Almost Off Grid Mini Mead Making Kit with Hydrometer for Making Honey Wine When You Already Have a Glass Demijohn - for Beginners

• Ideal kit for when you already have a glass demijohn but not much else and you want to make Mead for the first time
• Includes a cork bung pre-bored with hole for the airlock to fit into.
• Cork bungs are not only traditional, they can be cut down to size if your fermenting vessel doesn't have a standard sized neck
• The hydrometer is optional. It allows you to work out the alcohol content of your finished mead, if you wish
• The hydrometer instructions are included in the storage jar which doubles as a trial jar

The Almost Off Grid Mini Mead Making Kit is for you if you have a traditional glass demijohn and you want to start making Mead. We supply other kits including a PET demijohn or a food grade bucket, but this kit is for when you have a demijohn already. The Mini Mead Making Kit includes: 1 traditional cork bung, prebored with a hole, designed to fit in the neck of a standard 1 gallon (4.5 litre) glass demijohn 1 bubbler airlock with loose fitting cap to keep dust out, the neck of which fits exactly into the bored hole of the bung to create a seal 1 stick-on thermometer 1 pack of top quality Almost Off Grid Mead Yeast 6 reusable corks with white rubber tops which will fit in the neck of recycled standard bottles previously fitted with corks (not screw cap bottles) 1 kraft tag. We use these for recording each step and date when we make our mead, then keep it tied to the demijohn neck A glass hydrometer stored in a plastic tube which doubles as a trial jar, with hydrometer instructions included inside A basic mead recipe. The Mead Recipe we include is Joe's Ancient Orange Mead (also known as JAO), posted by Joe Mattioli on Got Mead around 2003. It's a well-known, simple Mead Recipe which is ideal when you're making mead for the first time. If you want to know the alcohol content of your mead, you will need a hydrometer which is in the mini kit with instructions for use. Please note that you will need to sterilise your equipment with either a proprietary homebrew cleaner/steriliser or Muntons steriliser also works well. Fermenting vessel (such as bucket or demijohn), steriliser, ingredients, syphon and bottles are not included - this kit assumes you already have the demijohn and steriliser you need to get started. The ingredients you will need to add are included in the recipe: honey, water, an orange, some raisins, a cinnamon stick, a pinch of nutmet or allspice. The Mead Yeast is included in the kit.