Mead Lovers Digest #0148

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Mead Lover's Digest #148                            Sun 06 June 1993 

 
        Forum for Discussion of Mead Brewing and Consuming 
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Contents: 
  Re: Mint Mead (STBLEZA) 
  Mulberry Mead Recipe (Thomas Manteufel 5-5740 NB-920) 

 
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Date: 05 Jun 1993 13:48:31 -0500 (EST) 
From: STBLEZA@grove.iup.edu 
Subject: Re: Mint Mead 

Greetings, all... 

George Papp (did I get the spelling right?) asked about when to add mint to 
his mead, and wanted to know what kinds he should use. 

I, personally, always added it right after skimming the 'scum' (I've heard 
that dross is the proper term) off of the simmering honey+water.  Usually, I 
use 2 tablespoons per gal of water, keeping it in the must for about 5 min 
before removing and making tea.  I then let it age a LONG time in the bottle. 
It has alsways tasted best after about 6-8 months in the bottle, to me anyway. 
Few other people have enjoyed my mint meads (*sigh* there is no accounting 
for taste, mine or thiers), though most of those people also like my green 
meads (less then two months in bottle) and sweet wines, so... 

Gower Wassail 

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Date: Sat, 5 Jun 93 20:33:14 CDT 
From: thomas@ct.med.ge.com (Thomas Manteufel 5-5740 NB-920) 
Subject: Mulberry Mead Recipe 

This mead recently (March 20) won a first in the mead/cider category of the 
Brewer's Of South Suburbia (south suburban Chicago) regional homebrew 
competition.  It's a simple recipe that lends itself well to many different 
melomels.  This was a medium mead.  If I want a sweeter taste, I use 3 pounds 
of honey, and a pound of fruit, varying according to the fruit's strength. 

 
Mulberry Mead 

For 1 gallon (all measurements in US). 
     2# wildflower honey 
     12 ozs. frozen mulberries 
     water up to 1 gallon 

Pasturized and skimmed honey at 170F for 1/2 hour.  Added frozen 
mulberries at end of heating.  Pitched with rehydrated Red Star 
Montrachet yeast.  Used NO nutriment. 

IG - 1.082          FG - 1.002 

Racked to secondary after 9 days, as berries were beginning to bleach. 
Bottled when 2 months old. 

Time in bottle when judged: 6 months 

Judges comments: 
  nice honey aroma, with a little solventy (higher alcohol) finish 
    [may be due to not having aged enough] 
  beautiful color [a red, deeper than a ros'e] 
  nice honey flavor.  metallic finish [could be due to a rust spot in the 
    brew kettle or our famous Waukesha mineral water] 
  score 37/50 
  nice fruit nose 
  nice appearance 
  nice honey and fruit balance 
  score 40/50 

 
Thomas Manteufel                IOFM 

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