https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wineen-USTelligent Community 13https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wineTue, 18 Jun 2024 15:09:59 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845GuildSomm Adminhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Study-Guide by GuildSomm Admin on 6/18/2024 3:09:59 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>Mead</li> <li>Fruit Wine</li> </ol> </div> <p style="text-align:justify;">Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Mead <p style="text-align:justify;">Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p style="text-align:justify;">Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices <span class="widow-no-wrap">and terroir.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The first step in modern</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/16Thu, 23 May 2024 14:41:36 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 16 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/23/2024 2:41:36 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>Mead</li> <li>Fruit Wine</li> </ol> </div> <p style="text-align:justify;">Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Mead <p style="text-align:justify;">Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p style="text-align:justify;">Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices <span class="widow-no-wrap">and terroir.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The first step in modern</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/15Tue, 21 May 2024 00:49:07 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 15 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/21/2024 12:49:07 AM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>Mead</li> <li>Fruit Wine</li> </ol> </div> <p style="text-align:justify;">Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Mead <p style="text-align:justify;">Mead is <a href="/research/compendium/w/spirtsandcocktails/2688/mead-styles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">an alcoholic beverage</a> made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p style="text-align:justify;">Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices <span class="widow-no-wrap">and terroir.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The first step in modern</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/14Mon, 20 May 2024 16:22:34 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 14 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/20/2024 4:22:34 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>Mead</li> <li>Fruit Wine</li> </ol> </div> <p style="text-align:justify;">Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Mead <p style="text-align:justify;">Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p style="text-align:justify;">Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices <span class="widow-no-wrap">and terroir.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The first step in modern</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/13Mon, 20 May 2024 16:19:40 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 13 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/20/2024 4:19:40 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="style_box"> Contents <ol> <li>Mead</li> <li>Fruit Wine</li> </ol> </div> <p style="text-align:justify;">Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Mead <p style="text-align:justify;">Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p style="text-align:justify;">Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices and terroir.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The first step in modern</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/12Mon, 20 May 2024 16:16:19 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 12 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/20/2024 4:16:19 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p>Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> Mead <p>Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p>In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices and terroir.</p> <p>The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <p>The first step in modern-day mead production is to</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/11Mon, 20 May 2024 16:15:51 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 11 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/20/2024 4:15:51 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p>Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> Mead <p>Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p>In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices and terroir.</p> <p>The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <p>The first step in modern-day mead production is to</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/10Mon, 20 May 2024 16:14:15 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 10 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/20/2024 4:14:15 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p>Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> Mead <p>Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p>In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices and terroir.</p> <p>The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <p>The first step in modern-day mead production is to</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/9Mon, 20 May 2024 16:13:20 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 9 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/20/2024 4:13:20 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p>Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> Mead <p>Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p>In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices and terroir.</p> <p>The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <p>The first step in modern-day mead production is to</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/8Mon, 20 May 2024 16:11:17 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 8 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/20/2024 4:11:17 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p>Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> Mead <p>Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p>In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices and terroir.</p> <p>The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image featured-aside-image-left"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Tall stainless steel tanks" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead2.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>The first step in modern</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/7Mon, 20 May 2024 16:09:38 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 7 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/20/2024 4:09:38 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p>Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> Mead <p>Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p>In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices and terroir.</p> <p>The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image featured-aside-image-left"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Tall stainless steel tanks" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead2.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>The first step in modern</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/6Mon, 20 May 2024 16:09:02 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 6 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/20/2024 4:09:02 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p>Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> Mead <p>Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p>In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices and terroir.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image featured-aside-image-left"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Tall stainless steel tanks" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead2.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <p>The first step in modern</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/5Mon, 20 May 2024 16:07:46 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 5 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/20/2024 4:07:46 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p>Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> Mead <p>Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p>In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices and terroir.</p> <p>The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image featured-aside-image-left"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Tall stainless steel tanks" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead2.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>The first step in modern</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/4Mon, 20 May 2024 16:06:48 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 4 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/20/2024 4:06:48 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p>Although the reputation of mead and fruit wine has suffered in recent decades, there are many high-quality examples of these ancient beverages being made today, offering adventurous consumers and beverage professionals an exciting alternative to wine, beer, and spirits.</p> Mead <p>Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey. Honey is thought to have first fermented naturally in the wild, where it was found and consumed by both humans and animals. The so-called magic bag theory postulates that these natural fermentations occurred when water, which is necessary for mead production, entered beehives, tree crevices, or bags that were used to store honey.</p> <p>Traces of honey and beeswax have been found at archeological sites worldwide. The earliest-dated alcoholic beverage, made of honey fermented with hawthorn and rice, was discovered by Patrick McGovern at a site in Jiahu, a Neolithic settlement on China&rsquo;s Yellow River, and dated to 7000 BCE. Mead is also a traditional African beverage, and fermented honey products were discovered in King Tut&rsquo;s tomb.</p> <p>In recent history, however, mead has had a poor reputation, largely because of the low-quality, inexpensive honey wines made for Renaissance fairs and by amateur mead makers attempting to produce the beverage at home. Yet the best meaderies and fruit wine producers craft their products using classic winemaking techniques, focusing their efforts on agricultural practices and terroir.</p> <div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>The process of making mead is very similar to that of making wine, but the primary fermentable sugar comes from honey instead of grapes. Meaderies in the United States and the United Kingdom are licensed as wineries at the federal level and are subject to the same rules and regulations as producers of grape wine. In other countries, including the Netherlands, mead is regulated in the same category as beer, and, as such, meaderies are licensed as breweries.</p> <p>The first step in modern-day mead production is to</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/3Tue, 14 May 2024 19:33:52 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 3 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 5/14/2024 7:33:52 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><div class="featured-aside-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Narrow bottles filled with mead on the bottling line" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead1.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <div class="featured-aside-image featured-aside-image-left"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Tall stainless steel tanks" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead2.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <div class="featured-center-image"><img class="image-bordered" alt="Two wooden barrels on their side reading Schramm's Mead" src="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-47/Mead3.JPG" /> Credit: Schramm&#39;s Mead</div> <p>Compiled by <a href="/members/alyson-schramm-naeger">Alyson Schramm Naeger</a> (May 2024)</p> <p>Edited by <a href="/members/stacy-ladenburger">Stacy Ladenburger</a></p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/2Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:05:37 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845Stacy Ladenburgerhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 2 posted to Study-Guide by Stacy Ladenburger on 4/24/2024 9:05:37 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p>TK</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine/revision/1Wed, 03 Apr 2024 22:49:31 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845GuildSomm Adminhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/2679/mead-and-fruit-wine#commentsRevision 1 posted to Study-Guide by GuildSomm Admin on 4/3/2024 10:49:31 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p>TK</p></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: '903689f4-ac34-4a42-86ca-ec84c2922845' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div>