Here is a neat little procedure that a fellow mead maker has created for figuring out the health and progress of his mead. He uses a stopwatch to gauge how long it takes the balloon style airlock to fill back up. Gives a rough indicator of how vigorous the ferment is. You can check out his blogpost about this and his other posts about mead making here:

Mead and Things

The important thing about this is the kind of thinking that a mead maker can use if you want to keep things cheap. He calls this MacGyver style mead making! And I think its great.

If you have any creative ideas about mead making please be sure to send them along to me. I would love to hear them and would love to post them here to my website.

Absolutely new to Mead?

I have a nice little 4 minute video that you can watch. It explains what mead is and how it is made: What is Mead and How is it made?

Love Kindle Books? I just published my kindle book on how to make mead. It is a no-nonsense easy guide to making a batch of mead. You can get it in the kindle store.