For those who do not already know. Here is a comprehensive list of the many different types of mead. Enjoy, and happy brewing!! Melomel: Mead made with fruit added Braggot (or Bracket) Mead made with malted grain (usually barley) Hydromel: This is the term for a weak or watered down mead Pyment: This is mead made with grape or grape juice added. This is also the term for a grape wine that has honey added to it. Cyser - A mead made with apples or apple juice Metheglin: A mead made with added spices - often considered to have medicinal traits. Some common spices are cinnamon, nutmeg or cloves Rhodomel : An ancient Roman term for a mead made with rose petals Sack Mead: A mead with a very high honey content. It has a high density and is often sweeter than typical meads. This can be thought of as a dessert wine of meads. Show Mead: This is a term that has come to define a plain mead with no spices or fruits added. Short Mead : (Also referred to as a quick mead) this is a mead that is made in a fashion so it matures quickly. Short meads are often very similar to ales. Great Mead: Kind of like the opposite of a Short Mead. This mead is designed to be bottled and aged for several years. Sparkling Mead: A carbonated mead much like a sparkling wine. This is usually achieved by adding a small amount of honey or sugar just before bottling. This causes a small secondary ferment while in the bottle that will elevate the pressure and sweetness. Morat: A Melomel made from Mulberries Hippocras: A pyment to which spices have been added Omphacomel: mead made with verjuice which is the juice of unripened grapes. This is often considered to be a type of pyment. Oxymel - Made with wine vinegar Acerglyn - Mead made with maple syrup Bochet - refers to a mead that was made with the honey caramelized or burned before it is added to the water. Creates several different flavors including toffee, chocolate or marshamallow. Capsicumel - Flavored with chili pepper Black Mead - Made with Black Currants Mulled Mead - This refers to a mead that is heated before drinking. Typically it has spices for flavoring. Meads around the world: Tej - Ethiopian mead Acan - Native Mexican Mead Acerglyn - Made with Maple syrup Gverc - Croatian variety of mead Dwojniak - Polish mead using equal amounts of honey and water Poltorak - Polish mead made with two parts water and one part honey Czworniak - Polish mead made with three parts water and one part honey Sima - A finnish mead seasoned with lemon Pitarilla - Mayan mead made with the bark of the balche tree Medica - Slovenian and Croation mead Dandaghare - Nepalese mead made with Himilayan herbs and spices. Medovina - Eastern European mead , Czech republic, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Bosnia Medovukha - Eastern Slavic mead iQhilika - South African Faux Meads or Mead-like Drinks: Mulsum - A drink made from fermented wine that has had honey freshly added to it. This is an ancient Roman drink. Conditum - another Roman recipe that mixes wine with honey and added spices. Conditum, is aged rather than being served immediately. Names for Mead over the Centuries: Med - Slavic Midus - Baltic Medd - Welsh Mid - Old Irish Madhu - Sanskrit Nectar: Greek term possibly meaning mead Ambrosia: Also possibly an ancient name for mead
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 02:31:52 +0000
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