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Mead Lovers Digest #1600
Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1600, 21 September 2012
From: mead-request@talisman.com
Mead Lover's Digest #1600 21 September 2012
Mead Discussion Forum
Contents:
RE: Chocolate acerglyn ("Vicky Rowe")
Re: Mead Lover's Digest #1599, 15 September 2012 (T K)
Freeze the mead (Steve Ruch)
Re: Freeze the mead? (bill keiser)
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Subject: RE: Chocolate acerglyn
From: "Vicky Rowe" <gotmead@gotmead.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:28:22 -0400
Hroth521 <_hroth521@comcast.net_ (mailto:hroth521@comcast.net) > wrote:
> Has anyone made this? The link to the source on GotMead is included.
> I'm having trouble finding Lalvin D254 and wondered about using sweet
> mead or D47 instead. Also, any other hints are welcome.
I Yahooed D254 and found retailers. D47 seems to be similar, but the author
appears mesmerized with D254. So first I'll ask my LHBS (Maryland Homebrew)
if they can get D234 for me.
If not, I'll buy it online.
> Wrathwilde's Chocolate Aphrodisiac
> ???
This reads like a really fantastic recipe. Will start this in October on
the Sunday after Valhalla!
Dick
- - --
Wrath said it turned out fabulous when he made it. He's been MIA on Gotmead
for a while, I think his real life caught up with him, LOL.
Wassail!
Vicky Rowe
Owner, Gotmead.com
Managing Director, Mazer Cup International
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Subject: Re: Mead Lover's Digest #1599, 15 September 2012
From: T K <tonysforwards@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:52:07 -0700
> First, yes, this is illegal. It constitutes a form of distillation and
> private distillation is illegal in the US.
This question comes up every few years on this digest. It has been
thoroughly researched and answered many times. The short answer is: It is
not illegal.
Distillation is defined specifically, and it involves heating the must, and
by evaporation removing the alcohol. Freezing the must and removing the
water (ice) is not distillation, by definition. If you want more details,
search the archives, there are some very specific references in there.
But really, the whole topic is silly, unless you are planning on selling
it. Freezing can't get the high alcohol concentrations of distillation,
and no doors are going to be kicked down because your mead is slightly over
24%.
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Subject: Freeze the mead
From: Steve Ruch <tattoo123@webtv.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:10:18 GMT
This does go on, probably quite a bit, but I've never heard about
anyone getting busted for it. There's no way the government has enough
agents to try and crack down on some poor slob who freezes a bit of mead
every so often.
WAIT A SECOND! They could hire all the still unemployed people and solve
two problems at once. :)
Steve
"We ALL put the yeast in." Larry, Moe & Curly
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Subject: Re: Freeze the mead?
From: bill keiser <sharpstik@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:27:13 -0400
I did this with less than a quart of mead once. I put it in a large
bowl in the freezer part of my refrigerator, let it start to freeze. I
think I used a timer, 30 minutes or so? Poured it through a strainer
leaving ice crystals behind. I did this about four times until no more
ice formed. A colder freezer might have taken it farther.
I didn't get much, but it was pretty good.
I guess there is no definite consensus on the legality, but I suspect
the govt has more important things to do than bust someone making a
couple bottles of home brew. If you tried to sell it though . . .
bill keiser
> On 9/10/2012 11:56 AM,mead-request@talisman.com wrote:
>> >
>> >I read a little about happens when you freeze mead to separate it from the
>> >water and up the flavor and alcohol percent.
>> >Does anyone have any tips on technique or could give a ball-park of the
>> >final ABV?
>> >Is this illegal for personal consumption? I have heard both Yes and No to
>> >the question.
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