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. [..]
Category: Braggot
Books for Brewers: Basic List of Books of Modern How-To on Beer and Mead
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 [..]
Books for Brewers: Historical Primary Sources for Brewers
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 [..]
Mead: King Arthur’s Own
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, [..]
Buckwheat Oatmeal 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 [..]
Ale With Honey Historical documentation
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 [..]
MIddle-of-the-road Braggot Recipe
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 [..]
Golden Braggot
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 [..]
Killer Bee Braggot (Dark or Hefty Braggot)
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 [..]
Autumn Spice Braggot
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 [..]