Mead Lovers Digest #0154

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Mead Lover's Digest #154                            Sat 19 June 1993 

 
        Forum for Discussion of Mead Brewing and Consuming 
               John Dilley, Digest Coordinator 

 
Contents: 
  Sparkling Meads ("John DeCarlo") 
  Need another good (any mead is a good mead) recipe! (Ron Schieffer) 
  Raisins and their yeasties (Jacob Galley) 
  Mead with grapes (pyment?) (Ron Schieffer) 

 
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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 93 07:45:23 EST 
From: "John DeCarlo" <jad@pegasus.mitre.org> 
Subject: Sparkling Meads 

My mead is ready to bottle. 

As it is my first, I would like to experiment a little, and bottle some as  
a still mead and some as sparkling mead.  Would I be better off measuring 2  
gallons in another container and adding some warm honey, then bottling? 

There are two areas where I am uncomfortable: 

1) Making sure honey will mix thoroughly before bottling. 
2) Figuring out how much honey to use. 

OTOH, I don't really want to use dextrose in a mead, even for carbonation. 

Any advice is appreciated, thanks. 

Fidonet: 1:109/131   Internet:  jdecarlo@mitre.org 

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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 93 7:19:02     
From: schiefferr@postoffice.agcs.com (Ron Schieffer) 
Subject: Need another good (any mead is a good mead) recipe! 

Just wanted to put the word out for a mead recipe with grapes (pyment?). 
My grape vine is in its third year and has produced all kinds of grapes. 
The variety is FLAME SEEDLESS, and I have found them to be quite good 
so far.  So let me see some good recipes to use them (before the birds 
eat them all)! 

Thanks! 
- --  
!  Ron Schieffer    !      Curtois' Rule        ! Come Fly With Me! !  
! AG Communication  !  If people listened to    !         .         !   
!     Systems       !  themselves more often,   ! ._______|_______. !          
!                   !  they would talk less.    !       \(*)/       ! 
!     gtephx!schiefferr@enuucp.eas.asu.edu      !       o/ \o       !  

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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 93 13:46:35 CDT 
From: Jacob Galley <gal2@midway.uchicago.edu> 
Subject: Raisins and their yeasties 

In my second mead, I put a pound of chopped raisins in the boil for 
about a half hour --- "until the scum no longer riseth" as Digby 
advises somewhere. That was an otherwise straight, still mead, ~8 lbs 
wildflower honey (5 gal), champagne yeast. It was the best mead I have 
made so far, but I could not discern any effect from the raisins, 
besides perhaps some color. No haze. 

A brewer/meader I met once was telling me about his yeast culturing 
set-up. He said that he cultured a strain of wild yeast from the skin 
of a raisin. The pure strain is excellent for mead. Does anyone have 
any more specific information about using wild yeasts from raisins? I 
remember that my father used to make hard cider by simply putting 
fresh cider in a carboy with some raisins. He said it turned out okay, 
"sometimes". Any comments? 

Jake. 

* What's so interdisciplinary about studying lower levels of thought process? 
                               <-- Jacob Galley * gal2@midway.uchicago.edu 

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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 93 13:36:45     
From: schiefferr@postoffice.agcs.com (Ron Schieffer) 
Subject: Mead with grapes (pyment?) 

Excuse me if this is a duplicate.  We are changing network connections 
at this time, and I am not sure if the last message made it out or not. 

Anyway, what I am looking for is mead recipes using grapes.  If you have 
any, you can send them directly to me, or the digest.  Those that are  
sent directly will probably get posted later anyway :-) You make the call. 
My grape plant is in its first production year, and I would like to use  
the fruit for something better than just eating.  Also, you might include 
your opinions as to the quality of the finished product. 

Thanks! 
- --  
! Ron Schieffer !  We have one chance. If you do good   ! Come Fly With Me! !  
!      AG       ! every day, you will....see other good !         .         !   
! Communication ! people on the other side. If not, you ! ._______|_______. !    
       
!    Systems    ! will not see them.    -Joe Flying Bye !       \(*)/       ! 
!     schiefferr@agcs.com                               !       o/ \o       !  

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