Jay's Brewing Blog

This wine will be a bit lighter in color.  It’s as very tropical tasting wine.  In general it’s a bit dry and also carries a great flavor.   If you are looking at changing up your strawberry wine, this is the way to do it. Yield 1 Gallon 2 pounds kiwifruit, peeled and chopped 2 […]

This is one of those wines that is just amazing.  Very wimple to make, taste delicious, you really can’t ask for more.  Grape melomel was pretty popular back in the times of ancient Egypt.  If you make it and take off the grape skins then it will be light purple, if you leave them on […]

This is one of those recipes you must do just so you can say you did it.  I’ve personally done this recipe before and the only reason I did it was to see the reaction of my friends.  It did turn out pretty well though.  So give a go for this kiwi melomel. 3 lbs […]

Raisin wine is a pretty easy wines to make.  Just remember that raisins are dried out grapes, so it’s only natural to get a pretty decent wine out of them.   This one is fun to throw into the mix of wines every once in a while. Yield: 1 gallon Ingredients 1.75 lbs large raisins (dark or […]

I was out  in the country over the weekend and couldn’t help but notice that peach stands were on the side of the road.  It only made me think of one thing, Peach Mead. This one is just a classic.  When ever I’ve made this one in the past I end up making a spritzer […]

This is a dense, and dark mead.  Since it is a bit complex, it will be one of those that is better with a bit of age.  It’s a really good mead to make when you have plenty of blackberries and are trying to figure out creative ways to use them. Blackberry Melomel Yield: 1 […]

Anyone who might find themselves with an abundance of blackberries this year and doesn’t want to see them go to waste, this is the wine recipe that you need!  I live in an area where wild blackberries are pretty easy to find, and they grow like wild fire too! This is a classic blackberry wine recipe that […]

I wanted to throw out another plum recipe since so many people are having an insanely great harvest plums.  Apparently in this area, it’s been one hell of a harvest for plums.  Well if you are tired of making just plain wine with your plums, here is a Sweet Plum Melomel. This melomel is best served […]

It is helpful to have some sort of guide when making any type of beer or wine.  When it comes to mead though, it is style that can be so abstract, and you have so much freedom, it’s nice to have some sort of guidelines to give a helping hand. This information can be found probably the […]

Mead in general is pretty easy to make.  Honey, water, yeast – and that’s just about it.  This recipe for mead is called a sack mead.  This mead is sweet, light and true to the mead heritage.  If you refer back to an earlier post you can find out about different types of meads that […]