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− | *[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2644/emead.html]Making your first mead | + | *[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2644/emead.html Eoin O'Seaghdha mead page] Making your first mead |
*[http://thirsty.eastcowdrybootleggers.us/ East Cowdry Bootleggers] A short history & home-brewing recipes | *[http://thirsty.eastcowdrybootleggers.us/ East Cowdry Bootleggers] A short history & home-brewing recipes | ||
*[http://www.gotmead.com Gotmead.com] A large site with over 1200 pages of mead-related info | *[http://www.gotmead.com Gotmead.com] A large site with over 1200 pages of mead-related info |
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Mead is an alcoholic beverage that is made from fermented honey. It generally has a higher alcohol content than beer, usually around 10%.
Types of Mead
Braggot is an ale and a mead combined. Or ale brewed with more than 50% of the fermentables coming from honey.
Melomel is mead fermented with fruit.
Cyser is a blend of honey and apple juice fermented together.
Pyment is mead fermented with grapes.
Metheglin is mead fermented with herbs or spices.
Hippocras is spiced pyment.
The Process
External Links
- Eoin O'Seaghdha mead page Making your first mead
- East Cowdry Bootleggers A short history & home-brewing recipes
- Gotmead.com A large site with over 1200 pages of mead-related info
- MeadWorks.ca A Canadian-based mead brewing club, resource, and Ezine
- RealBeer.com Mead resources
- Mead Lovers Digest
- Aboutmead.com Mead resource, tasting notes and a searchable archive of the Mead Lovers Digest