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Welcome Welcome

MMAMMA

Eastern Mead Eastern Mead

Mead and San Diego Mead and San Diego

Mountain Mead Mountain Mead

Letter from the Editor

Red BordersAmerican Mead Maker is published on a quarterly basis

For advertising information and submission guidelinescontact the editor superstitionmeaderyhotmailcom

Cover Artesano Meadery in Groton Vermont welcomesvisitors on a 1047297ne Summer day

4

5

8

16

20

A Trip to Some East Coast MeaderiesJeff Herbert

The Story Behind AMMAChris Webber

Liquid AssetsRandy Clemens

Meadery of the RockiesStacy Wittig

RED BORDERS American Mead Maker

Winter 2012




Mead has been around since before recorded history but only recently have we been able to unite and

form the American Mead Makerrsquos Association This

humble journal endeavors to bring mead makers together to share

resources and information In our first year we are planning to

conduct the first survey of the commercial mead industry in

America This baseline data will serve as a starting point to

track a variety of issues as mead grows in popularity We will

introduce you to meaderies across our country and the amazing

products they produce AMMA will promote and publish the

results of commercial and home made mead competitions We

will strive to introduce you to new mead recipes mead cocktailsand food pairing suggestions We also would like mead fans to

be involved with this publication So if you have organizational

writing or photography skills and passion for mead contact me

to get involved If you are reading this letter you probably have

enjoyed making and or drinking mead So spread the word buy

a bottle or 12 from your local meadery and help us put mead on

the map

--Jeff Herbert



BY Chris Webber

The Story Behind AMMA

With the phenomenal growth in the mead in-dustry over the last several years many believethere is now not only a suffi cient base to sup-port a new mead organization but a great needas well Many have observed that the meadindustry is today where craft beer was somethirty years ago It was discussed for sometime among industry leaders and internet fo-

rums about once again puttingtogether an association BradDolhofer of B Nektar Meaderyin Ferndale Michigan createda Facebook page in January2011 for the American MeadMakers Association (AMMA)which started the ball roll-ing In October Chris Webber

of Dragonrsquos Lair Country Wines amp Meads inLakewood Washington (not yet bonded) puttogether a website to start formally bringingthe industry together

Part of the discussion was whether or not toactually form as an international associationso as to include other mead makers around theworld however in the end it was decided that

due to jurisdictional considerations for legisla-tive purposes the association should limit itsboundaries to the US and should an interna-tional organization be formed in the future the AMMA would become a member and support-er In the meantime non-US mead makers can join the AMMA as an Associate Member

There have been several attempts over the years

to create an association for the purpose of pro

moting and improving the mead industry Th

original American Mead Association (AMA

was founded in 1986 by Pamela Spence Ohi

beekeeper and author of Mad About Mead

Nectar of the Gods (ISBN 1-56718-683-1) an

other works as an alternative market for hone

Unfortunately it was a labor of love and the la

bor was a bit too muchIt was passed on to Susanne Pric

in 1993 who moved it to Colo

rado She built up the organiza

tion through her connection

with the American Homebrewer

Association as well as enlarge

the newsletter and soon made

a partnership with John ldquoJulian

Strekel Julian had established a honey suppl business and it seems that the intention was t

move the AMA from Pamela Spencersquos concep

tion as a nonprofit organization to a for profi

co-op After Susannersquos tragic death in earl

1996 it was left to Julian to run the organiza

tion

The association soon fell on hard times Th

newsletter ceased although the association wastill accepting dues honey suppliers were no

being paid and in short order the money was a

gone By March 1997 Julian gave up all inte

est in the AMA to Andrew LaMorte and Keit

and Sarah Wanless of Highlander Home Brew

in Littleton Colorado It soon became apparen

the organization was in a dire financial situa

tion and due also to some legal consideration



a complete reorganization became necessaryTe task proved to be over-whelming and by mid-1998the association had fadedinto oblivion As is oft the

case when such organiza-tions fail it is a slow pain-ful death where many goodhonest people were leftwith a bad taste

