Mead Making Workshop - Intermediate

One day Workshop for people who have some Home Brewing or Mead Making experience and would like to shift it to the next level with our award winning Mead Maker. 

In this workshop we will spend some time to find out where the group is at in their understanding of Mead making. We will adapt the workshops attention to suit the collective. Everything we do in the commercial world can be emanated by the home brewer. Our Mead maker started off by making Mead in Glass Carboys and then 30 litre bucket fermenters before going to stainless steel. Along the way he set up systems in a cost effective to replicate what he saw happening by the commercial makers. This is where some of the gold is for you during the course of this day. 

If you don't know how to use a hydrometer, or how to control fermentation or what racking is then this is not the course for you. We recommend the Beginners course to you. 

The Days program

• Morning 
  

  • Introduction to Mead and Beehave! Craft Meadery and a discussion to understand where the group is at and what topics we cover.
  • How to choose what yeast and honey to use for the desired flavour profile. 
  • Using fruit and spices in your Mead making to create the taste profile you desire. 
  • Using Oak
  • How to scale up your batch sizes 
  • As a team we will make a commercial (580-850 litre batch of Mead) under supervision. 

   

• Lunch

  Afternoon (the list below are possibilities to cover)

• • How to calculate honey, yeast and Yeast Nutrient additions for the size and ABV of a batch
  • Making yeast starters, tempering and pitching the yeast
  • recirculating batches safely (without oxidation)
  • pH
  • O2 additions (when to use it and when not plus more)
  • Using pumps & CO2 for racking
  • CO2 purging of tanks
  • KSO2 & KSorbate additions and how to measure how much to use
  • Dumping yeast
  • Secondary additions
  • Fining & Filtering
  • Carbonating Mead
  • Packaging your finished product - bottling and legging

   

• The workshop price includes:

  • 1 day intermediate workshop
  • Lunch & snacks, including tea & coffee
  • Mead tasting
  • Meadery tour
  • 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. 

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