Reading List
Hard Copy and E-Books
| © | Title / Link | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Compleat Meadmaker | Ken Schramm | The gold standard of basic information, but now dated and missing key recent developments like aeration and SNA. |
| 2014 | The Complete Guide to Making Mead: The Ingredients, Equipment, Processes, and Recipes for Crafting Honey Wine | Steve Piatz | Illustrated guide to the process of making mead, with supporting chapters focused on different aspects of recipes, ingredients, and process steps. |
| 2016 | Understanding Wine Chemistry | Andrew L. Waterhouse, Gavin L. Sacks, David W. Jeffery | Dense read, deep dive into wine chemistry. |
| 1669 | The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened | Kenelm Digby, Kt. | 17th century guide to making mead, incredible resource for historical meads. Free on Project Gutenberg. |
© = Most recent copyright date.
Online Reading and Resources
| Updated | Title / Link | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2022 Fermentation Handbook | Scott Labs | Dense info on yeast selection, nutrition, and process with some mead specific details. If you are in the US and send them an email, they will mail you a hard copy for free. |
| 2016 | 2016 BJCP Mead Style Guidelines | BJCP | Guidance for entering your meads into competitions. |
| 2016 | BJCP Mead Exam Study Guide | BJCP | A great overview of the entirity of meadmaking, in condensed form. |
- | BJCP Mead Faults Guidelines | BJCP | Explanation of faults commonly found in mead. 2019 | Lallemand Expertise Documents | Lallemand | Lallemand, producer of yeast, nutrients, and other fermentation products, publishes their knowledge and recommendations. 2015 | Lambic, Sour, and Funky Mead Making | David Doucette (/u/MarshmallowBlue) | Sour meads! 2017 - 2022 | Let There Be Mead! | Robert Ratliff | Modern series of books providing recipes for meads, melomels, and session meads. 2019 | Denard Brewing | Bray Denard (BOMM Creator) | Bray performs mead-focused experiments.
Note to Editors and Readers
This is not an exhaustive list. To create and maintain such a list would violate the wiki guideline against highly fluid information. These resources should be either cornerstones of mead making or offer distinct and valuable information.
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