Was watching a very good program on brewing last night. It was modern marvels Beer brewing to be exact. They kind of touched on mead once during the show.. They showed some of the history of brewing around the world various types of beers even some mention of the midus brew made from wheat, honey, and grapes.
There were two thing in the show that struck a cord with me that I thought I would post about and see if others had heard of something similar.
One was that in Egypt honey was used in the brewing of beer not a a fermented sugar but as a fly attractor. Honey would be used to coat the rim of the fermentors to get flies to walk on the rim. The narrator of the show said that the yeast used in brewing is not an airborne variety and would have had to be transported from vessel to vessel is some manner and that since they didn't have knowledge of yeast it was most likely flies that were the source of yeast propagation within the brews.
There are several things about that that raised an eyebrow to me the main one being (and I don't mean to be offend anyone from there) from all the video footage I have seen from Africa the last thing you need is something to help attract flies! They seem to absolutely swarm the whole continent. They are in every wild animal footage I've ever seen. Every time you see people they are swatting at flies. Just thought I would see if anyone had read of anything like this in brewing history.
Latter in the show they did a visit to the Sam Adams brewery they were discussing the type of beer they make call 'Utopia'. The owner of Sam Adams ( the guy in all the commercials anyway) said that 'Utopia' was "The strongest" non- distilled brewed beverage in the world.
I have seen several people post they had made mead up above 20% and I think I have read that 25% is possible.
So is he right?
I can't just run down to the store here and get a bottle my state won't allow it's voters the right to buy beer over 8%.
Well thought I would ask and hope others may have seen the same show or read something about these two topics.
Tarot.
There were two thing in the show that struck a cord with me that I thought I would post about and see if others had heard of something similar.
One was that in Egypt honey was used in the brewing of beer not a a fermented sugar but as a fly attractor. Honey would be used to coat the rim of the fermentors to get flies to walk on the rim. The narrator of the show said that the yeast used in brewing is not an airborne variety and would have had to be transported from vessel to vessel is some manner and that since they didn't have knowledge of yeast it was most likely flies that were the source of yeast propagation within the brews.
There are several things about that that raised an eyebrow to me the main one being (and I don't mean to be offend anyone from there) from all the video footage I have seen from Africa the last thing you need is something to help attract flies! They seem to absolutely swarm the whole continent. They are in every wild animal footage I've ever seen. Every time you see people they are swatting at flies. Just thought I would see if anyone had read of anything like this in brewing history.
Latter in the show they did a visit to the Sam Adams brewery they were discussing the type of beer they make call 'Utopia'. The owner of Sam Adams ( the guy in all the commercials anyway) said that 'Utopia' was "The strongest" non- distilled brewed beverage in the world.
I have seen several people post they had made mead up above 20% and I think I have read that 25% is possible.
So is he right?
I can't just run down to the store here and get a bottle my state won't allow it's voters the right to buy beer over 8%.
Well thought I would ask and hope others may have seen the same show or read something about these two topics.
Tarot.
