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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2644/emead.html] Making your first mead
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    *[http://thirsty.eastcowdrybootleggers.us/ East Cowdry Bootleggers] A short history & home-brewing recipes
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*[http://www.gotmead.com Gotmead.com] A large site with over 1200 pages of mead-related info
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*[http://www.meadworks.ca MeadWorks.ca] A Canadian-based mead brewing club, resource, and Ezine
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*[http://www.realbeer.com/edu/mead/index.php RealBeer.com] Mead resources
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*[http://www.talisman.com/mead/index.html Mead Lovers Digest]
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*[http://www.aboutmead.com Aboutmead.com] Mead resource, tasting notes and a searchable archive of the ''Mead Lovers Digest''
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Revision as of 12:39, 23 February 2007

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

  • [1] Making your first mead
   *East Cowdry Bootleggers A short history & home-brewing recipes

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