Mead Day

What is Mead?

Mead, perhaps the oldest fermented beverage, is made by combining honey, water, and yeast, and is often referred to as honey wine.  Mead can range from sweet to very dry, and can be left as a traditional mead, or it can be flavored with flowers, fruits, herbs, spices, vegetables, or virtually anything you can think of adding, making a versatile array of aromas and flavors.

What is Mead Day?

First organized in 2002 by the American Homebrewers Association (AHA), Mead Day is a national event to increase mead awareness and foster camaraderie among meadmakers.

On the first Saturday in August (August 7, 2010), homebrewers in the USA and around the world are encouraged to invite friends and family to celebrate Mead Day by making mead.

Each year the AHA supplies a Mead Day Recipe for Mead Day.  Meadmakers invite family and friends, hang posters and flyers around town to advertise their Mead Day site. Then on the first Saturday in August (August 7, 2010), everyone congregates at the brewing site to make mead. It’s a blast!

For more Mead information, visit Talisman Farm: Mead.

Join the American Homebrewers Association or buy an AHA membership as a gift for new homebrewers or meadmakers, and receive a copy of Ken Schramm's, The Compleat Meadmaker plus be entered in a drawing for a bottle of mead!  Check out the details on this special Mead Day offer!

All Things Mead...

The Compleat Meadmaker, by Ken Schramm—home production of honey wine from your first batch to award-winning fruit and herb variations. This up-to-date title tells the novice how to begin and the experienced brewer or winemaker how to succeed in this oldest of the beverage arts.

Mead Day Contact

Janis Gross, Project Coordinator
American Homebrewers Association
Phone (US/Canada): 1.888.822.6273
Phone (International): +1.303.447.0816 x134
janis@brewersassociation.org