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Making Mead: A Complete Guide to the Making of Sweet & Dry Mead, Melomel, Metheglin, Hippocras, Pyment & Cyser
Book by Bryan Acton
68 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1986
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March 18, 2018
When I got this through the post I was a little shocked and disappointed by it's size, it's tiny, I'd bought it off amazon so didn't realise it's kind of like a glorified pamphlet. The amazon seller had also fashioned his own envelope out of masking tape and some kind of magazine cover, which I guess added to my bafflement a little.
Maybe there isn't that much to say about man's oldest drink, but this is super short and sweet. It was clearly written in the sixties, has a very old English sense of humour, very charming. Though they didn't bother going into say sterilisation techniques there is a wonderful essay about the history of various cultures use of mead as an aphrodisiac.
They rattle through recipes, two or three a page, not really telling you what kind of percentage to expect, I guess you'll find that out yourself when you try them. They tell you about various fruit meads called Melomel, other mixtures with herbs or apples. Finally, there's a section on olde english mulled wine type cocktail things, called boswell, lambs wool, caudle and bolton abbey punch. This is a book of unexpected delights written in a charming English style. It's a little archaic, which suits the subject perfectly.
Maybe there isn't that much to say about man's oldest drink, but this is super short and sweet. It was clearly written in the sixties, has a very old English sense of humour, very charming. Though they didn't bother going into say sterilisation techniques there is a wonderful essay about the history of various cultures use of mead as an aphrodisiac.
They rattle through recipes, two or three a page, not really telling you what kind of percentage to expect, I guess you'll find that out yourself when you try them. They tell you about various fruit meads called Melomel, other mixtures with herbs or apples. Finally, there's a section on olde english mulled wine type cocktail things, called boswell, lambs wool, caudle and bolton abbey punch. This is a book of unexpected delights written in a charming English style. It's a little archaic, which suits the subject perfectly.
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