The complete guide to making mead: the ingredients, equipment, processes, and recipes for crafting honey wine

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Автор: Steve Piatz

Название: The complete guide to making mead: the ingredients, equipment, processes, and recipes for crafting honey wine

Язык: english

Издательство: Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press

Год: 2014

Формат: pdf

Размер: 7,3 mb

Страниц: 160

Some stories suggest that mead was originally discovered when one of our not-yet-upright forebears stuck their hand in a fermenting bee hive and came away with a honeycomb containing a little more than they bargained for. Whatever the truth, brewers have brought this beverage into the twenty-first century, and you can rest assured that The Complete Guide to Making Mead is a thoroughly up-to-date, modern, and authoritative guide to homemade mead. Best of all, it has something for everyone, from the stone-cold beginner to the seasoned veteran.

Award-winning mead-maker Steve Piatz begins with a brief history of the fermented beverage; a rundown of the various types of mead; and a discussion of the many types of honey that are available, their characteristics, and where to source them. Readers will be treated to discussions of yeast and special ingredients, as well as what equipment is necessary and reccomended and an illustrated and detailed look at the basic process. Readers will also discover advanced techniques, such as oaking, clarifying, aging, spicing, and blending. There are even sections on developing recipes and troubleshooting problems with the brewing process.With more than 100 color photos,

The Complete Guide to Making Mead includes dozens of recipes for basic meads (honey only), melomels (honey and fruit), metheglins (honey and spices), and braggots (honey and malt).

INTRODUCTION 6

I A BRIEF HISTORY OF MEAD 8

2 CHARACTERISTICS AND VARIETIES 12

3 INGREDIENTS 20

4 YEAST STRAINS 38

5 THE BASIC PROCESS 4 6

6 FINISHING YOUR MEAD 80

7 PACKAGING 92

8 ADVANCED TECHNIQUES 100

9 RECIPE DEVELOPMENT 112

IO RECIPES 122

11 TROUBLESHOOTING 140

GLOSSARY 148

SAMPLE LOG PAGE 153

SOURCES 154

PHOTO CREDITS 155

INDEX 156

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 160