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Oak and Mead

Oak and Mead   If George Washington made mead, he’d have chopped down an Oak Tree!   Throughout history, humanity has been fermenting just about anything we can get our opposable-thumbed mitts on for everything from the frenetic Dionysian rites in ancient...

Yeast Fermentation and the Making of Beer and Wine

By: Luisa Alba-Lois, Ph.D.  & Claudia Segal-Kischinevzky, M.Sc. (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) © 2010 Nature Education  Citation: Alba-Lois, L. & Segal-Kischinevzky, C. (2010) Beer & Wine Makers. Nature Education 3(9):17...

Mead Making Short Course at the Robert Mondavi Institute, UC Davis

The Honey and Pollination Center at the Robert Mondavi Institute, UC Davis, is in the planning stages of its first Mead Making Short Course. The event, to be held Thursday, February 6 – Saturday afternoon, February 8th, is the first of its kind in the country. Mead,...

Mead Making Handbook – Internet Edition – 1998

Author:  Jace Crouch of the Brewer’s Guild This Mead Making Handbook was prepared by Jace Crouch of the Brewer’s Guild. It is designed to spread the word about Mead-making, and to guide both neophyte and more experienced brewers through the Mead-Making process. This...
Honey Varietals

Honey Varietals

There are dozens of honey varietals. This list is a work in progress. If you have a varietal that I’ve missed, drop me a line at gotmead@gotmead.com and let me know! If you have a photo of the honey or the plant it is a varietal of, that would be great too! If...