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Mead Lovers Digest #1340
Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1340, 3 September 2007
From: mead-request@talisman.com
Mead Lover's Digest #1340 3 September 2007
Forum for Discussion of Mead Making and Consuming
Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor
Contents:
RE: Mead Lover's Digest #1339, 26 August 2007 ("Paul Jenkin")
Re: I am new to mead making and in need of some guidance (Mail Box)
Sad News about Michael Jackson, the "Beer Hunter" ("Dan McFeeley")
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Subject: RE: Mead Lover's Digest #1339, 26 August 2007
From: "Paul Jenkin" <paul@legionenterprises.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:30:38 +1200
Subject: I am new to mead making and in need of some guidence
From: "robyn.stewart" <robyn.stewart@xtra.co.nz>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:35:16 +1200
> Hello, I have two hives here in NZ and am interested in turning some
> excess honey into mead. I am not sure of the ratio of honey, water,
> yeast etc. My honey is sourced from various floral types especially
> gorse and clover. I would like to have > some input from you experts. I
> have all the equipment and some wine yeast ready to go, but frightened
> to go any further until I know confidently a good beginners recipe.
> Please help!
> Robyn Stewart
Hey, great to hear I'm not the only Kiwi here to find out what to with
honey from my hives (though I won't have any until later in the year). I've
been distilling spirits for a couple of years, and thought it might be time
to branch out.
On another note, we're throwing a Medieval party for my sister's 30th in
late November, and I need to get some hands on some Mead in Chch, NZ - I
emailed Havills Mazer Mead Co as they're only about half an hour away from
here, but haven't had a reply. Any help with sourcing some would be
appreciated.
Paul Jenkin
Legion Enterprises
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Subject: Re: I am new to mead making and in need of some guidance
From: Mail Box <mail-box@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:03:16 -0400
> From: "robyn.stewart" <robyn.stewart@xtra.co.nz>
>
> Hello, I have two hives here in NZ and am interested in turning some
> excess honey into mead. I am not sure of the ratio of honey, water,
> yeast etc. My honey is sourced from various floral types especially
> gorse and clover. I would like to have some input from you experts. I
> have all the equipment and some wine yeast ready to go, but frightened
> to go any further until I know confidently a good beginners recipe.
> Please help!
>
> Robyn Stewart
Hi Robyn,
A mead recipe can be as simple as 12lbs honey in 5 gallons total volume
(US weights and measures) with yeast added. But for a first recipe I'd
recommend that you add a nutrient source, and a gallon or more of apple
cider (non-fermented apple juice) is an excellent source of nutrients
for the yeast. If you happen to have a local home brew or wine shop,
then pick up some diammonium phosphate (DAP) as well. If your
fermenting a smaller batch, then 2.5 lbs in 1 gallon of water or apple
cider is close enough to 1/5 the size of the 'recipe' above.
Cheers,
Ken Taborek
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Subject: Sad News about Michael Jackson, the "Beer Hunter"
From: "Dan McFeeley" <mcfeeley@keynet.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 11:08:40 -0500
Hello all -- I just got word about the passing away
of Michael Jackson, the "Beer Hunter," on the Chicago
Brewing Society Digest. Michael was a wonderful and
gifted writer on beer, and of course, on the true enjoyment
of fermented beverages. Their history, culture, and most
of all, sharing these beverages with family and friends.
Take a quick look here:
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2921857.ece
and for my post to the GotMead forums, here:
http://www.gotmead.com/smf/index.php?topic=5745.msg46144#msg46144
Please join me in a hoist of whatever is at hand, in honor
of Michael's memory. I am drinking a mead, made from
a Geneva Illinois wildflower honey, blended with a
of wildflower honey, also from Illinois, in Michael's
honor.
I can't think of a better mead to drink in Michael's
honor -- not quite aged enough, but the honey was
a gift from Chuck Wettergreen, a master meadmaker,
and known to this listserve group.
Who will join me? Please post in response. I'm
hoisting this mead right now, in respect and honor
of Michael.
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Dan McFeeley
Kankakee, Illinois USA
"Meon an phobail a thogail trid an chultur"
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