol, Water, Glycerin and Citric Acid

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Add great fruit flavor and aroma to your beer or kombucha with our natural fruit flavorings. Best if added just prior to bottling. We recommend you start by adding 2 oz per 5 gallon batch and then add more according to your taste. Contains no sugar or haze-causing pectins. Non-Flavor Ingredients:  Propylene Glycol, Ethyl Alcohol, and Water    

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Add great fruit flavor and aroma to your beer or kombucha with our natural fruit flavorings. Best if added just prior to bottling. We recommend you start by adding 2 oz per 5 gallon batch and then add more according to your taste. Contains no sugar or haze-causing pectins.  

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4632 is the best choice for dry mead and has been used in many award winning meads Low foaming with little or no sulfur production Activator Smack-Pack System™ "proofs" the yeast and shortens lag time when it hits your wort When smacked, the Activator™ packet releases sugars and nutrients to initiate the culture's metabolism Wyeast has been a pioneer in craft brewing for over 35 years and is committed to creating the finest fermentation products available Although beneficial, cultures do not need to be activated prior to inoculation Best choice for dry mead. Used in many award winning meads. Low foaming with little or no sulfur production. Use additional nutrients for mead making. Attenuation: NA Flocculation: Low Medium Alcohol Tolerance: 18% Optimum Fermentation Temp: 55-75°F Cell Count: 100 Billion Styles: Braggot Dry Mead Metheglin Open Category Mead Other Fruit Melomel Pyment (Grape Melomel)   For best results we always recommend ordering an ice pack with your liquid yeast.   Please Note: When choosing an ice pack option beware that the liquid yeast will not arrive cold even when shipped together. Ice packs and insulated mailing options are designed to keep the yeast colder for longer during shipment, but they will not ensure that your yeast arrives cold. We will not replace liquid yeast that arrives warm. During warmer months we strongly recommend you choose dry yeast.    

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Add great fruit flavor and aroma to your beer or kombucha with our natural fruit flavorings. Best if added just prior to bottling. We recommend you start by adding 2 oz per 5 gallon batch and then add more according to your taste. Contains no sugar or haze-causing pectins. Non-Flavor Ingredients: Propylene Glycol, Ethyl Alcohol, and Water.    

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Add great fruit flavor and aroma to your beer or kombucha with our natural fruit flavorings. Best if added just prior to bottling. We recommend you start by adding 2 oz per 5 gallon batch and then add more according to your taste. Contains no sugar or haze-causing pectins. Non-Flavor Ingredients: Water, Propylene Glycol, Gum Arabic, Glycerin, Citric Acid, Ethyl Alcohol, Sodium Benzoate, Caramel Color(Sulfites), and Triethyl Citrate. Contain Sulfites      

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Add great fruit flavor and aroma to your beer or kombucha with our natural fruit flavorings. Best if added just prior to bottling. We recommend you start by adding 2 oz per 5 gallon batch and then add more according to your taste. Contains no sugar or haze-causing pectins. Non-Flavor Ingredients: Water, Propylene Glycol, Gum Acacia, Citric Acid and Sodium Benzoate as a Preservative.    

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One word! Delicious! Orange Blossom aroma comes through in this dry, white wine style mead. Features 12lb of Orange Blossom honey and all the nutrient and additive packs needed to make a premium mead. Perfect to drink dry or as a sparkling mead, but you can also make this into a Sweet Mead by adding an additional 3-6 pounds of Orange Blossom honey. You would dilute this extra honey with water and add after the first fermentation is complete. Dry Yeast Recommendation: DV10: Strong and clean, stays true to original honey's flavours and aromas. QA23: Aromatic / Floral, great bouquet (a bit more lean and focused than R2) W15: Great aromatic profile (true to the honey source) and heavy mouthfeel. Includes our simple, step-by-step two page instructions, which will teach you the basics of making mead.  This kit does not include yeast. Please see our recommendations above.

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We use the term "sack" as a way of describing the high strength of alcohol in mead. This mead kit features 18 pounds of honey. Estimated alcohol 18-20%. The yeast will die off leaving behind residual sugar. The honey flavor will dominate this style of mead highlighting the honey's natural flavor and aroma's. Absolutely the perfect kit to make a fantastic, unique after dinner dessert beverage to share with your friends. Dry Yeast Recommendation: DV10: Strong and clean, stays true to original honey's flavours and aromas. QA23: Aromatic / Floral, great bouquet (a bit more lean and focused than R2) W15: Great aromatic profile (true to the honey source) and heavy mouthfeel.   Includes our simple, step-by-step two page instructions, which will teach you the basics of making mead.  This kit does not include yeast. Please see our recommendations above.

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Add great fruit flavor and aroma to your beer or kombucha with our natural fruit flavorings. Best if added just prior to bottling. We recommend you start by adding 2 oz per 5 gallon batch and then add more according to your taste. Contains no sugar or haze-causing pectins. Non-Flavor Ingredients: Propylene Glycol, Ethyl Alcohol, Water, and Citric Acid    

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This recipe kit makes a light, refreshing mead. Hydromel literally means "Honey Water" in Greek. The term "hydromel" is a way of describing the low strength of alcohol in this mead kit. This kit is a very basic introduction to mead. Estimated alcohol is 5-7%. A perfect choice to carbonate in the bottle or kegs. Dry Yeast Recommendation: DV10: Strong and clean, stays true to original honey's flavours and aromas. QA23: Aromatic / Floral, great bouquet (a bit more lean and focused than R2) W15: Great aromatic profile (true to the honey source) and heavy mouthfeel. Includes our simple, step-by-step two page instructions, which will teach you the basics of making mead.  This kit does not include yeast. Please see our recommendations above.

