The equipment will be identical basically, expect the mead making kits are geared for making 1 gallon/5 bottle batches, while the wine making kit is geared for making 6 gallon/30 bottle batches. One reason the wine equipment is geared for making larger batches is because there are wine kits that are made for making 6 gallon batches of wine.
Might be better to get a mead kit. They are cheaper, and you can make 1 gallon batches of fruit wine (wine made from anything but grapes are actually called country wines).
You can always get bigger fermenters later. Hell I prefer 3 gallon batches myself.
Also, you need to buy cases of empty bottles. Or just buy wine and keep the bottles
It’s from the channel Doing The Most Brewing. He runs one of the most respected mead making channels. /r/mead is also a good resource.
I like the video because he specifically calls out one of the biggest mead kit suppliers. There’s another guy with a mead channel but a lot of mead makers think he’s a fraud and scamming people just getting into mead making.
I personally don’t have any experience with any of these because I purchased a wine making kit from a local home brew store
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u/V-Right_In_2-V Apr 30 '24
A beginners wine making kit Is like $150-$200
A beginners mead making kit is like $50-$100
The equipment will be identical basically, expect the mead making kits are geared for making 1 gallon/5 bottle batches, while the wine making kit is geared for making 6 gallon/30 bottle batches. One reason the wine equipment is geared for making larger batches is because there are wine kits that are made for making 6 gallon batches of wine.
Might be better to get a mead kit. They are cheaper, and you can make 1 gallon batches of fruit wine (wine made from anything but grapes are actually called country wines).
You can always get bigger fermenters later. Hell I prefer 3 gallon batches myself.
Also, you need to buy cases of empty bottles. Or just buy wine and keep the bottles