Beer Style: Mead
Fast Mead
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis is a simple and straightforward mead recipe that should have your fermentation finished within a few weeks.
Tart Cherry Mead
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis tart cherry mead uses 2 gallons (8 L) of tart cherry juice and finishes at 15.5% ABV.
Blackberry Mead
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA blackberry mead made from 16.7 lbs. (7.6 kg) of blackberries and rings in at 15.1% ABV.
Ethiopian T’ej
Digital and Plus Members OnlyWhile this is technically a braggot, mead brewed with grain malt, the addition of the Gesho adds the characteristic flavors of an Ethiopian T’ej.
Session Meads: Making Carbonated, Lower-ABV Meads
FREEWhile mead is usually a double-digit ABV beverage, a relatively new style of more sessionable mead is becoming popular. Learn the keys to making carbonated, lower-alcohol meads to be enjoyed on any occasion.
Modern Meadmaking
Digital and Plus Members OnlyMead, which is a fermented beverage made from honey, is arguably one of the oldest alcoholic beverages. Vessels found in China dating back to 7000 BC have organic compounds consistent with fermented honey and rice. Mead was the revered “nectar of the gods” in ancient Greece and the “drink of kings” throughout history, though it
Rogue Ales: Marionberry Braggot clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyRogue’s Marionberry Braggot draws big from the proprietary ingredients being produced at Rogue Farms. Two proprietary honeys, more than a handful of Rogue Farms Malts, Rogue Farms Rebel hops, and (of course) lots of Rogue Farms Marionberries are jam packed into this flavorful honey-forward beverage. Marionberry Braggot is a sipper to be shared responsibly amongst friends!
Cyser Apple Honey Mead
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA cyser is traditionally a “sack mead,” or a sweet mead, that’s made with honey and apples. This cyser is quite like a wine, and will have a wine’s higher alcohol content when it’s finished. An important note: When buying the apple juice or cider, be sure it doesn’t contain any preservatives — like potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate or sulfites — which would kill the yeast. Check at a health-food store or find a cider producer who’ll sell you juice right off the press.
Raspberry Melomel
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis raspberry melomel is perfect for summer brewing. It’s even more perfect for conjuring up memories of summer when it’s opened and enjoyed later.
Fall Spice Metheglin
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIf you like pumpkin pie, then you may want to try this Fall-spiced metheglin. This is meant to brew up a 1-gallon (3.8 L) batch, but feel free to scale the recipe up.
Royal Metheglin
Digital and Plus Members OnlyWe’re not sure if the metheglin served to royalty was any better than a peasant’s variety, but we’re sure the spices make this mead fit for a king.
Mexican Pulque
Digital and Plus Members OnlyReaders should keep in mind that it is difficult to replicate true pulque using only the ingredients in a home brewer’s pharmacopeia. It is common for pulque brewers in Mexico to reproduce their own strains of yeast, using a starter of fermented pulque (known as the “semilla”, or seed) to ferment a fresh batch of agave nectar. These yeast strains, like many tricks of the trade, are closely guarded secrets amongst pulqueros — indeed, some of these strains of yeast may be as old as the Aztec Empire itself.