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winterland

winterland

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 6, 2011
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Minneapolis
I see baronsamedi does. For those who haven't, it is a honey wine made with honey. No grapes. Supposedly one of the oldest alchoholic drinks.

We have a few places that make it here in Minnesota. A place called Winehaven and J. Bird Winery. J. Bird sells it at our MN Renaissance Festival. Spent some time there yesterday drinking a few from my leather mug while smoking my Churchwarden. Here is my favorite place to hang out at the festival.

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sparroa

sparroa

Lifer
Dec 8, 2010
1,466
4
I've had some from Quebec. I loved it. I greatly preferred the dry example I had to white wines of a similar price... I'm interested in making my own at some point.
You are lucky to have some meadmakers nearby - you can't buy it in my province or in most parts of Canada to be honest.

 
photoman13

photoman13

Lifer
Mar 30, 2012
2,825
2
I have had it and loved it but it was homemade and all of us who drank it got pretty sick. I don't think it was sealed properly or something. I would definitely like to try it again though.

 
winterland

winterland

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 6, 2011
102
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Minneapolis
Getting sick on mead does not sound fun. Yes there must have been something wrong. I have drank many kinds homemade and store bought. Some can be quite strong. The ones I like are sweet but not too sweet. Very easy to drink so you do have to be careful. They drink like a nice cider. Good cold and decent room temp. In the winter you can heat it up. Some add spices etc.

 
photoman13

photoman13

Lifer
Mar 30, 2012
2,825
2
We all each only had a sip so I don't think it was from drinking too much. If you know of any places in East Tennessee that sells it I would love to try it some time.

 
photoman13

photoman13

Lifer
Mar 30, 2012
2,825
2
Apple cinnamon sounds awesome. I wonder if it tastes anything like woodchuck. I love that stuff. Also chocolate habanero sounds interesting but I don't know if I could handle that lol.

 
nikko

nikko

Starting to Get Obsessed
Sep 15, 2011
202
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I have had three different types of mead, two I made myself and one was store bought. I like it, but I like beer a lot better. Although, I do still have four of five bottles that are about a year old now, might have to break those out soon.

 
crk69

crk69

Part of the Furniture Now
Jun 30, 2012
751
1
I have always wanted to try it, but alas, I can not find it in my area... I know they used to sell it at the Renaissance festival near Houston, but haven't been there in years...

 
gnatjulio

gnatjulio

Lifer
Mar 22, 2012
1,944
934
57
New York
I've been wanting to brew some but wanted to try it first. Finally scored a bottle while I was in Mont Tremblant this past august.still haven't cracked the bottle as of yet, but hopefully maybe this weekend........

Awesome picks btw.......

 
taerin

taerin

Lifer
May 22, 2012
1,851
3
I would love to try it being a beer maker myself, can it be purchased at any stores?

 
baronsamedi

baronsamedi

Lifer
May 4, 2011
5,688
6
Dallas
If you make beer you can make mead and it will be better than any store bought! You can even hop it and add malt and make Braggott, or ale-mead.

 
pipeinhand

pipeinhand

Lifer
Sep 23, 2011
1,198
0
Virginia
If you offer me Mead and Champagne I will take the Mead. It has been my go-to drink since I was able to drink (legally).
Here are a couple of helpful links.

http://davespicks.com/writing/mme/

http://www.meadmadecomplicated.org/

 
pens87

pens87

Lurker
Jul 24, 2010
32
10
EsNice pics. Love a good mead myself. We are fortunate here in central ny to have a good meadery close by. Earl Estates makes a nice selection of meads

 
pstlpkr

pstlpkr

Lifer
Dec 14, 2009
9,694
31
Birmingham, AL
@Winterland it's going to be amazing!

But, it still has at least a year before it's really ready.

So far my tastings have indicated that the chocolate is developing nicely and the burn lasts for about 10 or 15 seconds. I'm really going to enjoy this when it's ready.
I'm thinking that I might give my Chocolate Habaneros from my garden a shot in a chocolate mead as well.

It will be a truly tongue searing mead.
Chocolate Habanero 300,000 SHUs:

The pepper's name refers to the color only... it has a smokey flavor, and is lightly sweet... and very hot.

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briarbird

briarbird

Can't Leave
Dec 7, 2011
433
0
I have wanted to try Mead for longer than I can remember. Someday I hope to try someones home made Mead. How would you guys desrcibe it as?

@Lawrence: That pepper looks yummy but there would be no way I could handle that!

 
baronsamedi

baronsamedi

Lifer
May 4, 2011
5,688
6
Dallas
It really depends on what you do to it. I've made it super sweet to the point where it was a dessert and much more dry. I have a cranberry right now that looks like a white Zin, but tastes more full-bodied with the cranberry on the back. I did a wedding Cyser that was just like a caramel apple. There's so much you can do with mead. I have a chocolate tha't going on I think its third year in the fermenter and has yet to clear! I'll probably age it another 2 years after bottling.
Lawrence is crazy with his peppers. He's got Ghost Chilis and a bunch of other weapons-grade peppers in his garden! I'm from Texas and I'm scared to eat those things.

 
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