In 1990 Ken Schrammauthor of Te CompleatMeadmaker (Brewers Pub-

lications 2003) Dan Mc-Connell and Mike OBrienfounded the Mazer CupMead Competition whichran for 12 years in Michi-gan Te original Mazer Cupwas sponsored by the Ann Arbor Brewers Guildthe National Honey Board and others and wasa BJCP and AHA sanctioned competition Te

1047297rst time the Mazer Cup is mentioned in theMead Lovers Digest is April 1993 It lists spon-sors as GW Kent Inc of Ann Arbor MI HomeWinery Supply of Dundee MI Te Ann ArborBrewers Guild and the American Mead Asso-ciation of Boulder CO

In 2001 the Mazer Cup was renamed the Pfei-ffer Mazer Cup in memory of friend mentor

and 1985 AHA Meadmaker of the Year Bill Pfei-ffer who lost his battle with cancer in 2000 In2002 Ray Daniels author of Designing GreatBeers Te Ultimate Guide to Brewing ClassicBeer Styles and other great beer books re-organized the Mazer Cup into the First Inter-national Mead Competition and Planet BuzzFestival in Chicago Illinois Tis would be the

largest mead only festival ever to that date

Te next year the festivawas picked up by David Myers and Redstone Meader

of Boulder Colorado anshortened to the International Mead Festival (IMFBy 2004 the Festival hasome 85 different meadfrom 32 companies in 7 diferent countries In 200the competition was expanded to include amateu

mead makers

In 2003 and 2004 meetingwere held during the IMcompetition to discuss chalenges facing the industr

and by late 2004 another attempt was madto create the International Mead Associatio(IMA) which basically assumed the IMF Com

mittees were formed and paperwork was 1047297ledbut by the end of 2007 the IMA was gone againhowever the IMF continued

In 2009 Myers and Redstone ended their stewardship of the Festival In the interest of preserving the momentum of this event VickRowe owner of the website GotMeadcom Petar Bakulic and others reorganized the compe

tition With the blessing of Schramm McConnell and OBrien it assumed the name of thMazer Cup International Mead Competitionand is today the largest mead-only compettion in the United States and indeed the world

Finally on May 1st 2012 the American MeaMakers Association (AMMA) was incorpo



rated in the State of Washington with Chris

Webber as President pro tem Cheryl Webber

as Secretary and Woody Drake of Columbus

Ohio as Vice President In accordance with the Association Bylaws their mission is fourfold

to improve regulation that promotes the Meadindustry to educate consumers about Mead

to conduct research to improve the craft and

to promote Mead in general

In the short term the Associations plans are

to build its membership establish a website

domain and to start a newsletter Over time

the expectation will be to effect the Federal

regulations to recognize Mead as a fermentedbeverage separate from wine with labeling and

formula rules speci1047297c to the craft Tis will co-

incide with establishing style guidelines that

will also be used in sanctioned competitionsand judge certi1047297cations Te organization also

plans to work with wineries meaderies and

mead competitions around the country to de-

velop a program whereby Association mem-

bers can receive a discount

Much of the preceding information was gath-

ered through an exhaustive search of the ar-

chives of the Mead Lovers Digest an email fo-

rum which began September 25th 1992 underthe care of John A Dilley and continues un-

interrupted today with Dick Dunn as ldquoDigest

Janitorrdquo Tese archives can be found online

at the GotMeadcom website httpwwwgot-meadcommldarchiveshtml Other contribu-

tions came from discussions on the GotMeadcom forum and conversations with Mr Ken

Schramm

PREVIOUS PAGE Pam Spence





A Road Trip in Search of Eas

Coast Mead

In June of 2012 I visited 3mead makers in MarylandMassachusetts and Ver-

mont My first stop was tothe magnificent estate win-ery of Mt Felix which is justoutside of Havre De Gracein Northeastern Maryland

When you park at Mt Fe-lix you are in the shadow ofa beautiful brick mansionbuilt in an era long past The tasting room and win-

ery compliment the style ofthe historic home and the views of the ChesapeakeBay are a rare treat Enjoy-ing a glass of wine while lis-tening to live music on the patio while scanning thefarm fields for wildlife be-fore a walk amongst severalacres of grapes is a wonder-ful way to spend a weekendafternoon

