In August 2005, I got together with GentlKnight and his Lady, and we put on a Mead Day seminar. It was small and cozy, and we made several meads. Mine was a Peach Melomel that has morphed into a much more complex brew than I originally planned. Here's the...
by Susanne Price(reprinted with permission from the AMA Journal)In the Middle Ages, honey was used as a sweetener, a medicine, a preservative and a basic ingredient of mead. Even though sugar was first extractred and refined sometime before 2000 B.C., little sugar was...
The Transformation of Dandelion Wine by Susanne Price(from the AMA Journal, reprinted with permission from Pamela Spence) Making dandelion wine for me has been a rithe of spring. Every April when the first dandelion tops burst into bloom, the exceitment begines. The...
Many home meadmakers enter their meads into competition around the world, and when the judges look their brew over, they are often given a sheet detailing the comments on their entry. These comments can include descriptors that seem weird or strange to those not...
Mead Lover's Digest #100, Fri 19 March 1993Forum for Discussion of Mead Brewing and ConsumingJohn Dilley, Digest CoordinatorDigest Coordinator Special Message:This digest contains a compendium of recipes that have been postedto the mead-lover's digest in the...
