StoneBeachPermaculture Brodcast. Ep.2 Norsely

Recently I did a great interview with a man who lives all over the ocean. He go's by the handle of Norsely and his pictures are displayed here on this page. You can click them and head to his Instagram page, and I highly suggest doing so because his pictures are just lovely. Not only was he possibly the most interesting man I ever had the pleasure of talking to but he was a wealth of knowledge about mead making among other things like  history and globetrotting.

In the interview we talked about mead making and you can click on the link above.

Mead is a type of fermentation that was used notably by non other then the Viking and the Norsemen of Europe.

We did get to talking about a starter kit you may be interested in checking out.

He had suggested to refrain from using a Champaign yeast or a wine yeast - and to stick towards ale yeasts. There is more on that topic in the interview above.  

Some of the items in the kit outside of ale yeast- are as follows ----

A hydrometer to monitor your alcohol percentages
Hydrometer - This is a Triple Scale Hydrometer for Home Brewing - Beer and Wine Making - Test Density, Alcohol and Brix - Guaranteed Accurate

Food safe sterilizing cleaning agent, I like this B-Brite Cleanser, 8oz

plastic corks / Plugs
an air lock to let the co2 out
2Pcs Airlock One Way Exhaust Water Sealed Check Valve For Wine Fermentation Beer Making Brewing

Bottles ( though he expressed fermentation can even begin with the simplest of containers and even an apple juice container would do) Glass Wine Fermenter Includes Rubber Stopper and Airlock, 1 gallon Capacity

Norsely was also keen to recommend "the best honey you could buy", and to experiment with your choices and flavors.