by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Historical Recipes |
submitted by Cindy Renfrow In these quotes from 16th-17th c. English sources, you will see that the best honey was allowed to drip out of the combs. After whatever dripped of its own accord was collected, the rest was pressed out. The combs were then washed in water...
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Mead Articles |
by Virginia DavisFrom the Fall '89 Meadmakers Journal The national drink of Ethiopia is T'ej, a golden sweet honey-wine. T'ej is a mead that is indigenous to Ethiopia with roots going back to the 4th century. In Ethiopia, T'ej is made in private homes...
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Mead Articles |
Mede in the Edo Period in JapanDear Mead Lovers, Here is a story about the knowledge of Mead in the Edo Period of Japan. During a recent research an essay was found in the Archives of Western Learning in the city of Tsuyama in Western Japan. One of the doctors working...
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Mead Articles |
Father Kneipp, Priessnitz, a Bavarian priest. Father Sebastian Kneipp, was a famous old German priest, who lived from 1821 to 1897. He was a Naturopath – one who advocates natural living and healing through the use of sunlight, baths, fresh air and cold water....
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | History of Mead |
Miriam Kresh Petach Tikvah, Israel February, 2003 Introduction My Tej-making adventure started with the WildWines list’s comments on mead-making and primitive booze in particular. We all thought that Tej was a form of mead, but I quickly found out it is not a...
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Articles |
Lots of folks talking about mead in lots of places with lots of other people. Newsgroups you can find mead discussions on: rec.crafts.meadmaking The art and lore of making mead. rec.crafts.brewing rec.crafts.winemaking alt.beer.home-brewing alt.hobbies.beekeeping...
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Articles |
NOTE: Web sites come and go, and move. Some of these links may no longer be active. Please check the links section for current links. http://www.circus.com/~omni/mead.html The Mead Brewing Archive http://www.persocom.com.br/api-df/apidf.htm API-DF HIDROMEL MEAD MAKERS...
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Articles |
Safe Brewing by Miriam Kresh Tej – Ancient Honey Beer by Miriam Kresh How is Your Sex Drive, Honey? – BBC News Healing with Mead by Dr. med. Gabi Greve – Okayama, Japan Mede in Japan by Dr. med. Gabi Greve – Okayama, Japan A Treatise on Mead...
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Articles |
Leon Adams. _The Wines of America_ San Francisco: McGraw Hill, 1990. Stanley Anderson & Dorothy Anderson. _Winemaking: Recipes, Equipment, and Techniques for Making Wine at Home_ New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1989. ...
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Articles |
Eva Crane. _The Archaeology of Beekeeping_ New York: Cornell University Press, 1983. ISBN 0-80140-1609-4 Gene Ford. _The Benefits of Moderate Drinking: Alcohol, Health, and Society_ San Francisco: Wine Appreciation Guild, 1988. ISBN 0-932664-60-1 D. E. Le Sage. _Bees...
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Articles |
Cindy Renfrow. _A sip through time: A collection of old brewing recipes_ 1994. Published by the author, Sussex, New Jersey, 1994." ISBN 0-9628598-3-4 Lady Arwen Evaine fert Rhys ap Gyynedd. _Handbook of brewing (Compleat anachronist)_ Number 5, March 1983....
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Articles |
Sanborn C. Brown. _Wines & Beers of Old New England: A How-To-Do-It History_ Hanover, New Hampshire: The University Press of New England, 1978. ISBN 0-87451-148-8Terry Garey. _Joy of Home Wine Making_ New York: Avon Books, 1996. ISBN 0-380-78227-8Hagen, Ann. A...
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Articles |
Eva Crane. _A Book of Honey_ New York: Oxford University Press, 1980. ISBN 0-19-286010-0 Eva Crane. _Honey: A comprehensive survey_ New York: Crane, Russak & Company, Inc., 1975, ISBN 0-8448-0062-7 Dadant & sons, editors. _The Hive and the Honey Bee: A New...
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 28, 2005 | Articles |
Bryan Acton & Peter Duncan. _Making Mead –: A Complete Guide to the Making of Sweet and Dry Mead, Melomel, Metheglin, Hippocras, Pyment and Cyser,_ Ann Arbor, Michigan: G.W. Kent Inc., 1984. ISBN 0-9619072-8-2 Brother Adam. _Mead_ International Bee Research...
by Vicky Rowe | Dec 27, 2005 | Mead References |
Well, no historical section is complete without references, and we've collected what we can find, both online and off, with the help of many texts, and several excellent human resources, the most prominent of which is Dan McFeeley, mead historian extraordinaire....