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Mike Faul, founder and owner of Rabbit's Foot Meadery near San Francisco, is a former home mead maker and IT professional. He turned 'pro' years ago, and Rabbits Foot Meadery is one of the largest and most profitable meaderies in the U.S., possibly in the world. He is distributed in many states in t

The University of Nebraska will be holding a seminar on BEEKEEPING VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS WORKSHOP on June 12-13 at the Agricultural Research and Development Center (ARDC) in Ithaca, NE.

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Manchester, NH o April 30, 2009 - On Saturday, April 25th, Brew Free or Die (BFD) held the first "Mead Free or Die" homebrew mead competition in Manchester, N.H. Both Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) and American Homebrewers Association (AHA) sanctioned this event.

Black Cat Honey of Winche

2009 Mazer Cup International a Resounding Success!

The results for the *new* Mazer Cup International are in!! Look below to see if you won. All the results, prizes, medals, etc were mailed out today from Boulder, and you should be getting them in the next few days to a week (depending on your locatio

Black Raspberry Mead - - One year old -

Color: Rich, dark opaque ruby. The nose is redolent of a burgundy, with a strong berry note underlain with honey, a touch of oak and maybe a hint of chocolate. The flavor is excellent! Rich dark berries and honey together, no off flavors, and a long, tangy finish that keeps bringing back the berries

Blueberry Melomel - Sweet - One year old

Color: Old sherry, rich red and brown tones, classic blueberry melomel colors. Nose has honey first, with a slight oxidation undertone running alongside the berry note. However, the oxidized note is much less noticeable in the taste, where a large berry flavor supported by strong honey notes buries

Strawberry Melomel - Sweet- One year old - Color: Dark golden straw, with a touch of pink. The nose shows a touch of oxidation, over delicate strawberry, with a honey note beneath. Upon tasting, the oxidation is again present, but has melded with the strawberry and honey to give an almost sherry-lik

T'ej in America

by Virginia Davis

The national drink of Ethiopia is T'ej, a golden sweet honey-wine. T'ej is a mead that is indigenous to Ethiopia with roots going back to the 4th century.

In Ethiopia, T'ej is made in private homes for family consumption and is not sold commercially. Each household has its own family recipe and variations in taste result from the type of honey used, temperature, climate, materials and utensils and the time involved in making the mead. Ethiopians purch

Announcing the Mazer Cup International, sponsored by Gotmead!!

Two heavyweights in the Mead world have partnered to bring a new era of mead competitions to the International Mead Community. The MAZER CUP, started by Ken Schramm, Dan McConnell and Mike O'Brien quickly became the de-facto standard for mead competitions in North America and set the standard for al