During my visit the propri-etor Peter Ianniello wasonsight to pour wines along with his staff who were each

well versed in the wine ming process and descriptiof their products The lis

products offered for tastiand for bottle purchases wextensive One stand and the best pumpkin wI have ever had was the Tra Maria It poured a cstraw color and tasted fall

When the folks at Mt lix heard that I was visi

from Arizona and had opened a meadery the p prietor vanished for a mment and returned witblueberry mead he mad years prior It was reallnice gesture to share a batch of mead he madelong ago While not for during my visit Mt F was aging a pyment m with their Chambourgrapes and fortified wgrappa What a concep vowed to return and tradbottle of my pyment on next visit

After leaving Marylanddrove north towards ru Western Massachusetts

visit the mead makers

Opposite Page Clockwise from Upper Left Artesano mead made with a variety

of blueberries Chambourcin grapes grow early in the season at Mt Felix Win-

ery the crew at Green River Ambrosia This Page Wax machine in operation at

Ar tesano Mt Felix Pumpkin wine Next Page Tasting room at Mt Felix and InsideGreen River Ambrosia

Article and Photos By Jeff Herbert





Green River Ambrosia I had previously con-

tacted Garth Shaneyfelt to arange a tour and

tasting of Green Riverrsquos offerings It turned

out that the whole staff was onsite and full

of excitement for their growing business

mead and meeting new folks Along with

Garth Will Savitri Brendan Burns SamDribble and Sandy Pearson are liquid artists

using locally produced honey ex-Jack Dan-

iels barrels chamomile flowers local apple

cider and ginger to create innovative styles of

mead and

a l c o h o l -

ic gin-

ger soda

G r e e nRiver also

brews a

p o p u l a r

brand of

k o m b u -

cha tea

Ka t a lys t

K o m -

b u c h a which is a

fermented

pro-biotic

health elixir Garth joked ldquoWe are vertically

integrated with both toxifying and detoxify-

ing productsrdquo

Green River began making mead in order to

support local bee keepers and started with10 hives producing raw local honey Now

they self-distribute in over 65 package stores

and restaurants and are expanding Their

current line up follows

Liquid Sunshine A traditional semi-dry

mead made with local honey for a slightly

floral taste 12 abv

Chamomile A traditional semi-dry mead in

fused with organic chamomile flowers 12

abv (seasonal)

Winter Warmer A semi-sweet mead flavore

with our warming spice blend to get yo

through the cold dark winter Try it heated14 abv (winter seasonal)

Cyzer Our apple-icious mead made wit

fresh-pressed heritage cider from Clarkdal

Fruit Farms i

Deerfield MA

Light natura

effervescence

serve chilled12 abv (avai

able late Sum

mer - Fall)

Bourbon Cyz

er Our cyze

aged three-plu

months in fres

bourbon barrelSomewhat effe

vescent - kee

refrigerated 12

abv Winner of 2010 and 2011 Mazer Cu

Medals (Available late summer - fall)

Bourbon-Barrel Buckwheat Hearty buck

wheat honey mead mellowed over six month

in Jack Daniels Bourbon Barrels 14 abv(seasonal)

Ginger Libation Our hugely popular Liba

tion is somewhat like a spicy alcoholic ginge

soda but yoursquove just gotta try for yoursel

Sweetened with cane sugar pineapple an

citrus juices (not a mead) itrsquos fruity bubbl

and delicious Keep refrigerated bottle con

ditioned 8-9 abv







Previous Pages Clockwise From Top Left Green River

Ambrosia Luke and Logan Herber t enjoy a glass of Kom-

bucha Tea Artesano Meadery Hilary Bumgarner pours a

sample of b lueberry mead Jennifer Herbert taking notes

at Green River Ambrosia Opposite Page Inside Artesa-

norsquos tasting room Artesanorsquos fermentation tanks

The last stop on this East Coast mead trip was Artesano Meadery in Groton Vermont

Offering samples of mead and their own ice

cream on a sunny Vermont Summer day a

visit to Artesano will inspire meadery owners

and mead fans alike I met Hilary Bumgarner

who provided one of the best tours anyone

cold ask for She works with the owners of

Artesano and not only pours samples in the

tasting room but is an accomplished meadmaker After tasting several fantastic meads

