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Oh my Gawd, Bragawd! – Brewlog

Oh my Gawd, Bragawd!9/13/061.8 lb Wildflower Honey1.5 lb Muntons Light DME0.25 oz. Northernbrewer Hops (8.4 %) 30 minutes0.25 oz. Willamette (4.9%) 30 minutes0.5 oz. Willamette (4.9%) 2 minutes0.5 tsp Yeast Nutrient0.5 tsp Yeast EnergizerD47 YeastBoiled 1 gallon water...

Batch #2 – Dangerous cyser + cinnamon

-5 pounds wildflower honey(dutch gold)-5 pounds clover honey (dutch gold)-2.5 gallons cider(wal-mart, pasteurized, not concentrate, only vitamin c added)-4 sticks cinnamon (wal-mart)-White labs irish ale yeast vial(no starter  )–Sept...

Brewing Mead Wassail! In Mazers of Mead

by Lt. Col. Robert Gayre and Charlie PapazianBrewers Publication, P.O. Box 287, Boulder, Colorado 80306-0287; 200 pages, softcover. {rawcontent 11} The American Homebrewers Association is a group usually associated with home beer brewing. However, they took a bit...

Secret Recipe a Winner

By Pamela J. Spence (reprinted with permission from the Fall 1986 AMA Newsletter) For many years, brothers Ken and Jim Schuchter have been successful truck farmers. Since 1970, however, the family-owned operation has expanded to become the second largest vineyard...

Red Hot Stones and Rainwater: A Historical Look at Fermentation Methods

by Michael Sisson (reprinted with permission from the Fall 1986 AMA Newsletter)  In the mid-1800's there was a revolution in France that continues to have  important consequences for us up to the present day, although no blood was spilled and no kings...

Honey and Mead

By James E. Tew, Ph.D.(reprinted with permission, Spring 1986 AMA Newsletter) Ohio State Cooperative Extension Service Apiculturist; Coordinator, Commercial Beekeeping Program, Agricultural Technical Institute, Wooster, Ohio. The domestic wine industry is...

Mans Oldest Drink

by Michael Sisson (reprinted with permission from the Spring 1986 AMA Newsletter) Note: this is the first of what will be a series of articles on various aspects of the history of Mead. Pick up any book or article on Mead and you will probably read some...

Home Winemaking Starts Easily with Mead

by Pamela J. Spence (reprinted with permission from the Fall 1986 AMA Newsletter) Some of the best mead we've sampled this year is Scott Francis' ruby colored wine aged in wood for three years. His mead is smooth and full bodied, not unlike a light Sherry...

Making Mead or Honey Wine

by Dewey M. Caron Ph.D. Apiculturist, Department of Entomology, University of Delaware (reprinted with permission from the Spring 1986 AMA Newsletter)Editor's Note: In response to many requests for information on how to get started, we are reprinting, with...

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Ginger ‘Beer’

So, I found this nifty 17th century recipe for a ginger 'beer'….. Recipe:10 lbs sugar9 oz lemon juice 1/2 lb honey11 oz bruised ginger root9 gal water3 pts yeastBoil the ginger half an hour in a gallon and a half of water, then add the rest of the...

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