Mead Making Workshop at Spoutwood Farm

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What: Mead Brewing for Beginners

Where: Spoutwood Farm

When: 3:00 PM July 27th, 2002

Instructor: Michael Kaiser

Cost: $20 per person (includes a mead tasting with crackers, cheese and fruit)

Registration Deadline: Friday July 26th, 5PM

Class is restricted to adults aged 21 or over at the time of the class

Click Here for a Registration Form

This workshop addresses the requests that have been posed to Spoutwood Farm and to the instructor, Michael Kaiser, about the making of Mead.

You may have tasted mead at the "Fairie Festival Friday Night Bonfire" (we consumed a full 6 gallons of a young [45 day!] traditional mead in about an hour!) or have been in attendance at a FF meeting at Spoutwood, and have stayed long enough to try some mead. Well Rob and Lucy want their own "cellar" of mead for various activities at the Farm, such as the "Fairie Festival Saturday Night Bonfire", "Summer Solstice Bonfire", "Harvest Festival" (TBA), and "I Have Just Finished The Weeding In The Foursquare Garden, I Think I'll Have A Glass Of Mead Thankyouverymuch Celebration" (TBA), and have asked me (Michael Kaiser) to lead a workshop on the brewing, drinking, and appreciation of mead.

**This will be the first of many Mead Making Workshops this year, with more scheduled next year. (about every 3 months) This first workshop will cover the basics, such as:**
Why Make Mead?	How to make mead (duh)
Equipment needed (not much, and not expensive)	Honeys and their effect on the final product
Yeasts and their qualities and different applications	Water quality and its effect on the final product
Boiling vs. Steeping	Care of your Carboy
Patience	Racking
Bottling and Storage	Mead and its History
Mead and Spirituality

Batches of Cyser bubbling away

**Future classes will delve into the finer points of mead, such as:**
Brewing Organically	Melomels and Fruit
Hippocras and Beneficial Meads	Metheglyn and the Seasons
Brewing with the Moon	Brewing for Special Occasions
Mead associated Drinking Vessels	Mead Philosophy

I strongly urge those people attending any of the advanced classes to take the beginners class first, or be able to display a marked knowledge of mead making to the instructor prior to the class.

Please note the Registration Deadline for the Beginners Class of July 25th, 5PM. Anyone who has tried to park their car at Spoutwood will know how strict I can be with rules, so don't expect me to be lenient if you show up at 2:55 on Saturday with a registration form and cash in hand. OK, I MIGHT let you in....

If you have comments or suggestions about this website, please send email to:

blacksmith@spoutwood.com

and we will hammer things out.

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