Equipment and Ingredients for Making your Own Mead, Melomel, and Pyment

Mead and Honey Wine

Mead wine is the oldest alcohol containing drink known to man. In prehistoric times, honey would drip from bee hives and collect in pools of rain water. Wild yeast would consume the sugar and produce the nectar of the gods. Almost every civilization has lore and myths associated with the consumption of mead.

1 GALLON WINERY $44.95
The one gallon mead package fits in any small closet; yet produces professional winery taste. This kit comes with all of the special equipment and ingredients needed to make any of the 100+ recipes included in the Winemaker’s Recipe Handbook. This package is also great for making small batches of hard apple or pear cider and fruit wines.

2 gallon Primary Fermenter

1 gallon Glass Carboy

Air Lock and Stopper

Auto Siphon Kit

Straining Bag

Easy Clean Sanitizer

Reusable Bottle Stoppers

Acid Blend

Pectic Enzyme

Grape Tannin

Campden Tablets

Yeast Nutrient

Potassium Sorbate

4 packets Wine Yeast

100% PURE HONEY
Direct from the hive - No Blending - No Additives The type of honey used to make mead is critical. It must be pure and unblended. Many store shelf honey's have additives ranging from corn syrup to preservatives.

3 LB. HONEY $11.95
12 LB. HONEY $44.95

SWEET MEAD YEAST $6.95
A wine yeast strain that is less attenuative than WLP715, leaving 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, Riesling. Attenuation: 75; Flocculation: Low; Optimum Ferm Temp: 70-75.

WINE AND MEAD YEAST

COOKING with HONEY $3.95
From breakfast to desert, Cooking with Honey has it all. These even a chapter on beverages including Honey Root Beer! 32 pages by Joanne Barrett.

Mead Making Package
3 gallon MEAD KIT & HONEY $119.95
Mead Equipment and 6 pounds of Honey
A Leeners exclusive! This system can make it all. The UBS provides all the equipment needed to produce a variety of fermented beverages. The kit combines the common equipment needed for all homemade fermented beverages along with the unique items needed to prepare specific drinks. The Universal Brewing System uses techniques and recipes developed over hundreds of years to produce homemade beer, wine, mead, and cider.
The extensive instruction booklet provides recipes utilizing fresh ingredients available at any farmer's market and most supermarkets. Instructions and recipes for the large variety of beer and wine making ingredients available from leeners.com, are also included. You will find that the convenience of these quality products, combined with their year-round availability will make your new hobby enjoyable and rewarding.

6 lbs. of Honey

4¼ gallon Pail with Lid

3 Gallon Better Bottle

Econo Lock Air Lock

#10 Drilled Stopper

Curved Racking Cane

4 ft. Siphon Hose

Jumbo Straining Bag

Bucket Clip

Shut Off Clamp

Bottle Filling Wand

8 oz. Easy Clean Sanitizer

Plunger Corker

1st Quality Corks

Bottle Capper

60 Carbonation Drops

60 Crown Bottle Caps

2 oz. Acid Blend

1 oz. Grape Tannin

1 oz. Potassium Sorbate

1 oz. Pectic Enzyme

1 oz. Yeast Energizer

1 oz. Campden Tablets

1 pk. Cote des Blanc Yeast

1 pk. Montrachet Yeast

1 pk. Cuvee Wine Yeast

1 pk. Champagne Yeast

MEAD & WINE MAKING ADDITIVES $11.95
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. MAY BE REQUIRED WITH THE RECIPES BELOW

Mead Recipes for 3 gallons
DRY MEAD $24.95
Stronger than dry white wine made from grapes and can reach 18% abv. This kit includes 6 pounds of honey and Cuvee yeast.

SWEET MEAD $24.95
Slightly weaker than dry mead and has stronger honey flavor and character. The sweetness comes from the 6 pounds of honey and Cote Des Blanc wine yeast.

APRICOT MELOMEL $39.95
This kit features 6 pounds of honey and 3 pounds of pure apricot puree and Cote Des Blanc wine yeast.

BLACKBERRY MELOMEL $39.95
This kit features 6 pounds of honey and 3 pounds of pure blackberry puree and Cote Des Blanc wine yeast.

BLUEBERRY MELOMEL $39.95
This kit features 6 pounds of honey and 3 pounds of pure blueberry puree and Cote Des Blanc wine yeast.

PEACH MELOMEL $39.95
This kit features 6 pounds of honey and 3 pounds of pure peach puree and Cote Des Blanc wine yeast.

RASPBERRY MELOMEL $39.95
This kit features 6 pounds of honey and 3 pounds of pure raspberry puree.

WHITE PYMENT $39.95
This kit features 6 pounds of honey and white grape concentrate and Cote Des Blanc wine yeast.

Mead Making Books
THE COMPLETE MEAD MAKER $19.95
Introduction to the wonders of mead with easy-to-follow procedures and simple recipes. Schramm shares his in-depth knowledge of the ancient and often mythologized beverage. This concise but comprehensive text begins with simple and successful instructions for the novice and later provides proven award-winning recipes that anyone can produce. 212 pages by Schramm.

MAKING WILD WINES AND MEADS $16.95
125 unusual recipes using herbs, fruits, flowers and more. With more than 40 new recipes, this fully revised edition of the classic Country Wines, a comprehensive, inspiring how-to guide for the growing number of new winemakers.