Mead Making Workshop - beginner

A one day workshop with our award making Mead Maker in our Meadery. 

Do you have an excess of Honey from your own beehives? Perhaps you make your own beer or cider and would like to make Mead. Or you just simply want to make Mead. 

Honey is expensive so we have designed this course to help you make great tasting Mead  in your own home so that you don't end up spending $$$ on mistakes. Fast track your learning and learn from the best. 

The Days program

Morning 

• Introduction to Mead and Beehave! Craft Meadery
• Honey tasting
• Meadery tour
• Morning tea and questions
• As a team we will make a commercial (580-850 litre batch of Mead) under supervision. 

Lunch

Afternoon

• You will make your own 5 litre batch of 12% abv mead to take home with you
• Questions and Answers 

In this workshop we will cover:

• All the steps to make Mead, from mixing honey through to bottling the end product
• Choosing a honey to use
  
• How to read a hydrometer and understand how to make a batch to the desired alcohol strength 
• Cleaning and Sanitising equipment
• Measuring pH and what this means
• Creating a yeast starter
• Nutrient additions
• Fermentation 
• Temperature 
• Post fermentation treatment of your batch
• Stabilising and protecting your mead from infection and re-fermentation
• Clearing your Mead
  
• Bottling Mead

The workshop price includes:

• 1 day beginners workshop
• Lunch & snacks, including tea & coffee
• Mead tasting
• Meadery tour
• 1 x 5 litre glass demi-john & relevant airlock
• All ingredients for your 5 litre batch
• Written Instructions on making a batch from start to finish
• Membership to Beehave! Mead Club
• 10% off our Beginner Mead making kit
• 10% off any Merchandise or Mead purchased on the day
• 30 days communication with your workshop instructor and the Beehave Club Mead group via Telegram. 

Please note: All information regarding food requirements and dates will be communicated via email once you have purchased the Workshop. 

Also check out our Beginners Mead making kits, available in both 5 & 30 litre sizes. 

We will be running these workshops through May, Jun and July on Saturdays. Maximum of 10 people per workshop and minimum of 4.