Manchester, NH o April 30, 2009 – On Saturday, April 25th, Brew Free or Die (BFD) held the first "Mead Free or Die" homebrew mead competition in Manchester, N.H. Both Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) and American Homebrewers Association...
4/22/09 Decided to give Joe's Ancient Orange another try. First attempt (about a year ago) resulted in a Meadplosion. Must have been alot of pressure for orange chunks to hit the ceiling after the airlock plugged up…live and learn i...
Mead Lover's Digest #1418 Thu 16 April 2009 Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor Contents: Re: Orange spiced mead (Phil) Orange spice mead (Mike Jansen) (docmac9582@aol.com) Re: ABV? (MeadGuild@aol.com) Re: Mead...
3/05/0924 lb blackberry honey2 packs Cotes des Blances in starter 2-3 days prior. fed nutrients in starter.more nutrients at 1/3 sugar breaks6.5 gallon batch OG 1.133/24/09 Racked. Split into a 5 gallon carb. and a 1 gal carb.to the 5...
1/13/096.5 gallon batch24 lb clover honeyNutrients fed in step incriments (1/3 sugar breaks)2 Cotes des Blances yeast (started with nutrients/clover honey 2 days earlier)OG 1.15Very high OG. But, my wife and I really enjoy Honeywood Winery's Mead and...
Mead Lover's Digest #1417 Sun 12 April 2009 Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor Contents: Orange Spiced Mead (Mike Jansen) Re: Timing of Nutrient Additions (MeadGuild@aol.com) Timing of Nutrient Response...
Mead Lover's Digest #1416 Fri 3 April 2009Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and ConsumingDick Dunn, Digest JanitorContents:Timing of Nutrient Additions (chris herrington)Re: ABV? (MeadGuild@aol.com)RE: And the winner is … ("Louis LeBlanc")NOTE:...
Mead Lover's Digest #1415 Mon 30 March 2009Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and ConsumingDick Dunn, Digest JanitorContents:FW: And the winner is……….. ("Michael Zahl")ABV? ("Richard T. Perry")Re: A question on max alcohol in...
Black Raspberry Mead – – One year old – Color: Rich, dark opaque ruby. The nose is redolent of a burgundy, with a strong berry note underlain with honey, a touch of oak and maybe a hint of chocolate. The flavor is excellent! Rich dark berries...
Blueberry Melomel – Sweet – One year old Color: Old sherry, rich red and brown tones, classic blueberry melomel colors. Nose has honey first, with a slight oxidation undertone running alongside the berry note. However, the oxidized note is much less...
Strawberry Melomel – Sweet- One year old – Color: Dark golden straw, with a touch of pink. The nose shows a touch of oxidation, over delicate strawberry, with a honey note beneath. Upon tasting, the oxidation is again present, but has melded with the...
Mead Lover's Digest #1414 Tue 24 March 2009 Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor Contents: A question on max alcohol in meads. ("Michael Zahl") Mead Question ("Toomey") Easier solution to...
Mead Lover's Digest #1413 Thu 19 March 2009Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and ConsumingDick Dunn, Digest JanitorContents:re: ABV calculation? (dan@geer.org)Re: ABV Calculations (docmac9582@aol.com)Re: ABV calculation? (mail-box)RE: ABV calculation?...
Mead Lover's Digest #1412 Wed 11 March 2009Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and ConsumingDick Dunn, Digest JanitorContents:ABV calculation? ("Louis LeBlanc")NOTE: Digest appears when there is enough material to send one.Send ONLY articles for the...
by Virginia Davis (From 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...
