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Re: Teaching Brewer's to Make Mead - Commercial Recommendations Requested

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Re: Teaching Brewer's to Make Mead - Commercial Recommendations Requested

So per previous thread in another section, I'm going to be running a class on mead making for my Brew Club. I'm looking to get 2-3 bottles of commercial mead that really shows off "How To Do It Right".

I'll also have my own stuff for them to sample, but I won't have anything new to sample. Plus, all of my stuff was bottled sweet, as most of what I have on tap right now was for non-regular wine drinkers.

I need stuff that is currently available, either for mail order into Illinois or for purchase from somewhere like Binny's, the local Booze Super Store and Mafia (www.binnys.com).

I know Binny's carries the african stuff (Iqhilika), Redstone, some Danish stuff (Dansk Mjød), Polish (Jadwiga), English (Lurgashall), and a Chicago Local (Wild Blossom).

Any recommendations are appreciated.
 
I'd recommend that you go here: http://www.mazercup.com/mcm_results.htm

and look at the medal winners in each of the commercial categories over the past several years. There are some really great commercial meads being made these days, but unfortunately there is a lot more that is merely mediocre. I suspect that the bureaucracy inherent in our licensing laws for commercial meaderies has a lot to do with it, but many meaderies produce things that are not nearly as good as a well made home product, simply because they started without the knowledge base that has been accumulated over the past decade or so, and now their recipes are effectively cast in stone (or at least wrapped in legal red tape). But in my judgement (and since I have judged the commercial competition as well as the home side of the Mazer Cup for the past few years I mean that literally), you will not go wrong holding up any of the MCI commercial medal winners in any of the categories, as goals for new home meadmakers to aspire to.
 
Bah! All the best ones aren't available for shipping to Illinois. Stupid ATF and it's stupid rules. Stupid States and their stupid licensing rules.

I swear, if I ever win the lottery, I'm running for political office on the platform "Leaving you alone if you ain't stabbing someone."
 
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