
Cherry Blues
It’s going to be a tough year for cherry melomels, cherry wheat beer, cherry lambic, and (sob!) cherry pie. I have a cherry mel in secondary that needs a boost. [..]
It’s going to be a tough year for cherry melomels, cherry wheat beer, cherry lambic, and (sob!) cherry pie. I have a cherry mel in secondary that needs a boost. [..]
This is my collection of books of modern how-to on beer and mead – all the books I currently have in my library plus a few. There are even a [..]
Most recently updated October 21, 2017 I am chagrined each time I see someone online asking whether there are period sources. You bet there are! Here is a running list of [..]
This is another recipe from the gotmead.com site, which if you make meads you should probably know about. It’s very pleasant, and with enough malt that I’d call it a braggot, [..]
Much to my regret, I didn’t save the email or the list link I got this from. For those who like the richer flavors of buckwheat honey, this is a [..]
At historical competitions, I provide two sets of documentation, 2-3 copies of each (assuming our usual three judges per category). There is the executive summary, less than one page long: this [..]
This is from http://byo.com/feature/875.html. It looks like a reasonable, basic, extract-based braggot recipe for those who maybe aren’t up to whole grain or aren’t sure about braggots. See, I think the [..]
This recipe is based on Ken Schramm’s “Don’t Cry For Me Spargentina” recipe, in The Compleat Meadmaker. The name reminds me to get a sense of humor sometimes, but the recipe is [..]
This is one of my favorite recipes. It takes about ten months to age and holds well. Killer bee honey is dark, complex, very caramel-y – not like anything [..]
Not my recipe, but a darn good one. Have you tried this? Made it, tasted it? What did you do differently? Please let me know what you thought! 6.5 lb [..]