Thoughts: The smell of this mead in progress is awesome. The whole house smells of toffee and burnt sugar, and, inexplicably, brownies, and the delicious aroma lasts for days. Coming home to that smell is a joy. When it’s bottled, the color is very dark, like a porter, but with incredible clarity. The flavor is…
Category: mead
Elvish White Mead
Now Galadriel rose from the grass, and taking a cup from one of her maidens she filled it with white mead and gave it to Celeborn. “Now it is time to drink the cup of farewell,” she said. “Drink Lord of the Galadrim!…” Then she brought the cup to each of the Company, and…
Counterfeit Malvoisie
“Daenerys held out her cup for Irri to refill. The wine was sweet and strong, redolent with the smell of eastern spices, much superior to the thin Ghiscari wines that had filled her cup of late.” -A Dance with Dragons, p. 204 Thoughts: Oh my. Sweet, redolent with spices, and completely different from anything I’ve…
Metheglin Mead, 1655
Metheglin Mead Thoughts: I started my batch in April, bottled in May, and tried it at the end of August, about 5 months later. At this point, it’s ever so slightly fizzy when first cracked open, and a beautiful light golden color. It smells like honey. The flavor is somewhat herbal, but in a good,…
Game of Brews 