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Contents:
  TT and HBD [SEC=PERSONAL] ("Williams, Rowan")
  Re: Mead ("David Houseman")
  RE: Dry Hopping in the Keg (Mike Schwartz)
  re: mead (Steve Piatz)
  80 character limit (Kyle Jones)
  RE: Mead (Jason Henning)


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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:45:28 +1000
From: "Williams, Rowan" <Rowan.Williams at ag.gov.au>
Subject: TT and HBD [SEC=PERSONAL]

Personal
Ummm, what's TT?!  Do I need shots?!!

Cheers,
Rowan

Canberra Brewers Club, Australia
[9588.6, 261.5] AR (statute miles)
 
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:42:54 -0400
From: "David Houseman" <david.houseman at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Mead

Barry,

A number of good sources for mead education:  First get a copy of Ken 
Schramm's  A Compleat Meadmaker.    Second, the study materials for the BJCP 
Mead Judge Exam is very good as well.   Then just spend some time Googling. 
Lots written by mead makers.  Then sign up for Mead Lovers Digest (similar 
to HBD but focuses on mead).

David Houseman 



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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:06:47 -0500
From: Mike Schwartz <mjs at seadogboats.com>
Subject: RE: Dry Hopping in the Keg

  Try transferring to a clean keg using an out fitting with a hose long 
enough to reach the bottom of the clean keg.  Tie a very fine mesh bag 
over the end of the tube to capture the hops that will come over.  Tie 
it tight!  They do like to slip off especially if you get a lot of hops 
coming over.  So long as you purge the clean keg with CO2 before  the 
transfer all should go well.  As always, you should run some of the beer 
off to get rid of the bulk of yeast and hop sediment near the dip tube 
before starting the transfer.

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Mike Schwartz
Beer Barons of Milwaukee
beerbarons.org
worldofbeerfestival.com



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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:35:09 -0500
From: Steve Piatz <piatz at cray.com>
Subject: re: mead


W. Barry Drusedum asks:

> Second, I have a friend who raises bees and is getting more and more honey
> and is interested in making Mead.  Are there any good references (book or
> web) that I can get him.  Also, beyond your basic brewing equipment, is
> there any additional equipment needed.
>
> Third, anyone have a good mead recipe?

As for references, the best book is obviously Ken Schramm's Compleat
Mead Maker.  A very short summary is in the handout I created for the
NHC Mead Maker of Year panel last June at http://tinyurl.com/2azcwvt

Equipment wise, mead making is much simpler than beer making,
there is no boiling required, so no kettle or chiller is needed.

As for a starter recipe, just make a traditional mead using honey, nutrients,
water and yeast.  Select a target OG based on the chart in the above
reference.

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Steve Piatz                             sjpiatz at gmail.com


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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:33:34 -0500
From: Kyle Jones <akylejones at gmail.com>
Subject: 80 character limit

How do those of you using Gmail set a character limit per line?

Kyle
Bellaire, TX


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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:27:47 -0400
From: Jason Henning <jason.henning at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Mead

>From HBD 5719
> From: <drusedum at verizon.net>
> Subject: Mead

> Third, anyone have a good mead recipe?

A few points:
the specific gravity of honey is about 1.420
a gallon of honey weighs about 12 pounds

Here's my starting point recipe for melomel (fruit mead). Equal parts
of honey and fruit by weight and 3 times as much water as honey by
volume.

I'm going to make a blueberry mead in the next day or two. Here's my recipe

1 gallon of wildflower honey
10 pounds blueberries
2 pounds blackberries
3 gallons of water
5 packets Lavlin 71B wine yeast

Blueberry mead has interesting peppery note that I really like. I'm
hoping the blackberries add more to the complexity rather than an
obvious flavor. I pitch a lot of yeast. I like 71B for mels, it
produces some nice fruity esters. D47 is nice too, more of a grape
flavor.

Cheers,
Jason Henning
Whitmore Lake, MI
[8.8,18] Rennerian


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