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A fermented beverage made from [[honey]], water, acid, yeast nutrients, and [[yeast]]. Tannin may also be added, but the only flavor is derived from the [[honey]] itself. Different honeys, meaning honeys made from different nectar sources (flowers), yield different flavors. Thus, a clover mead is made with honey produced primarily from the nectar of clover flowers, while a heather mead is made with honey produced primarily from the nectar of heather flowers. There are three kinds of "true" mead.  
A fermented beverage made from [[honey]], water, acid, yeast nutrients, and [[yeast]]. Tannin may also be added, but the only flavor is derived from the [[honey]] itself. Different honeys, meaning honeys made from different nectar sources (flowers), yield different flavors. Thus, a clover mead is made with honey produced primarily from the nectar of clover flowers, while a heather mead is made with honey produced primarily from the nectar of heather flowers. There are three kinds of "true" mead.  
Dry Mead contain no flavoring other than honey and is made using about 2-1/2 pounds of honey per U.S. gallon of mead.  
Dry Mead contain no flavoring other than honey and is made using about 2-1/2 pounds of honey per U.S. gallon of mead.  
[[Sack Mead]] contains no flavoring other than honey but is sweeter than most other meads and is made using about 4 pounds of honey per U.S. gallon of mead.  
Sack Mead contains no flavoring other than honey but is sweeter than most other meads and is made using about 4 pounds of honey per U.S. gallon of mead.  
[[Small Mead]] contains no flavoring other than honey but is made using only about 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 pounds of honey per U.S. gallon of mead and is fermented using an ale yeast. A small mead is closer to ale than to wine, while both dry and sack meads are closer to wine.  
Small Mead contains no flavoring other than honey but is made using only about 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 pounds of honey per U.S. gallon of mead and is fermented using an ale yeast. A small mead is closer to ale than to wine, while both dry and sack meads are closer to wine.
Additionally, there are other beverages made with honey that are generally referred to as meads but indeed have their own names. Just a few of these (there are scores of them) are:
*''[[Balche]]'' is a Mayan mead made with Balche bark.
 
*''[[Bochet]]'' is a sack mead that has been burned or charred.
 
*''[[Bracket]]'' is mead and ale combined.
 
*''[[Braggot]]'' is mead made with honey and malt.
 
*''[[Capsicumel]]'' is mead made with honey and chile peppers.
 
*''[[Clarre]]'' is another term for Pyment and is a mead (actually, a Melomel) made with honey and grapes or grape juice.
 
*''[[Cyser]]'' is a sack mead (actually, a Melomel) made with honey and apples (or apple juice) and is closely related to hard cider. Another name for this kind of mead is Cyster.
 
*''[[Cyster]]'' is another name for Cyser.
 
*''[[Hippocras]]'' is a spiced pyment.
 
*''[[Hydromel]]'' is a French drink of watered-down or diluted mead.
 
*''[[Meddeglyn]]'' is a Welsh spiced mead.
 
*''[[Melomel]]'' is a mead made with honey and fruit. Another name for this type of mead is [[Mulsum]].
 
*''[[Metheglin]]'' is a sack mead made with honey and herbs and/or spices. Also spelled [[Metheglyn]].
 
*''[[Metheglyn]]'' is another spelling of Metheglin.
 
*''[[Morat]]'' is a sack mead (actually, a [[Melomel]]) made with honey and mulberries.
 
*''[[Mulsum]]'' is another name for Melomel.
 
*''[[Myddyglyn]]'' is an alternate spelling for Meddeglyn, or vice versa.
 
*''[[Omphacomel]]'' is a mead made with honey and verjuice (the juice of unripened or immature grapes).
 
*''[[Oxymel]]'' is mead mixed or blended with vinegar.
 
*''[[Perry]]'' is a sack mead (actually, a Melomel) made with honey and pears.
 
*''[[Pyment]]'' is a mead (actually, a Melomel) made with honey and grapes or grape juice. Another name for this type of mead is [[Clarre]].
 
*''[[Rhodamel]]'' is a mead (actually, a [[Metheglin]]) made with honey and rose petals.
 
*''[[Rhodomel]]'' is an alternate spelling for Rhodamel.
 
*''[[T'ej]]'' is a mead made with honey and hops.
 
*''[[Traditional]]'' is mead made with honey, water, acid, yeast nutrients, and yeast only.
 
*''[[Varietal]]'' is a Traditional mead made with a pure variety of honey, such as Clover, Fireweed or Heather.
 
*''[[Weirdomel]]'' is mead to the max, or some such thing (credit Dick Dunn with the name)
 
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Latest revision as of 22:14, 15 December 2022

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A fermented beverage made from honey, water, acid, yeast nutrients, and yeast. Tannin may also be added, but the only flavor is derived from the honey itself. Different honeys, meaning honeys made from different nectar sources (flowers), yield different flavors. Thus, a clover mead is made with honey produced primarily from the nectar of clover flowers, while a heather mead is made with honey produced primarily from the nectar of heather flowers. There are three kinds of "true" mead. Dry Mead contain no flavoring other than honey and is made using about 2-1/2 pounds of honey per U.S. gallon of mead. Sack Mead contains no flavoring other than honey but is sweeter than most other meads and is made using about 4 pounds of honey per U.S. gallon of mead. Small Mead contains no flavoring other than honey but is made using only about 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 pounds of honey per U.S. gallon of mead and is fermented using an ale yeast. A small mead is closer to ale than to wine, while both dry and sack meads are closer to wine.

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