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Add great fruit flavor and aroma to your beer with our natual fruit flavorings. Best if added just prior to bottling. We recommend you start by adding 1/2 bottle and then add more according to your taste. Contains no sugar or haze-causing pectins.

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Add bursting, fresh-squeezed flavor to all of your favorite beverages with ease! True Fruit Powders™ captures the true essence of fruit—available year-round and doesn't require refrigeration No artificial sweeteners, flavors or preservatives Non-GMO fruit flavoring. Made from simple, clean ingredients True Citrus® offers authentic, fresh-tasting citrus & fruit ingredients for beers & seltzers. Delivering real flavor from real fruit in a shelf-stable, cost-effective, crystallized format, True Citrus will be your go-to solution for all your fruit flavor needs. Using their proprietary drying, crystallization and blending methods, True Citrus captures and locks-in the optimal blend of fruit juices, oils and essences. This allows their products to deliver authentic taste and aroma in a highly versatile, concentrated and simple-to-use, easy to store form. All True Citrus products are made with simple and clean ingredients, including real citrus juices and oils, that give them their natural, fresh-squeezed taste. This flavoring ingredient contains ZERO artificial sweeteners, flavors, or preservatives, and is gluten free and Non-GMO. Dosage: Add to your finished beverage after filtering or fining. We recommend a starting dosage for beer & seltzer at 0.5% by weight which is 3-4 oz per 5 gallons or 18-24 oz per bbl. Add to taste for all beverages.

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Add bursting, fresh-squeezed flavor to all of your favorite beverages with ease! True Fruit Powders™ captures the true essence of fruit—available year-round and doesn't require refrigeration No artificial sweeteners, flavors or preservatives Non-GMO fruit flavoring. Made from simple, clean ingredients True Citrus® offers authentic, fresh-tasting citrus & fruit ingredients for beers & seltzers. Delivering real flavor from real fruit in a shelf-stable, cost-effective, crystallized format, True Citrus will be your go-to solution for all your fruit flavor needs. Using their proprietary drying, crystallization and blending methods, True Citrus captures and locks-in the optimal blend of fruit juices, oils and essences. This allows their products to deliver authentic taste and aroma in a highly versatile, concentrated and simple-to-use, easy to store form. All True Citrus products are made with simple and clean ingredients, including real citrus juices and oils, that give them their natural, fresh-squeezed taste. This flavoring ingredient contains ZERO artificial sweeteners, flavors, or preservatives, and is gluten free and Non-GMO. Dosage: Add to your finished beverage after filtering or fining. We recommend a starting dosage for beer & seltzer at 0.25% by weight which is 1.5-2 oz per 5 gallons or 10-11 oz per bbl. Add to taste for all beverages.

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Add bursting, fresh-squeezed flavor to all of your favorite beverages with ease! True Fruit Powders™ captures the true essence of fruit—available year-round and doesn't require refrigeration No artificial sweeteners, flavors or preservatives Non-GMO fruit flavoring. Made from simple, clean ingredients True Citrus® offers authentic, fresh-tasting citrus & fruit ingredients for beers & seltzers. Delivering real flavor from real fruit in a shelf-stable, cost-effective, crystallized format, True Citrus will be your go-to solution for all your fruit flavor needs. Using their proprietary drying, crystallization and blending methods, True Citrus captures and locks-in the optimal blend of fruit juices, oils and essences. This allows their products to deliver authentic taste and aroma in a highly versatile, concentrated and simple-to-use, easy to store form. All True Citrus products are made with simple and clean ingredients, including real citrus juices and oils, that give them their natural, fresh-squeezed taste. This flavoring ingredient contains ZERO artificial sweeteners, flavors, or preservatives, and is gluten free and Non-GMO. Dosage: Add to your finished beverage after filtering or fining. We recommend a starting dosage for beer & seltzer at 0.25% by weight which is 1.5-2 oz per 5 gallons or 10-11 oz per bbl. Add to taste for all beverages.  

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Dry mead is similar to a dry white wine. This kit will make a delicious dry mead that you can age out for years to come. You can also choose to carbonate it and serve at a wedding for a sparkling mead toast! As a slight aside, the term Honeymoon is said to refer to drinking Mead for 1 month after the wedding to help ensure the birth of a boy. While the kit is great still or carbonated, the adventurous home fermenter could use this kit as a base on which to experiment. Consider fermenting it out and then splitting it off into smaller 1 gallon containers where you can make a sweet mead by adding more honey to one, vanilla bean to another, fruit to another, etc. When making a Dry Mead we recommend that you have a small amount of Tartaric Acid on hand at the end of fermentation. As with a wine, a final small bump in acidity can bring out the honey flavor and aroma and add a bit of refreshment. We suggest adding 1/4 tsp at a time to your taste. Features 12 lb of Wildflower honey and all the nutrient packs needed to make premium mead. Tartaric acid, if you wish to try your hand at adjusting acidity is sold separately.   Dry Yeast Recommendation: DV10: Strong and clean, stays true to original honey's flavours and aromas. QA23: Aromatic / Floral, great bouquet (a bit more lean and focused than R2) W15: Great aromatic profile (true to the honey source) and heavy mouthfeel.   Includes our simple, step-by-step two page instructions, which will teach you the basics of making mead.  This kit does not include yeast. Please see our recommendations above.

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Add great nutty flavor and aroma to your beer with our Hazelnut extract. Best if added just prior to bottling. We recommend you start by adding 1/2 bottle and then add more according to your taste. Contains no sugar or haze-causing pectins. Non-Flavor Ingredients:  Propylene Glycol.  

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