Tag: Mead
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Mushroom-Garlic Mead
A savory mushroom-garlic steeped mead that’s perfect for cooking and deglazing, and is surprisingly drinkable on its own! Originally Posted: December 16, 2023 Quick Specs Intro Background When I first got into mead-making—and brewing in general—one of the first books I bought was Make Mead Like a Viking by Jereme Zimmerman. One of the recipes…
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Beet Mead
A rustic country-wine style mead made with beetroot and wildflower honey. This beet mead is earthy, slightly tart, and a great way to use extra beets. Originally Posted: March 23, 2022 Quick Specs OG = 1.104 ABV: 13.7% Taste Profile: Earthy and slightly tart Time: 9ish months Yield: 22 bottles after sediment losses Intro Ever…
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Date Mead
A recipe for mead using dried medjool dates. A quick tip: use a mesh bag. Originally Posted: Sept. 30, 2020 Quick Specs OG = ~1.105 ABV: ~12-13% Taste Profile: Rich and semi-sweet Time: ~3 months Yield: 21 bottles (lost some fluid to dried fruit sediment) Intro Around the time I was reading Ancient Brews by…
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Bochet Cyser
A recipe for a cyser (apple mead) with dark caramelized honey. Originally Posted: Sept. 29, 2020 Last Edited: Apr. 23, 2021 Quick Specs OG = 1.105 – 1.115 (depending on apple juice) ABV: ~12 – 14% Taste profile: Semi-dry, caramel notes, spices in the background Time: 6 months from start to bottling Yield: 5 gallons,…
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Harvest Pumpkin Spice Metheglin
My first true metheglin, a pumpkin spice mead. Originally Posted: Sept. 24, 2020 Quick Specs OG = ~1.120 (after step-feeding, apple juice, and maple syrup) ABV: ~15-16% Taste Profile: Pumpkin spice-y Time: 8/24/19 – 10/26/19 (63 days) Yield: 29 bottles Intro When Autumn comes around, I’m one of those people that likes spiced foods and…
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Pear Mead
My first attempt at making a Pear Mead, using a fruit wine concentrate. Originally Posted: Aug. 8, 2020 Quick Specs OG = Originally I forgot to take into account the SG of the pear wine concentrate I was using: 18.9 Brix or 1.0781 SG from just the pear concentrate alone (was originally meant to be…
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A Blueberry Mead and a Cherry Mead
Twin recipes for blueberry mead and cherry mead. Each mead uses all-natural fruit concentrates as their base, which are often more affordable than fresh or frozen fruit, or bulk juice. Originally Posted: Aug. 7, 2020 Last Updated: Apr. 2, 2021 Quick Specs OG = ~1.105 ABV: ~13% Taste Profile: Light to medium fruit flavor in…
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Cabernet Sauvignon Pyment Mead
A Pyment (grape wine mead) made with a Cabernet Sauvignon wine kit. Originally Posted: Aug. 8, 2020 Quick Specs ABV: ~12% Taste Profile: like a dry red wine Time: 3 months Yield: 30 bottles Intro Like apple cyser mead, Pyment may have played a transitional role in a regional brewing tradition. Simply put, Pyment is…
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Rooibos-Coffee Mead
A rich mead made using Rooibos tea and Stumptown Cold Brew Coffee. Originally Posted: Aug. 8, 2020 Quick Specs OG = 1.105 ABV: ~13.8% Taste Profile: Strong and semi-sweet coffee flavor with rooibos and vanilla in the background Time: about 5 months Yield: ended up with just over 30 bottles Intro My Rooibos-Coffee mead “Café…
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Basic Bochet Mead
Simplified steps to caramelize honey for making a Bochet style mead. Originally Posted: Aug. 7, 2020 Quick Specs OG = 1.105 ABV: ~13.8% Taste Profile: Like caramel, toasted marshmallow, or toffee Time: ~3 months for the One-gallon version Size: One-gallon batch (scalable) Intro Bochet is a mead fermented from caramelized honey. It is darker than…