Tired of beer, try making your own low-alcohol honey wine using Williams-Sonoma’s Mead Making Kit ($60). The kit includes everything you need to make five 1 gallon batches. Actually making the mead is super easy. Just steep 2 to 3 pounds of honey into 1 gallon of water that has been heated to 160 degrees. Pour it into the growler and add the yeast. In 4-6 weeks you’ll have a nice alcoholic beverage. The earlier you stop the fermentation the sweeter the mead. If you end up making some let us know what you think.
What else needs to be said? The Make Your Own Whiskey Kit ($70) lets you make your own whiskey like the big boys. The kit includes and actually 33.8 ounce Oak wood barrel. With this kit your can make your own bourbon scotch, or spiced rum. The instructions are pretty straightforward; cure the barrel, pour […]