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Old Polish Metheglin Recipes

by Arkadiusz SzałataPolish Winemakers and Meadmakers AssociationBelow recipies come from polish handbook of meadmaking "Miodosytnictwo. Sztuka przerabiania miodu i owoców na napoje" ("Meadmaking. The art of converting honey and fruits into...

Andy’s First (Apricot Cinnamon)

Approx 2.7kg (6pound) of Wildflower honey 3 sticks of cinnamon, 6 cloves, 1 small can apricot nectar, pinch of ginger powder,1 vanilla bean  half kg of sugar (1 pound)Approx 15 grams breadmakers yeast  Cold water added to make up to 9 litres...

First Bottle

Well I could not resist and opened a bottle of the Blackberry I had just bottled a couple weeks ago.  It's over a year old (aged in the carboy) and it tastes…wonderful ahhh!  I guess it was worth the waiting.  Hopfully they will all just...

Why I never write anything down.

I get wrapped up in the actual "doing" (gathering of materials, preparing, boiling, etc etc) and I always forget to write down my starting gravity, cooking temps and times, etc. <sigh>   I remember that I forgot just about the time I...

Bottling Time

My first major bottling happend this weekend.  I was finally was able to bottle all except for one gallon (Mystery Mead) of my aging meads 6 1/2 cases worth!  I have 24 bottles of Pomegranite, 24 bottles of Pom/Blk Cherry, 17 bottles of Plum and 13 Bottles...

Bacchus Meadery to be first for Larimer County

By Douglas Crowl Loveland Connection You don’t have to poll many people to stumble across a dream business idea.Maybe it’s an art gallery, yoga studio, guitar store or coffee shop.“Just do it,” Adam Kittel said while standing beside a row of...

Makana Meadery: Honey of a hobby

Honey of a hobby spinning jobsFrom The Herald, PORT ELIZABETH   Wednesday January 2, 2008Dr Garth Cambray, director of the Makana Meadery in Grahamstown, inspects some of the bees that produce the honey from which a whole list of products are made. Picture:...

Mead Lover’s Digest #1357 Sat 22 December 2007

Mead Lover's Digest #1357 Sat 22 December 2007   Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor   Contents: Re: question (Marc Shapiro) re: Braggot (Mail Box) gueuze and braggot (Dick Dunn) Mead Made with Lager Slurry (chris...

Mead Lover’s Digest #0377 Fri 30 December 1994

Mead Lover's Digest #0377 Fri 30 December 1994   Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor   Contents: Refrigerator smell ("Lee Bussy") mead yeasts ("Daniel F McConnell") MLD 376 (Bob McDonald)...

Mead Lover’s Digest #0376 Mon 26 December 1994

Mead Lover's Digest #0376 Mon 26 December 1994   Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor   Contents: Re: Mead Lover's Digest #375,… (MEADMSTR@aol.com) Re: Mead Yeast Advice (Steve E. Mercer) Yeast varieties...

Mead Lover’s Digest #0375 Wed 21 December 1994

Mead Lover's Digest #0375 Wed 21 December 1994   Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor   Contents: Mead Yeast Advice (Harry Covert) Bubblegum flavors from Montrachet yeast (Jacob Galley) Lactic acid in mead, anyone?...

Mead Lover’s Digest #0374 Sat 17 December 1994

Mead Lover's Digest #0374 Sat 17 December 1994   Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor   Contents: Re: Ultrafiltration (bickham@msc.cornell.edu) UF systems (MEADMSTR@aol.com) Re: Ultrafiltration...

Mead Lover’s Digest #0373 Wed 14 December 1994

Mead Lover's Digest #0373 Wed 14 December 1994   Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor   Contents: Meadery recap (Louis K. Bonham) RE: Is my mead safe to drink? (John T Faulks) Re: Mead Lover's Digest #371, 12...

Mead Lover’s Digest #0372 Mon 12 December 1994

Mead Lover's Digest #0372 Mon 12 December 1994   Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor   Contents: Re: Mead Lover's Digest #371, 12 December 1994 (Fliper) Re: Mead Lover's Digest #371, 12 December 1994...

Mead Lover’s Digest #0371 Mon 12 December 1994

Mead Lover's Digest #0371 Mon 12 December 1994   Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor   Contents: RE: Temperature control in Houston (John T Faulks) re: Most Important Advice? (think about a slogan) (Dick Dunn) Re:...