Anyone else make mead?

[EtherealWidow]

The outer two are the same recipe: honey, orange, raisins, cinnamon, and cloves. The difference in color comes from burning the honey.

The middle is just honey, orange, and ginger. However, there are 3 different kinds of honey. Had some extra burnt honey so I put it in there, also used some solid raw honey and then used some of the other non-burnt honey.

Should be ready within a couple of months!

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[NickC]

I love the scene in the film The 13th Warrior, when after a fierce battle, the Viking leader explains to the Muslim that mead is distilled from honey, and isn't beer or wine which is forbidden to him.

[EtherealWidow]

That's stupid. Muslims believe in Jesus (whose first miracle was turning water into wine), but I guess it should be translated as "grape juice." And technically, mead is honey wine.

I think I'm missing the point.

You guys should try making some. The stuff you buy from the store is crap often times. Cheaper than making amps. Most expensive part is the honey.

[Bob Simpson]

I bottled 9 gallons of 4 year old mead in December 2013.
Another year or so...

Bob

[EtherealWidow]

Jeez. What kind of stuff are you making that needs to be aged that long?

[Colossal]

I love the scene in the film The 13th Warrior, when after a fierce battle, the Viking leader explains to the Muslim that mead is distilled from honey, and isn't beer or wine which is forbidden to him.

Haha, yes, that was great! Fun movie.

"Today is a good day to die..."

[martin manning]

I used to brew, and back in the day I wrote a number of articles for Zymurgy and Brewing Techniques. I never got around to making meade, though; I guess I'm just not that fond of it.

[cbass]

I've always wanted to brew .

My great grandad was one of the very few people to make beer during prohibition One of my grandads jobs was to climb trees and get hops
Grandpa told me some wild stories about it all

[EtherealWidow]

Start brewing then. Mead is one of the simplest, cheapest, and most versatile things you can possibly brew.

[eniam rognab]

just in time for my upcoming dragon hunt

mmm it is yummy stuff though, the mead i had a few years ago was really dry and did the damn deed!

[boots]

I've been wanting to try making mead. I've been brewing beer for several years and I am totally into it. Seems like a perfect companion hobby for guys who like to build their own guitar amps. I just move to 3 irrigated acres in Colorado, and will be growing a bunch of hops next year.

I'd love to try growing CO's newest legal crop, but I don't think the wife would go for it. So hops it is. BTW, pot and hops are botanically related, but smoking hops won't get you high. Trust me. Just gives you a headache and a sore throat.

[EtherealWidow]

Yeah. Basically anything fun and expensive that I can do myself interests me.

[Leo_Gnardo]

pot and hops are botanically related, but smoking hops won't get you high.

But you can graft hop stalks to cannabis roots - & brew away. There's a local brewery around here that makes an IPA that smells like sweet skunk, very interesting brew indeed!

[cbass]

You guys sure do no a lot about weed .
Mmm skunk beer

One problem for me is my favorite beer moose head is really difficult for a beginner to brew
I like wheatb Beers specially when theys fresh but on a hot day when I've been out in the sun I want a cold pilsner

[eniam rognab]

theres a brewery in mammoth ca i think that brews a beer called HWY 395

IPA brewed with sage, which abounds in the eastern sierras

kinda piney, sorta cat-pissy, and beer-y

only came in a 22oz, i could never finish it