From my understanding, mead is primarily made from honey and may or may not have hops added. Is mead considered a style of beer, or more of a wine, or a completely separate kind of beverage? Are they brewed similarly? More specifically, would it be reasonable to think a brewery I like may make, or consider making mead as well?

Apr 17, 2011 · Mead has much more of a wine taste than a beer taste....the process is a bit different than beer (easier). the process that I normally follow and get good results is heat good clean water to 120F and mix your honey in add yeast nutrients (need nutrients because unlike beer, fermenting honey is a little harder for the yeast to ferment.) Add acids or acid blends depending on the recipe. (for ...

Jul 8, 2023 · I really like mead, I was wondering, if it's cheaper to brew mead compared to buying beer? I had a friend brewing once, and said it was super simple.

Feb 14, 2014 · Ale is a kind of beer. Ale is beer made with a "top-fermenting" yeast (as opposed to lagers, which use a "bottom-fermenting" yeast). Stout is a kind of ale that typically uses roasted malts or roasted grains. It often has a strong coffee/chocolate flavor, and it's usually got higher alcohol content. Mead is fermented honey.

Dec 28, 2022 · Mead doesn't have to take forever. See the Experimental Brewing podcast with guest Mino Choi (link), as well as the Chop and Brew YT epsisode with Mino. You can substitute active management for time, per Mino. Is beer worth it compared to mead? It's a matter of preference isn't it? Do you like beer? Do you want to make your own? If so, brew beer.

Nov 30, 2022 · Personally, I go for the wine. Fruits go in kegs, veggies in preserves jars. But also hops & honey in kegs. I find mead to be a good, easy, quick way for money. 200 per mead, and if you put it in the keg in the morning, it's ready by night. So no extra tending to it like coffee or tea. Also, cheeses in the casks!

Aug 16, 2010 · I realize honeywine is a colloquial synonym for mead, but by my more stodgy definitions, wine is a non-distilled fermented beverage made from fruit juices, mead is a non-distilled fermented beverage made from honey, and beer is a non-distilled fermented beverage made from grain.

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Nov 22, 2022 · It's always been expensive to produce - honey has never been cheap, even dating back to medieval times, so mead was really reserved for special occasions and elite consumption. As beer and wine production techniques evolved, mead continue to decline in popularity. The final nail in the coffin was the rise of spirits in the 1700's and 1800's. Distillation provided a much cheaper alternative. At ...

Dec 11, 2008 · High alcohol meads do not really have a "honey" taste. They have a honey essence, but it doesn't taste like honey. Also, high moderate to high gravity mead will take a minimum of a year of aging to start getting good (~12+ ABV). If you really like honey and want high booze... look into barenjager. It is German honey liquor and is pretty awesome at 40ABV.