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If you would like to try something special and different for Valentine’s Day try some wine called Mead. It is brewed from honey rather than grapes; it has a beautiful golden color and a very long tradition of love.

Mead goes by many names and over the centuries it has been called honey-wine, nectar of the gods, and even honeymoon wine. This last name stemmed from a tradition to give a 30-day supply of it to newly married couples. It was said that if they drank a glass every day for the first thirty days of their marriage it would bring them happiness and fertility.

Chocolate, flowers, candy and cards are wonderful traditions that have lasted decades now. But for centuries longer there was the tradition of drinking Mead that was shared by couples. Make this holiday special and try some. It has been around for many hundreds of years and it has been speculated that it was the first alcoholic beverage ever made. This is a matter of debate but one thing that is not up for debate is the delicious nature of this beautiful wine brewed from honey.

So If you are looking for a little something special to do on Valentine’s day I recommend you give Mead a try. It is a brilliant little drink and will make for an interesting new experience and conversation piece.

Honey wine is a very popular drink world-wide but is lesser known in North America and if you are considering a purchase of it you may want to call your local wine retail shop ahead of time to see if they have any in stock.

If you want to learn more about mead or learn how to brew some mead yourself check out my website: The Art of Making Mead

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I have been getting a lot of emails and a lot of messages from people asking me how the mead making is going. The thought occurred to me that while I have been very busy posting lots of stuff about mead making on my website I haven’t posted much about it at all here on my blog.

Well, the mead making has been going great and I have quite a few batches going with supplies coming in for even more. This picture is a look at my new born meadery in the spare room. I can’t use the chalkboard for brainstorming anymore but it’s worth the sacrifice.

Anyway, I have some delicious meads fermenting including a fantastic Raspberry that is out of this world. I also have a pumpkin Mead that is developing well. I am not a big fan of pumpkin so I was really shocked at how delicious it is turning out to be. The pumpkin didn’t overwhelm it. I also have an orange cinnamon that is turning out delicious.

Making Mead very much reminds me of that Tom Petty song “The Waiting is the Hardest Part” and it is fitting because mead making requires a lot of patience. It is typical for a good mead to take several months before you can start tasting it and two or three years to age before it gets really good. 

I have learned a lot about mead over the past several months and I am continuing to make it and learn more. If you are interested in making your own mead I have complete tutorials on it on my website here: The Mead Nerd

Don’t pay attention to the mermaid in the picture :) Looks like I won’t be able to work on that for a while (I can’t reach over the mead table) . Maybe I will just name my little operation The Mermaid Meadery.

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I had a big weekend this past few days - not just watching patriots football but also working on my mead. I had a goal to get a nice batch completed by christmas so I could give them away as presents and they are done!

So what I have is a very nice batch of a dry mead that I made myself, labeled and even waxed. These are going to make a great present to my friends and family. It just goes beyond the buying of gifts because I spent a lot of time and brewed up this mead myself. It gives me a real sense of accomplishment and it is really something quite unique. Going to be a real conversation piece at some christmas parties.

Because it is for christmas I am adding mulling spice packages to the gifts so we can heat up the mead and mull it in some delicious holiday spices.

Anyhoo, it is way too late to make yourself some mead for this christmas but if you are interested in making mead which is a delicious wine made from honey rather than grapes you can check out my website on how to do it. Making Mead the easy and delicious way

As a side note: This has turned into so much fun for me that I am developing it into a small business. I have formed a legal partnership, gotten my tax id number and am moving forward with producing mead as a legitimate consumer project. Going to be a lot of fun and the name of the company is “Round Table Mead”.

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