Mead Lovers Digest #0133

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Mead Lover's Digest #133                            Tue 18 May 1993 

 
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Contents: 
  Red Star Champagne yeast (Mike_Kellstrand) 
  Re:  Mead Lover's Digest #132 (May 17, 1993) (Peter Michael Wolanin) 

 
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Date:           Mon, 17 May 93 12:04 EDT 
From: Mike_Kellstrand@vos.stratus.com 
Subject:        Red Star Champagne yeast 

 
Mike McCabe asked, among other things, about using RedStar Champagne yeast. 

I've noticed on the net that people say RedStar beer yeasts stink, but 
RedStar wine yeasts are OK. 

My own experience:  I made one batch using RedStar Champagne that was 
great without any aging!  My next batch was with Wyeast Champagne and I 
had problems with clearing and bitter flavor.  The yeast may not have been 
the only factor here, but I'm using the RedStar again next time to find out. 

Mike 

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Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 17:49:03 -0400 
From: Peter Michael Wolanin <pwolanin@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> 
Subject: Re:  Mead Lover's Digest #132 (May 17, 1993) 

 
>Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 16:59:24 -0400 
>From: tvalesky@mason1.gmu.edu (Tom Valesky) 
>Subject: Re: Commercial Bottled Mead 
> 
> 
>I am also looking for commercially-bottled mead, but I live in the  
>Washington, DC area. Any suggestions? I found one kind of mead, Chaucer's, 
>at the Sutton Place Gourmet. I thought it was tasty, but then again, it's 
>the only mead I've ever had. What does the net think of it? 

I haven't had much experience w/ Chaucer's, being young and broke. 
However, some other places in the DC/MD area you could try are Chateau 
Winery in Ellicott City (on Main Street in the historic district), the 
winery in Mt. Airy, Berrywine Estates in southern MD ( long trek- 
absolutely worth it), or, if you're really desperate, try the Ren. 
Fest. Actually, you could also try getting in touch with Steve Kiefert 
from the SCA. He's the head of the DC group and someone there should 
be able to point you in the direction of a fairly good mead supply. 
(You could post to rec.org.sca for pointers to finding SCA folks, I 
don't have addresses, etc. on hand). 

 -Rowan (using a friend's account) 
  

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