Acidburn
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9/2/2005 at 05:18 |
Anyone ever try "Honey Mead"? I just heard about it and would like some feedback.
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BeachGoat
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9/2/2005 at 12:18 |
Mead is an old drink, utilized by the Norse because bee provided a concentrated source of sugars for fermentation to boost the root vegatables and grains (chiefly rye grasses and turnips, wit a good deal of rot and rust). Honey was good to prevent putrification, and gave an increase in alcohol content, so when the end product was filtered through peat or moss, the bitterness was offset by the sweetness. As it aged in skins or crockery, the flavour would mellow into a nicely effervescent ale like beverage that would be cut slightly with spring water.
Modern mead is usually a bit too sweet, but readily available, tends to give you a headache, and is often more of a fortified wine like the phony hard ciders. A good bet is to call your local microbreweries and ask if any of them either make the real deal or have some about, or call a real irish type pub to find it in a bottle.
I'll post more when I'm not at work & I can speak with more than just the top of my head & backround knowledge.
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vladtweano
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9/2/2005 at 12:53 |
i've had honey mead. it wasn't horribly sweet, but it was too sweet for me to drink enough to get a headache.
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mundhra
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9/2/2005 at 13:57 |
mead is closer to beer than wine, afaik. made with honey, lasts forever, vikings loved it. that's about all i've heard.
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Stump
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9/2/2005 at 15:36 |
Mead is the nectar of the Gods and they drink it freely as it flows from Frans' limp penis.
(On a side note, I've never had it and at first thought this was in reference to Honey Brown - the ale) |
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vasudeva
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9/2/2005 at 15:49 |
Stump: [...]at first thought this was in reference to Honey Brown - the ale)
Good beer, but also too sweet. After #2, I grow gutsick.
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ghostrider
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9/2/2005 at 22:37 |
a herf about mead
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Wotak
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9/2/2005 at 23:35 |
Mead will make you puke, then it will ake tou drink more mead.
It's made of honey and shitty yeast, assheads.
Vikings made this shit because they couldn't round up the grain to brew beer after their invasions.
Hey, the fuckers just wanted to relax...
...but mead still fucking sucks.
Az does George Bush's fucking war.
Vote Bush... pay at the fucking pump, asshats.
DRINK BEER!
Consider yourselves educated wookie style.
Ugh.
[Edited on 2/9/2005 by Wotak]
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Acidburn
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9/3/2005 at 00:07 |
Guess I'll let this drink go than. I still got my authentic mexican tequila.
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nocal
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9/3/2005 at 04:35 |
You know how horse shit smells? Mead tastes like horse shit plus honey. It's like honey-manure. I swear, it's so fuckig rancid, you won't care how fucked-up you are. |
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mex
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9/3/2005 at 06:50 |
[quote]nocal: You know how horse shit smells? Mead tastes like horse shit plus honey. It's like honey-manure. I swear, it's so fuckig rancid, you won't care how fucked-up you are. [/quote]
The point being that you get fucked up with whatever's available. If it works, get it down your fucking neck, and stop complaining. Any port in a storm, right?
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IMBOLCPunxsutawneyPhil
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9/3/2005 at 17:27 |
I actually like mead, but not every night and not that often.
Two types are available on the market:
Wine+honey
and Honey mead.
The wine version is less sweet and goes down like a DESSERT wine, not something you chug to get the pink elephant back in the room.
It run's about 10-15$, I have found it at supermarkets [near the sherry] or even that capitalist hippie paradise: whole foods.
A really good use for mead is to get the ladies drunk, that is if they don't like wine.
Another variant for the colder months is to add mulling spices to the mead and heat it up--like a hot toddy.
n-joy, and..
don't let the closed mindedness of others form your opinion, close your mind yourself.
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