Mead Lovers Digest #1627

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Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1627, 16 March 2013 
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Mead Lover's Digest #1627                                  16 March 2013 

                      Mead Discussion Forum 

Contents: 
  Re: Mead Lover's Digest #1625, 27 February 2013 (Alberto Colin) 
  buckwheat mead (dennis kennedy) 

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Subject: Re: Mead Lover's Digest #1625, 27 February 2013 
From: Alberto Colin <colin.alberto@hotmail.com> 
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:04:39 -0600 

Hello! 
  Mexico over here! I have to admit I've tried about 5 batches now... I'm 
not really happy about any of these... 
I once tried an awesome mead a friend brought from new zealand... Freakin 
awesome, since then i've been trying to do a decent one! Still not happy. 
 Will keep trying although it's difficult to find good supplies for brewery! 
 Any advice is always welcome! And this group has kept me going as i read 
 such amazing recipes(not that I try them, i've been sticking to the 
 traditional orange recipee i'm sure you all know which one) 
 Anyway! Thank you all! 
Alberto Colin 

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Subject: buckwheat mead 
From: dennis kennedy <dak869@gmail.com> 
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:34:13 -0400 

I loved the taste of the buckwheat honey.  When I read up on it, l learned 
that there is a western buckwheat and an eastern buckwheat, the western 
being sweet and the eastern having barnyard qualities.  I made a gallon 
batch.  I guess I got the eastern variety.  It fermented very quickly and 
cleared in a couple of months. On the first racking, it was very good.  On 
the second, the barnyard taste and aroma appeared and is pretty strong. 
I'm wondering if the barnyard will disappear with aging, or is there some 
flavoring I can use to mask it or neutralize it?  I don't want to pitch it 
so any help would be appreciated. 
DAK 

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