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Thursday Fun Fact 8-29: Icelandic Mead

8/29/2019

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-28 - Although mead is a near constant element in Viking-era myths, the early compilers of the myths may have had almost no real life experience with the beverage since honey bees didn't show up in Iceland until 1930! - Groennfell Meadery

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-22: Is Mead...

8/22/2019

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-22: Is Mead... - When Ricky the Meadmaker learned that the Google autocomplete for “is mead...” was “is mead sweet?” he was irritated. It turns out that he was only upset because Google doesn’t autocomplete his next query: “Is Ricky sweet?” - Groennfell Meadery

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Ask the Meadmaker - I Earned This

8/19/2019

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In which Ricky the Meadmaker answers questions about scaling up to commercial batch sizes, degassing with a vessel too large to shake, the benefits of a conical versus a rounded-bottom fermenter, how much priming sugar to use, and more!

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-15: Vicky Rowe

8/15/2019

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-15 - Did you know that the woman in the corner of GotMead.com is actually Vicky Rowe? She's the founder of the website, which is the single largest resource for mead making ever compiled. - Groennfell Meadery

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-8: Alewives

8/8/2019

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-8 - Up until around 1200 CE, the vast majority of brewers in England were women known as Alewives. Then the term meant female bartender. Then it was a type of fish, which seems pretty unfair for such a cool word. - Groennfell Meadery

Thank you to our amazing summer intern and alewife, Hannah Tosi, for finding this fun fact!

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Ask the Meadmaker - Heart to Heart Talk

8/4/2019

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In which Ricky the Meadmaker answers questions about smoked mead (again), why one dry mead can taste sweeter than another, aging on wood chips, the most challenging recipe to perfect, and more!

Further Reading:
Old Wayfarer Homebrew Recipe
Valkyrie's Choice Homebrew Recipe

More Episodes on Smoky Mead:
No Nap Nora
Recursive Education
Eaten Alive

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-1: National Mead Day

8/1/2019

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-1 - Groennfell Meadery - What do Easter, Thanksgiving, and National Mead Day have in common? They all happen on a different date every year, but the day of the week stays the same! You know what else they have in common? Pretty much nothing.

We eat gratuitous amounts of meat on all three, but that’s merely by choice.

Join us this Saturday 8/3 for a Live Mead Demo (2-5 pm) and our Mead Day Festival (4-8 pm) to get an exclusive glimpse into our new digs and, of course, some great food and drink!

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Thursday Fun Fact 8-29: Icelandic Mead

Thursday Fun Fact 8-22: Is Mead...

Ask the Meadmaker - I Earned This

Thursday Fun Fact 8-15: Vicky Rowe

Thursday Fun Fact 8-8: Alewives

Ask the Meadmaker - Heart to Heart Talk

Thursday Fun Fact 8-1: National Mead Day

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