Mead Lover's Digest #0288 Wed 6 April 1994

 

Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming
Dick Dunn, Digest Coordinator

 

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My First Batch is Ready!! (mpl@cmprime.att.com)
Re: Mead Lover's Digest #287, 4 April 1994 (A Hoopy Frood Who …)
administrivia (Dick Dunn)

 

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Subject: My First Batch is Ready!!
 From: mpl@cmprime.att.com
 Date: Tue, 5 Apr 94 8:49:46 EDT
 

Last August I began my first mead, patterned after Papazian's "Barkshack
Ginger Mead". Anyway, after initial fermentation I primed and bottled,
and was not very pleased with it. It was very alcoholy, with soap
undertones, despite the wonderful smell. Anyway, I let it age a while,
and now it's just fine! It is only very slightly effervescent, with an
aroma of apricots. In taste, it's something between a chardonnay and a
zinfandel. Quite nice. I made 5 gallons, so I'll likely have plenty to
let it age even longer.

Now that I know I can do it, I'm eager to try another mead. I made this
one using "beer techniques" – sanitizing everything, bringing the must
almost to a boil – I'm interested in getting some good recipes with less
work, since I'm hearing about people who just use campden tablets, or
nothing in the must. I also would like to try something a little
sweeter. My first mead had 10 pounds of honey in 5 gallons of water.
Anyone care to share a tried and true recipe? Anybody know what's happened
to the "Cat's Meow" type book of mead recipes that was to be distributed?

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Mike Lindner
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Subject: Re: Mead Lover's Digest #287, 4 April 1994
 From: ewagoner@nmt.edu (A Hoopy Frood Who Always Knows Where His Towel Is)
 Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 12:10:11 -0600
 

Does anyone have nice recipes for one gallon batches
of blackberry and rhubarb meads?

Thanks,
eric
ewagoner@nmt.edu

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Today's sign of hidden brain damage:

I often mistake my hands for food.

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Subject: administrivia
 From: rcd@raven.eklektix.com (Dick Dunn)
 Date: 6 Apr 94 22:20:10 MDT (Wed)
 

As we see more commercial interest in the Internet and mailing lists that
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out the Digest list. The answer is NO in both a theoretical and practical
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of the Digest itself, and the actual list name is shrouded here (mainly to
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the list, nor tried to send advertising via the list, since I took over…
so it's moot. Whether that's good (because we've escaped it) or bad
(because we're obscure) I leave to your judgment.

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I'm thinking of sending out a short reader-survey in a future issue, to
give us an idea of who we are–things like how you found us, whether/how
much mead you make, types of mead, etc. It might give people a better idea
of who they're talking to when they submit articles. Let me know if you'd
like to see such a survey or not, and if so, what sorts of things you'd
like to see in the questions.

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next, one of my sporadic pleas to make my job easier…

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Dick Dunn, Digest Coordinator Boulder, Colorado USA

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