Essential Mead Making Equipment

All of the equipment listed below are required for creating YouToBrew subscription boxes, but this is also a list of essential equipment to follow modern mead-making practices. To help simplify the equipment required, we have created categories of equipment.

Vessels

• 10 litre food-grade plastic bucket, with lid (lid should be tight-fitting and have a hole with a grommet installed for an airlock)

• 5 litre glass demijohn

• Bung with a hole, to fit the demijohn

• Airlock, for the bucket and demijohn

Measuring Apparatus

• Hydrometer, triple scaled

• Graduated cylinder, 100ml

• Thermometer, stick on

• Thermometer, probe

• 250ml Pyrex measuring jug

• Wine thief, alternatively a stainless steel turkey baster

• Large stainless steel spoon

Racking/Bottling

• Auto siphon, 23cm size with tubing

• Bottling stick

• Hand crown capper for 26mm caps OR twin lever hand corker

• Bottle brush