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Pyment Grape Mead

Pyment blends honey, grape juice and water. It is a great light wine for summer. You will be amazed at how much grape character comes through and the honey flavored finish is excellent.

Hippocras is a combination of Pyment and spices. You must choose your spice wisely so as not to impair the grape flavor.

Pyment Grape Mead

6 lbs. Honey
2 teaspoons Acid Blend
2 Tablespoons Yeast Nutrient
1 teaspoon Grape Tannin
3 Campden Tablets
1 packet of Cote de Blanc Wine Yeast
500 ml of white or red Grape Juice Concentrate

*Follow the instructions for semi-dry mead. Add 500 ml of white or red grape juice concentrate during the 1st racking instead of additional honey.

Brewing Instructions

In a very clean stock pot, combine 1 gallon of bottled spring water (do not use distilled water) with the honey. Rinse honey jar with water from the pot.
Heat the mixture to 180°F. Reduce the heat and hold the temperature between 175° and 180°F for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally and skim any white film (bees wax) off of the surface. Do not allow to boil.
Remove kettle from the heat and place it in a sink of cold water to reduce its temperature. Stir occasionally and change the sink water when it becomes warm. Do this until temperature is below 85°F.

*See How To for more information about making mead

makes 1 gallon of juice.

Boost flavor, sweetness and color in finished wines or kick up the fermentable sugar without diluting flavor in any wine or mead recipe.

makes 1 gallon of juice.

Boost flavor, sweetness and color in finished wines or kick up the fermentable sugar without diluting flavor in any wine or mead recipe.

Pyment Recipe $39.95
This kit features 6 pounds of honey and white grape concentrate and Cote Des Blanc wine yeast. Ingredients for 3 gallons.

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Our honey is 100% pure honey, direct from the hive with no blending or additives. It is the perfect honey to use in mead making and homebrewing.

Winemaking chemicals and yeast assortment

Recipes are not included.

Refill pack for wine making. Contains individual bottles of acid blend, grape tannin, potassium sorbate, pectic enzyme, yeast nutrient, campden tablets, and 1 each of Cote des Blanc, Montrachet, Cuvee and Champagne wine yeast.

5 grams for 5 to 6 gallons of wine

This yeast is derived from a selection of the Geisenheim Institute in Germany. It is a relatively slow fermenter, like Geisenheim Epernay, but producing less foam. It requires nutrient addition for most chardonnay fermentations. Côte des Blancs produces fine, fruity aromas and may be controlled by lowering temperature to finish with some residual sugar. It is recommended for reds, whites, sparkling cuvées and non-grape fruit wines.

WLP720 Sweet Mead Yeast $7.95
A wine yeast strain that leaves some residual sweetness. Slightly fruity and will tolerate alcohol concentrations up to 15%. A good choice for sweet mead and cider, as well as Blush wines, Gewürztraminer, Sauternes and Riesling. Attenuation: 75; Flocculation: Low; Optimum Fermentation Temp: 70-75.