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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Where can I get some MEAD? Dec 19^th, 2005 at 9:51pm Now that the Holidays are upon us I would like to know how to make or where to obtain some real MEAD. Come on all you Vikings out there. I know you have the answer, so lets hear from you.
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Kold Ex Member	Re: Where can I get some MEAD? Reply #1 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 1:42am Mead is made from honey, water and yeast. I usally get it from my Kindered or even from my conclave(group of witches/pagans)
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Where can I get some MEAD? Reply #2 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 1:55am Where can I get some mead????? ??? ???
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nakram Junior Member Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 66 Gender:	Re: Where can I get some MEAD? Reply #3 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 5:42am i made some mead once but the stuff my mum got im schotland on some island is better
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Where can I get some MEAD? Reply #4 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 6:12am That's great, but WHERE CAN I GET SOME ??? ???
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nakram Junior Member Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 66 Gender:	Re: Where can I get some MEAD? Reply #5 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 7:11am try the internet
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Where can I get some MEAD? Reply #6 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 7:19am Naturally! (slaps forhead). I should have thought of the Thanks
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Willeke Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Give me some string and I know what to do. Posts: 2072 Netherlands Gender:	Re: Where can I get some MEAD? Reply #7 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 11:02am Phone the big liquor stores (bottle shops) near you. Some of them always stock it, some just this time of year. Folk festivals and Renfairs are a good hunting ground too. Willeke
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Re: Where can I get some MEAD?
Reply #8 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 1:32pm

Here's a great rescipe I found in a book.

4 1/2 lbs Honey
1/2 gal water
1/2 gal "no preservatives" fruit juice of your choice
1 lbs Raisins
1 packet of wine yeast

Boil and dissolve the honey in 1/2 gallon of water. Pour the hot fluid over the chopped raisins in a big, almost sterile bucket. Add 1/2 gallon of 100% all natural fruit juice of your choice. When the mixture cools, add in your packet of wine yeast. Cover the bucket with plastic and a rubber band.

The problem with honey is that it takes a bit longer to ferment. I'd give this rescipe a month or so to sit, but it's probibly drinkable after two weeks or so.

The easiest way to "sterilize" your bucket is to pour boiling water through it a few minutes before you pour your stuff in.

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Matt_C Funditor Offline Cruachan!!! Posts: 736 Cheshire, England Gender:	Re: Where can I get some MEAD? Reply #9 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 2:06pm I like adding citrus fruits/juices to my mead. I've made quite alot during the last year, and some of the stuff I made almost 10 months ago will be drinkable now.
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Reply #10 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 5:39pm

Mead is easy to make... and the above recipe will work fine... but what you will learn quickly is WHY BOTHER? It tastes awful on a good day... and it is worse on a bad day.

There is a reason you don't see mead for sale today at 7-11. It isn't that anyone has forgotten how to make it. It is just that beer and wine are 100% better.

Rather than getting into mead... discover the joy of hard ciders. Apple and pear cider knock mead off the planet... and the alcohol content is higher than beer.

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Æthelbera Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Resident Cavegirl Posts: 1135 grieving- august 13th/09 :( Gender:	Re: Where can I get some MEAD? Reply #11 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 6:44pm I ordered mine offline from Holland. Were going to have a viking birthday for my friend.
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Douglas_The_Black Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Hakkaa päälle! Posts: 3491 Salineville Ohio Gender:	Re: Where can I get some MEAD? Reply #12 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 8:03pm I love apple cider. Dont get mead at the beer stores, its no better then white wine, and about twice the price. I have had some mead made for me once, and it was very sweet i thought it would be bitter like beer but it was pretty good.
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Re: Where can I get some MEAD?
Reply #13 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 9:32pm

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Rather than getting into mead... discover the joy of hard ciders. Apple and pear cider knock mead off the planet... and the alcohol content is higher than beer.

I hear that!! I add two pounds of brown sugar to a gallon of Trader Joe's brand apple cider, using Lavlin EC-1118 wine yeast.

All my friends were officially knocked on their asses.

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Æthelbera Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Resident Cavegirl Posts: 1135 grieving- august 13th/09 :( Gender:	Re: Where can I get some MEAD? Reply #14 - Dec 20^th, 2005 at 9:35pm If youre a viking fan though, youve got to have the mead sometime.
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