Mead Lovers Digest #0945

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Mead Lover's Digest #945                                  31 July 2002 

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

Contents: 
  Wine yeast alternative (LJ Vitt) 
  Cyser pronounciation (DOUG BAILEY) 
  Mead Day--August 3rd ("Paul Gatza") 

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Subject: Wine yeast alternative 
From: LJ Vitt <lvitt4@yahoo.com> 
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 06:17:29 -0700 (PDT) 

 
David asked about wine yeast alternatives to sweet and dry mead yeast. 

I'm providing two dry wine yeast suggestions: 

I have been told Red Star Cote de Blanc and sweet mead are both 
variations of epernay (sp?).  I have used both and they seem close 
enough for this to be true.   

I have frequently used Lalvin 71B-1122.  It does leave some sweetness 
but not as much as the sweet mead yeast. 

Dry champaign yeast is popular with some.  I tried it.  I don't 
like the "hot" effect I got.   "Hot" meaning the alcohol is so strong 
you have a warm mouth feel.  This OG of this mead was 1.110. 

I'm not sure how long you can store dry wine yeast.  But a year is 
not a problem in refriguration.  The cost of dry yeast is quite a lot 
lower that liquid.  I don't attempt to re-use it like I would for 
liquid yeast. 

I'm a little surprised your homebrew supply store doesn't carry dry 
wine yeast.  I think every store I have visited has this. 
Shipping should be very low on such small items, so you might consider 
ordering from one of the well known mail order suppliers. 

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Leo Vitt 
Rochester MN 

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Subject: Cyser pronounciation 
From: DOUG BAILEY <BAILEY.O@xtra.co.nz> 
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 10:58:25 +1200 

In response to Geoffrey's query, I can act all knowledgable because 
after being in his position I did a little research: 

Cyser is from the Latin 'sicera' meaning 'strong drink' and in this 
respect it seems that the etymology of both 'cyser' and 'cider' is 
similar.  Pronounciation, too, is similar: Cyser = 'Si-ser' as  
Cider = 'Si-der'. 

Anyone interested in the etymology of other names? 

Doug 
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Doug Bailey  -  BAILEY.O@xtra.co.nz / dustyjb@xtra.co.nz 
348  Heretaunga Street West 
Hastings,  New Zealand.					  
Phone:  64 - 6 - 876 8787 

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Subject: Mead Day--August 3rd 
From: "Paul Gatza" <paul@aob.org> 
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:39:19 -0600 

Hi everyone. Mead Day is fast approaching on the first Saturday of August. 
In an effort to get more AHA members and homebrewers interested in making 
and enjoying mead, former board of advisor member Ed Busch suggested we have 
a day to celebrate mead like we do to celebrate National Homebrew Day and an 
occasion to simultaneously brew. We invited Dick Dunn to provide this 
initial recipe in an effort to recognize his work with the mead community 
and to point current AHA members toward the Mead Lovers Digest. Dick has 
generously offered a recipe if you would like to make mead on Mead Day. 
Follow the details here: 

http://www.beertown.org/AHA/MeadDay/index.htm 

If you are unable to brew a batch of mead this Saturday, I suggest that each 
of us think about mead or sample some on this coming Saturday. If anyone is 
in the Boulder, Colorado area this coming weekend, we'll be doing some 
pre-Mead Day sampling up at the Sunshine Meadery (that's my house) about 6 
miles west of Boulder on Friday evening (August 2) starting around 6 for the 
weekly Sunshine Happy Hour. Bring camping gear to allow for a greater range 
of sampling. Email me for directions if you are interested. 

Paul Gatza 
Director--American Homebrewers Association 
Director--Institute for Brewing Studies 
Association of Brewers 
736 Pearl St. 
Boulder, CO 80302 
ph: +1.303.447.0816 ext. 122 
fax: +1.303.447.2825 
www.beertown.org 

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