Mead Lovers Digest #0804

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Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #804, 8 May 2000 
From: mead-request@talisman.com 

 
Mead Lover's Digest #804                                  8 May 2000 

            Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming 
                      Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor 

Contents: 
  Re: Mead Lover's Digest #803, 30 April 2000 (Stace) 
  Trace elements and such in honey (Nathan Kanous) 
  lurky (GypsyCult@aol.com) 
  Re: Digest archives, other info on-line  (Spencer W Thomas) 
  SLOW DIGESTS during May (Mead Lover's Digest) 
  Re: Mead Lover's Digest #803, 30 April 2000 ("gl") 

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Subject: Re: Mead Lover's Digest #803, 30 April 2000 
From: Stace <umc@xmission.com> 
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 00:29:36 +0100 

Hiya, 
 I first want to thank all of you for such great ideas and advice on making 
mead. I'm still at only one batch and have an itch for many, many more. 
 Second, I wanted to say that last weekend, I had a taste of mead that just 
knocked my socks off. It was a lemon mead, I believe. It was so so good. 
I'm hoping that the man who made this wonderful nectar is at least a lurker 
of these pages, as I am. Robert, if you're out there contact me and say 
hello. I forgot to find a way to get ahold of you. 
 Anyway, that said, thank you all again. I hope to be up and working as 
soon as the bills are paid. 
 Stace 

"Do you think I know what I'm doing? 
That for one breath or half-breath I belong to myself? 
As much as a pen knows what it's writing, 
or the ball can guess where it's going next." 
                                          --Rumi 

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Subject: Trace elements and such in honey 
From: Nathan Kanous <nlkanous@pharmacy.wisc.edu> 
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 08:52:49 -0500 

Hi All, 
Dan McFeeley mentions that some folks recommend using rain water for mead  
because it is soft.  He also mentions that Acton and Duncan indicate this  
could be problematic due to some lacking minerals / trace minerals.  I've  
been thinking of using straight RO water for mead.  The only question this  
ever created for me was "how much trace mineral is present in  
honey?"  Anybody got any ideas how much trace mineral or other minerals may  
be naturally present in honey?  Thanks. 
nathan in madison, wi 

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Subject: lurky 
From: GypsyCult@aol.com 
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:31:03 EDT 

I have never posted before.  It  is intimidating because everyone seems like  
experts and I have never made a batch of mead before.  I subscribed because I  
want to try to make some and I would like to know if anyone has some simple  
instructions for beginners? (mead making for dummies ;) ) 
Brandy 

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Subject: Re: Digest archives, other info on-line  
From: Spencer W Thomas <spencer@engin.umich.edu> 
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 13:35:02 -0400 

Dick, 

I think I've mentioned this before, but anyway. 

I've got a searchable archive at   

http://hubris.engin.umich.edu/Beer/Threads/Mead 

FWIW. 

=Spencer 

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Subject: SLOW DIGESTS during May 
From: mead@raven.talisman.com (Mead Lover's Digest) 
Date: 3 May 00 02:17:38 MDT (Wed) 

The digest will be slow during May, as the janitor tries to do other 
things.  We control the horizontal; we control the vertical; please do not 
adjust your set. 

Mainly, please do not be alarmed if the period between digests is longer 
than usual. 
- --- 
Mead-Lover's Digest                            mead-request@talisman.com 
Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor                  Boulder County, Colorado  USA 

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Subject: Re: Mead Lover's Digest #803, 30 April 2000 
From: "gl" <signs2@gotnet.net> 
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 01:02:56 -0700 

is this how i post here?....first time..be gentle!! 

Well my nephew and I just bottled our first batch which we thought had long 
stopped fermenting.  It was wonderful....sweet.  Now we opened a bottle and 
it is sparkling. I am afraid we have made lots of  potential 
handgrenades...now what do we do? It is not in a good bottle for sparkling. 
Can you take it out of the bottles and put it back in the carboy. 
Georgie, San Jose,CA 

hoping to eventually get this right 

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