Hilary showed me Artesanorsquos stainless fer-

mentation tanks bottling machine and they

even have a custom made device which seals

the cork with a wax finish and then imprints

their logo in the wax

Artesano has won several awards and makes

the following meads Traditional Mead ChiliCinnamon Mead Essence Dry Mead Spiced

Mead Cranberry Mead Blueberry Mead

Blackberry Mead and Poetrsquos Mead which is

aged in bourbon barrels

Owner Mark Simakaski and his wife began

making mead while teaching bee keeping in

the Peace Corps in South America I asked

Mark about challenges he faced in startinga meadery He said ldquoThe time from start up

to your first bottle of mead has a long lead

time We needed to be sure there was enough

capital to make it throughrdquo In 2012 Artesano

produced 17000 500 ml bottles of mead Ap-

parently their hard work is paying off

Artesano self-distributes to 55 accounts in

Vermont and their most popular mead i

their Traditional Mead Mark also sells mea

and represents Artesano at farmerrsquos market

and a few wine events each year when aske

about what will help grow the mead indus

try Mark says ldquoGood mead makers and a lo

of consumer education As the availability o

mead increases so will its sales But it has t

be good meadrdquo

In visiting these three businesses makin

mead I was excited to see that mead univer

sally serves as a catharsis for the liquid artis

The creativity exibited by mead makers is as

tounding The success that these three mea

makers have developed is indicative of th

growth that can be expected in the mead in

dustry Meaderies are starting up across th

country but we are just beginning to catch

new wave in the alcohol industry

One hypothesis I had prior to this road tri

was that meaderies even in similar parts o

the country are relatively disconnected I be

lieve that the spirit of a business deciding tbegin a meadery is certainly an independen

spirit and perhaps geography may keep u

apart While some of the mead makers I vis

ited had been to other Eastern meaderies

and even to the Mazer Cup these meader

ies generally do their own thing In light o

this I keep asking myself a question that

will posit to you now ldquoIf there is strength i

numbers as the old saying goes what benefits can meaderies realize if we further ne

work and join togetherrdquo

I hope to see you at the Mazer Cup in 2013

Check out

wwwmountfelixcom

wwwgreenriverambrosiacom

wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets

Mead For The Modern AgeBy Randy Clemens

ldquoMead is the ancient liquor of gods and

men the giver of knowledge and poetry

the healer of wounds and the bestower of

immortalityrdquo

George Robert Gayre Scottish anthropologist

Long before the advent of wine beer and spir-

its countless civilizations celebrated revered

and drank their fair share of mead an alcoholic

beverage forged out of the fermentation of na-

turersquos most miraculous sugar honey

ldquoWe see mead as a magical thingrdquo explainsFrank Golbeck co-founder of fledgling start-

up Golden Coast Mead based in San Diego ldquoIt

represents this synergy that has connected peo-

ple to agriculture and their environment Drink-

ing it is a culinary experience that has deep cul-

tural roots across the world and across timerdquo

Indeed honey has long been held in high re-

gard and one can only imagine that meadrsquos

intoxicating properties would make honey thatmuch more special to our early ancestors The

