Jack Ratt Lyme Bay Christmas Mead, 75 cl

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Pour a small amount of mead into a glass and swill around the glass, where you should notice that it leaves behind a coating on the side of the glass. Smell

With his meadery opening earlier this year, Samuel Boulton, Managing Director at The Vanguard in Birmingham, has seen mead taking off with a younger generation: Christmas for the best part of a decade. Lyme Bay Winery’s Christmas mead is arguably their staroffering. In the simplest of terms, mead is essentially a honey wine. It is honey and water that is fermented with yeast and can also be flavoured with a range of fruits, hops, or spices and comes in still and sparkling form. Temperature Control — Controlling your temperature will produce more pleasing meads when using most wine yeasts, and in many cases it will also reduce the aging time that has historically been needed to mellow out fermentation aromas and flavors. I typically ferment meads at 64 °F (18 °C). You should use a temperature in the low end of the range that your chosen yeast will support.

Huckleberry Honey Mead

Mead can also be enjoyed warm up, and it makes for a warming treat when the weather starts to get colder, particularly when we have varieties such as Christmas Mead for you to enjoy. The ideal temperature for serving hot mead is 50 – 55°C, but you should be careful not to overheat it. If mead reaches 60°C or above, it will start to foam and then rapidly lose flavour, leaving you with an unpleasant taste in your mouth!

Embark on a Magic Making Mission. Enjoy festive activities, meet our friendly animals, and indulge in delicious treats this Christmas at Mead Open Farm. Book now for a memorable festive day out! Archaeological evidence puts mead as being one of the oldest alcoholic drinks in the world after traces of the honey-based drink were found in China over 9,000 years ago. This means mead has been enjoyed by some of history’s ancient civilisations, from the ancient Greeks to Norse marauders. Often referred to as the “Nectar of the Gods”, the golden drink has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years, with the demand from people eager to buy mead reaching new heights! We have been perfecting our fantastic meads for over 15 years and often experiment with new and bold flavours to push the boundaries of what is possible with mead. Because the mead we drink today originated in the frozen reaches of northern Europe (where the winters are harsh, dark and painfully long) it only makes sense that mulled mead, warmed through with an assortment of delicious spices, is a long-standing tradition that continues to this day. Mead can be enjoyed either hot or cold, so the serving temperature will depend on which way you are looking to enjoy your beverage.

Elderberry Honey Mead

tea to flavor (the combos are endless and should be adapted to your taste, but I cut open 6 mulling spice tea bags for this venture) For your first taste, you should slowly drink your first mouthful and try to isolate the individual flavours which come to mind. Roll the mead around your mouth so it covers all parts of your tongue, and then swallow. This part is called the ‘body’. Often referred to as the “Nectar of the Gods”, the golden drink has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years, with the demand from people eager to buy mead reaching new heights, which has certainly kept us busy! We have been perfecting our fantastic meads for over 15 years now, and often experiment with new and bold flavours to push the boundaries of what is possible with mead. Add 1/2 tsp K2CO3. One time addition. Increased the amount to compensate for the acidity of the fruit juice. During the holidays’ people tend to dine like royalty and the drink should match a feast fit for a king and queen. This mead is known to have been the drink of royalty, unfit for the classes below, and now it flows freely for your family to enjoy. This mead is more traditional and suits the seasons that is steeped in eons of family customs, a smooth and sweet honey flavor that will balance out the notes of your meal. If you plan all week for your dinner and spend all day prepping for your feast, then this is the best mead for such a holiday dinner.

Swill the mead around slightly and inhale to experience the balance of tones and the unique aroma that comes with the beverage. It will not be a one-sided fragrance, but rather a variety of tones. Different ingredients used in the flavouring of the mead will also add new layers to the scent.Over the nearly 15 years I had been homebrewing I ended up developing a couple basic concepts for how I made different types of meads. For most of the draft-style meads (carbonated, lower-alcohol) I tend to flavor them in the secondary. Meads containing either apple and grape juices were often co-fermented with the honey, but most others tended to have the best presentation when raw fruit was steeped with or without spices in secondary. The bold flavors and freshness is what makes this technique stand out for me.