Odin Wins for Men the Magic Mead
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } Source: "The Children of Odin", by Padraic Colum, Illustrated by Willy Pogany [1920]The Internet Sacred Text Archive –...
View ArticleThe Deeds of Odin
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } Source: TEUTONIC MYTH AND LEGEND, by Donald A. Mackenzie, An Introduction to the Eddas & Sagas, Beowulf, The Nibelungenlied,...
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Honey and the Middle Ages
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } by Susanne Price(reprinted with permission from the AMA Journal) In the Middle Ages, honey was used as a sweetener, a medicine, a...
View ArticleMans Oldest Drink
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } by Michael Sisson (reprinted with permission from the Spring 1986 AMA Newsletter) Note: this is the first of what will be a...
View ArticleRed Hot Stones and Rainwater: A Historical Look at Fermentation Methods
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } by Michael Sisson (reprinted with permission from the Fall 1986 AMA Newsletter) In the mid-1800's there was a revolution in...
View ArticleA Barrel of Very Good Mead
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } A Barrel of Very Good Mead from:The True Amazons: or, the Monarchy of Bees by Joseph Warder of Croyden, Physician (1765) "One...
View ArticlePhysiological Theory of Fermentation, 1879
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } Louis Pasteur (1822-1895): Physiological Theory of Fermentation, 1879from the Modern History Sourcebook Translation: F. Faulkner,...
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Libations: Tapping into the Past and Dreading the Hangover
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } Libations: Tapping into the Past and Dreading the Hangover by Samir S. Patel, Archeology Today November/December 2007 Volume 60...
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9,000-year History Of Chinese Fermented Beverages Confirmed
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2004) — PHILADELPHIA, PA, December 2004 Chemical analyses of ancient organics absorbed, and preserved, in...
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Tej in America
.bsaProCarousel-8 { max-width: 728px; width: 100%; overflow: hidden; } by Virginia Davis (From the Fall ’89 Meadmakers Journal) The national drink of Ethiopia is T’ej, a golden sweet honey-wine. T’ej...
View ArticleMead in Literature
Mention of mead comes from many sources, throughout mankinds' written history. Virgil and Plato mention it in their writings. It comes up in 'Beowulf' and the 'Rig-Veda'. The Norse sagas are littered...
View ArticleArcheological Evidence
You’ll see in the Myths & Legends section that mead has a long and romantic life in the stories of many cultures. However, it’s always nice to be able to back those stories up with some sort of...
View ArticleDrinking Vessels
I see lots of questions and speculation on the 'proper' drinking and storage vessels for mead by those interested in being historically correct. So, I'm digging up pictures and references for those...
View ArticleReferences
Well, no historical section is complete without references, and we've collected what we can find, both online and off, with the help of many texts, and several excellent human resources, the most...
View ArticleTej: Ancient Honey Beer
Miriam Kresh Petach Tikvah, Israel February, 2003 Introduction My Tej-making adventure started with the WildWines list’s comments on mead-making and primitive booze in particular. We all thought that...
View ArticleSome Notes About Honey – 1669
submitted by Cindy Renfrow In these quotes from 16th-17th c. English sources, you will see that the best honey was allowed to drip out of the combs. After whatever dripped of its own accord was...
View ArticleMyths and Legends
They say that myths and legends have their basis in truth. Who knows for sure? But the tales of many cultures around the world are fascinating, and even if they are truly just stories (and lets face...
View ArticleRecipe to make mead – 1730
From:Geheym der Wynen ontdektofKunst om alle Blaauwe, Rosse, Lange Verwaaydeen andere onzuyvere Wynen, binnen korten tyd,zonder mangel schoon te maaken. Printed by Reynier van Kessel,in ‘s...
View ArticlePolish Mjod
Polish Meads at Stawski My name is Jordan Liebman. I work for a company that imports mead from Europe, specifically Poland. The reason I am writing is because I now have some of the best mead I have...
View ArticleThe Perfect T’ej BOMM
The Perfect T’ej BOMM I’ve spent nearly 2 years perfecting my T’ej recipe. What is perfect you ask? Fast, cheap, consistently delicious, and minimal tweaking. I’ve finally mastered the recipe according...
View ArticleAncient Mead Making Meets Modern Science: Wild Yeast Culture from Honey...
Ancient Mead Making Meets Modern Science Part 1: Wild Yeast Culture from Honey (Honey Bug) This article is the first of a series that combine the ancient ways of making mead with […] The post Ancient...
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