by Bray Denard | Jul 21, 2016 | Articles, Bray Denard, Journeys of a Meadmaker, Mead Resources |
Ancient Mead Making Meets Modern Science Part 2: Isolating a Pure Yeast from a Wild Honey Culture (Honey Bug) This article is the second of a series that combine the ancient ways of making mead with modern science. The first article demonstrates how to generate a wild...
by Bray Denard | Jul 20, 2016 | Articles, Bray Denard, Journeys of a Meadmaker, Mead References |
Ancient Mead Making Meets Modern Science Part 1: Wild Yeast Culture from Honey (Honey Bug) This article is the first of a series that combine the ancient ways of making mead with modern science. The first article demonstrates how to generate a wild yeast culture from...
by Bray Denard | Apr 22, 2016 | Bray Denard, Making Mead Articles, Mead Recipes |
I’ve made this rhodomel numerous times. This mead is an instant favorite among anyone who loves mead (and to some that don’t!). The richness of the Acacia honey combined with the spicy, floral character of rose hips is a wonderful combination. Fast to make...
by Bray Denard | Apr 19, 2016 | Bray Denard, Historical Recipes, Mead Recipes |
The Perfect T’ej BOMM I’ve spent nearly 2 years perfecting my T’ej recipe. What is perfect you ask? Fast, cheap, consistently delicious, and minimal tweaking. I’ve finally mastered the recipe according to these criteria. I’ve recently...
by Bray Denard | Mar 29, 2016 | Bray Denard, Mead Recipes |
From Bray: This recipe is loosely based on wayneb’s Christmas Spiced Metheglin with a BOMM twist. I believe credit should be given where it is due. I wanted something Christmas-sy (it’s a word now) quick, so here we go: Christmas Spice BOMM 1 tsp Ancient...
by Bray Denard | Mar 29, 2016 | Bray Denard, Mead Recipes |
Bray’s One Month Mead (aka “BOMM”) is a mead that is completely drinkable in 1 month. It is the result of a series of yeast screen with various ale yeasts done by Bray Denard (loveofrose on the forums). This recipe has numerous variations found on...