The batch journal for mead makers

Your hydrometer
diary is a grocery
receipt.

Meadowlog keeps every batch in one clean timeline — recipe, gravity readings, nutrient additions, photos, and tasting notes, from first honey pour to the bottle you open a year later.

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Active Batch

Wildflower Traditional

Day 47
Secondary
1.098
OG
1.018
Current
10.5%
Est. ABV

Batch Timeline

⬡
Yeast pitched
EC-1118 · 1g/gal
Jun 3
+
Nutrient addition #1
DAP 2.4g · Fermaid-O 3.0g
Jun 5
◈
Gravity reading↓26 pts
1.098 → 1.072
Jun 7
+
Nutrient addition #2
Fermaid-O 3.0g · 1/3 break
Jun 9
◈
Gravity reading↓31 pts
1.072 → 1.041
Jun 12
↗
Racked to secondary
Cleared well · no sediment drag
Jun 15
◈
Gravity reading↓23 pts
1.041 → 1.018
Jun 21

Take a gravity reading today

Last reading 6 days ago · stable gravity confirms fermentation complete

5 gal · Orange Blossom Honey · 15 lbsmeadowlog

The problem

Your sixth batch tasted right. You can’t explain why.

01

The notes are scattered

Recipe in a Google Doc. Gravity in your camera roll caption. Nutrient additions in a Discord message. Bottling date a guess.

02

The timeline is a blur

You know you racked it, but was it before or after the 1/3 sugar break? Did you add potassium sorbate before backsweetening, or after?

03

The knowledge disappears

You scaled that Bochet up for your third batch and it came out perfect. You have no idea what you did. You're starting from scratch, again.

What we believe

“Mead-making is slow work. The honey sits. The yeast labors. Months pass before you know whether you got it right. The last thing a mead maker needs is a six-tab spreadsheet standing between them and their batch. Meadowlog is the opposite: a quiet companion that stays out of your way until you need it, and never forgets a thing.”

— Built by a mead maker, for mead makers.

Features

One timeline, from must to memory.

01 — Timeline

Every batch tells a story. The timeline holds it.

Log gravity readings, pH, nutrient additions, racking events, photos, and notes in a single scrolling timeline. Dates stay accurate. Nothing gets lost between batches.

  • —Gravity readings with automatic ABV tracking
  • —Nutrient additions with type, amount, and timing
  • —Racking, stabilization, and bottling events
  • —Backdate any entry — log it when you remember it

Gravity over time

1.098 → 1.004

1.100
1.080
1.060
1.040
1.020
1.000
Pitch
1/3 break
Today

Est. ABV: 12.3% · Attenuation: 96%

What should you do next?

Take a gravity reading

Last reading was 6 days ago. Stable gravity (± 0.001 for 3 days) means fermentation is complete.

Don't backsweeten yet

Fermentation may still be active. Add potassium sorbate and potassium metabisulfite first.

Check clarity before racking

Letting sediment settle fully reduces yeast carryover to secondary.

02 — Guidance

“What should I do next?” is the most important question.

Based on your batch stage, Meadowlog surfaces the right next action — not as a rigid checklist, but as a quiet, informed suggestion from something that actually knows your batch.

The guidance is built on real mead-making logic: 1/3 sugar break timing, stable gravity thresholds, stabilization order of operations, aging check-ins. It’s the stuff you’d learn on r/mead after three batches, surfaced automatically on batch one.

03 — Recipe Builder

Calculators that live inside your recipe, not on a separate website.

Design your recipe with batch size, honey type and amount, yeast selection, and target sweetness — and watch the ABV estimate, OG, and nutrient schedule fill in automatically. No tab-switching. No copy-pasting gravity numbers into a separate calculator.

ABV from OG / FG
Target OG & honey amount
SG-to-Brix converter
Backsweetening calculator
1/3 sugar break helper
Basic nutrient schedule

New Recipe

Batch nameSummer Bochet #3
Batch size5 gallons
HoneyBuckwheat, 18 lbs
YeastD47, 5g
Target ABV13.5%
Target sweetnessSemi-sweet
Estimated OG1.115
Est. FG (semi-sweet)1.016

04 — Aging & Tasting

Mead takes time. Meadowlog stays useful for all of it.

Most brewing apps stop at bottling. Meadowlog continues. Log tasting notes after one month, six months, a year. Watch the flavor profile evolve. Know exactly when to open the next bottle.

  • —Sweetness, acidity, clarity, aroma, and alcohol heat ratings
  • —Open-text tasting notes over time
  • —"Would make again" and repeat score
  • —"Open next bottle after..." reminders
  • —Compare early vs. late tastings side by side

Tasting Note

Wildflower Traditional

Bottled · 8 mo.

“Honey aroma has settled into something floral and clean. The harshness from month two is completely gone. Off-dry, long finish.”

Sweetness
3/5
Acidity
2/5
Clarity
5/5
Alcohol heat
2/5
Aroma
4/5
★★★★★Would make again · Open next bottle after Feb 2026

How it works

Start with your next batch.

01

Build your recipe

Set your batch size, honey amount and type, yeast, and target sweetness. The ABV estimate and gravity target fill in as you type. Calculators are embedded — there's nothing to switch to.

02

Log every event as it happens

Gravity readings, nutrient additions, racking, photos, pH, notes. Each one gets a timestamp and joins the timeline. Backdate anything you forgot. Nothing is lost.

03

Let Meadowlog guide the next move

Based on your last reading and current stage, Meadowlog tells you what to check or do next. Stabilization order, 1/3 break timing, stable gravity confirmation — surfaced when relevant, not buried in a guide.

04

Taste, compare, and remember what worked

Log tasting notes at bottling and every time you open a bottle. Rate flavor, clarity, aroma. Mark batches you'd repeat. Export everything whenever you want it.

1 → N

Batches tracked, beginning to end

0 tabs

Extra windows needed

6+

Calculators embedded in flow

∞

Months of tasting notes

FAQ

Common questions.

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