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Recipes

Proven recipes, tested by us

Every recipe includes a taste profile, target gravities, and the average time to bottle, so you know what you're brewing and when you'll drink it.

Traditional Mead

Honey, water, and yeast, the classic show mead that lets your honey do the talking.

Simple Traditional Mead - How to Make a Basic Dry Mead▶ Video recipe
BeginnerDry

Classic Traditional Mead

The one-gallon dry mead every brewer should make first.

13% ABV~3 months to bottle

Fruit Meads

Melomels layer fresh fruit over a honey base for color, acidity, and big aroma.

Easy Blackberry Mead (Honey Wine, Melomel)▶ Video recipe
EasyOff-dry

Blackberry Melomel

Deep purple, jammy, and worth every week of the wait.

12% ABV~4 months to bottle
Illustration of orange slices, raisins, and a cinnamon stick for Joe's Ancient Orange Mead
BeginnerSweet

Joe's Ancient Orange Mead

The legendary no-fuss recipe that breaks all the rules, and works.

~11% ABV~2 months to bottle
Illustration of strawberries and a vanilla bean for a strawberry vanilla melomel
IntermediateSemi-sweet

Strawberry Vanilla Melomel

Strawberries and cream, but make it mead.

12% ABV~4 months to bottle

Cysers

Apple cider stands in for water, giving you orchard character with honey depth.

Illustration of apples, cinnamon sticks, and spices for a spiced autumn cyser
EasySemi-sweet

Spiced Autumn Cyser

Mulled-cider warmth in a bottle you made yourself.

10% ABV~3 months to bottle
Cyser - Apple Mead - Updated Super Simple Cyser for 2021▶ Video recipe
BeginnerOff-dry

Super Simple Cyser

Store-bought cider plus honey, the easiest impressive mead there is.

11% ABV~2 months to bottle

Session Meads

Low-ABV hydromels that ferment fast, bottle in weeks, and drink crisp and light.

How to make a Session Mead | A crispy hydromel recipe made with fruity honey and a touch of sparkle▶ Video recipe
EasyDry

Crispy Sparkling Session Mead

Fruity honey, a touch of sparkle, and zero patience required.

5.5% ABV~3 weeks to bottle
Illustration of raspberries and honey for a raspberry session mead
EasyOff-dry

Raspberry Session Mead

A pink, tart, five-week melomel for people who hate waiting.

5.5% ABV~5 weeks to bottle
How to Make a 6.5% Traditional Session Mead (Hydromel) at Home!▶ Video recipe
BeginnerDry

Traditional Session Hydromel

A crisp 6.5% mead you can brew and drink in the same month.

6.5% ABV~4 weeks to bottle