Types of Mead

Sparkling Oaked Acerglyn (Maple Mead) Recipe 13 October 2014 by meadist in Making Mead Mead Recipes - 38 Comments When I got married, my wife and I were not super particular about many things.

Help black currant melomel I was thinking of making a smaller amount of black currant melomel made from pure pressed black currants. And if any successful to make more in august/septemb when I can get "bigger" amounts more cheaply.

Bochet is burnt-honey mead, a mead made by caramelizing the honey before fermentation. One of the earliest "sources" I've seen around for Bochet is the "1393 Mead Recipe", supposedly a translation from The Goodman of Paris, a book written in 1392-1394 by a Parisian merchant for his new, young wife.

Mead is argued as one of the oldest-known fermented beverages ever uncovered, and the history of braggot is not far behind. Honey has been used throughout history as a primary source of sugar in the diet and a fortifying agent in fermented beverages.