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Mead Lovers Digest #1277
Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1277, 29 August 2006
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Mead Lover's Digest #1277 29 August 2006
Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming
Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor
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Peach melomel ("Jones, Steve (IT)")
Split Rock 2006 HB Competition ()
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Subject: Peach melomel
From: "Jones, Steve (IT)" <stjones@eastman.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:00:28 -0400
What is the general consensus on using Peaches in a mead?=20
I've got a 3 gallon batch of 14% mead that I was planning on racking
onto about 10 lbs of fresh ripe peaches (skinned, depitted, macerated).
However, a beekeeper friend says that 3 lbs/gal is way too much, and
that in meads a little peach character is more desirable than a lot. He
recommended no more than 1/2 lb/gal, which sound like to little to me.
What do you all think? I know that I could go ahead with the larger
amount, then blend with straight mead if desired, but I'd like to get it
about right the first time.
Thanks,
Steve Jones
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Subject: Split Rock 2006 HB Competition
From: <hazan@ptd.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:06:42 -0000
Subject: Split Rock 2006 HB Competition - Great Brews of America
This is the first announcement for the homebrew competition to be held on
Saturday, November 18th, at the Split Rock Resort in Pennsylvania?s Pocono
Mountains, which is held in conjunction with their annual Great Brews of
America - Micro Brew Festival.
This is a sanctioned competition judging all beer, mead and cider styles.
Entries should be shipped to The Resort at Split Rock, One Lake Drive, Lake
Harmony, PA 18624, Attention: Shelly Kalins Lutz, for receipt from November
6th to November 17th.
Entry fees of $5.00 per entry will be donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
By simply entering, you will be helping this charitable organization help
others. Checks should be made out to: The Resort At Split Rock.
Two (2) brown or green bottles with no markings are required. Please use
rubber bands to attach bottle labels. No tape, please. Any standard homebrew
competition entry and bottle identification forms, identifying the
brewer/brewers and the appropriate entry category/subcategory are
acceptable. The 2004 BJCP Style Guidelines will be used for this
competition. Get this from the BJCP web site at www.bjcp.org.
Judges and stewards are needed and they should contact me to secure a
position. Judges and Stewards can hand carry their entries if they pre-
register with payment. All judges and stewards are required to be present by
8:30, so we can get started promptly at 9am. Judges will receive an entry to
the beer festival or entry to the beer dinner for their efforts and need to
indicate which they wish when they commit to participate.
The BOS winner will receive a complementary weekend for two at next year's
Split Rock Beer Fest, as well.
More information is available at the Split Rock web site:
http://www.splitrockresort.com/beerfest/.
Al Hazan
Competition Organizer
hazan@ptd.net
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