mind-altering effects were thought of as a kind

of transformation a journey into another world

that opened the brain to new thoughts and ex-

periences

ldquoA drink I took of the magic mead [hellip] then I

began to know and to be wise to grow and t

weave poemsrdquo

mdashOdin from the Norse Saga Runahal circ

1200 CE

Mead is believed by many to be the first alco

holic drink known to man likely a happy ac

cident caused by mixing water and honey in a

animal-skin canteen while out on a hunt Est

mates of its discovery range from 9000 year

ago to as far back as 20000 years ago Ancien

Greeks and Romans had a well documented a

finity for mead as did the Vikings the Egyp

tians and many other cultures across Europe

the East Indies and Africa Fast forwarding t

the present mead is not nearly as prevalent as

once was taking a back seat to the much mor

common potent potables of today beer wine

cider sake and the like But it holds a worl

of complexity just waiting to be explored Th

meadmakermdashalso known as a mazermdashha

at their fingertips a veritable blank canvas o

which to build

ldquoMead presents this huge spectrum of flavo

possibilitiesrdquo continues Golbeck ldquoThe hone

varietal is arguably the most important choic

in determining the profile of the mead but se

lecting a yeast strain deciding how sweet yoursquo

like it to be whether or not itrsquos sparkling and o





course if yoursquod like to add in adjuncts such as

fruit or spices how long itrsquos aged and whether

or not thatrsquos on oakhellipthe combinations really

are unlimitedrdquo

In regards to the honey varietal Susan Ruud

and Gordon Strongmdashrecognized as Grand Mas-

ter level judges by the Beer Judge Certification

Programmdashconducted ldquoThe Great Honey Ex-

perimentrdquo which had a group of people gauge

six different meads identical in every respect

except for the type of honey used Their meads

presented and evaluated at the 2010 National

Homebrewers Conference had some common-

alities but also pointed out some very interest-

ing differences

Golden Coast is currently focusing on making

one mead and making it well Called Mirth in

a Bottle itrsquos obvious in talking with Golbeck

that he has an insatiable passion for his craft

ldquoFor me I want to show the best expression of

the honey varietalrdquo he waxes ldquoThatrsquos what Irsquom

afterrdquo

ldquoWe start with a wonderfully aromatic orange

blossom honey and make the mead semisweet

and sparkling which really makes the citrus fla

vor pop and that surprises a lot of people Th

character isnrsquot nearly as noticeable in the bas

honey but it comes through beautifully in th

finished mead We use a red-wine yeast for th

fermentation which adds these complex flor

notes that I just love But ultimately itrsquos all t

highlight the nuances naturally present in th

honeyrdquo

Are you reading this all in disbelief remem

bering a cloying sickeningly sweet mead th

you tried at ye olde Renaissance Faire Wel

I implore you to give it another shot There

a world of great meads out there waiting to b

enjoyed Some are sweet or semisweet whil

others can be quite dry with different carbon

ation levels ranging from still to sparking o

somewhere in between called semi-sparklin

or peacutetillant [Yoursquoll thank me when thatrsquos

question on Jeopardy some day] It might tak

a bit of searching but therersquos been a growin

buzz thatrsquos getting mead onto more and mor

shelves And while I can drone on and on fodays reading about them is nowhere near a

great as tasting them

HONEY VARIETAL SAMPLING OF AROMA FLAVOR CHARACTERISTIC

MESQUITE Pipe tobacco smoke wood earthy vanilla pepper cinnamon Cheddar cheese min

ORANGE BLOSSOM Citrus orange blossom honey 1047298oral pear vanilla apple white grape almon

TUPELO Apple pepper wood mint white grape cinnamon marshmallow caramel 1047298oral cider pe

WHITE SAGE Earthy minty menthol musty herbal pepper spicy light smoke sauerkrau

STAR THISTLE Floral grassy 1047297g cinnamon nutmeg lavender vanilla butter caramel pin

BASSWOOD Menthol thyme oregano white wine butter earthy wood caramel citrus pepp



TALKING THE TALK

BRAGGOT A hybrid of mead and beer brewed with honey and malt

CYSER A hybrid of mead and cider made with honey and apple juice

HYDROMEL Lighter lower alcohol mead

MELOMEL Mead fermented with any variety of fruit

METHEGLIN Mead brewed with herbs spices or hops

PYMENT A hybrid of mead and wine made with honey and grape juice

SACK MEAD Higher alcohol mead typically above 14 abv

TEJ A popular Ethiopian style of mead made with a bitter species of buck

thorn known as Gesho

Golden Coast Mead is available for purchase

in several locations throughout San Diego

County but can be shipped nationwide

through wwwgoldencoastmeadcom Gol-beck also offered a list of some of his favor-

ite meads and meaderies B Nektar Meadery

(MI) WineHaven Stinger Honeywine (MN)

Mountain Meadows Mead (CA) Moonlight

Meadery (NH) and Redstone Meadery (CO)

And if yoursquore interested in making your own at

home Golbeck recommends picking up The

Compleat Meadmaker by Ken Schramm

Randy Clemens is the author of The Sriracha

Cookbook and co-author of The Craft of Stone

Brewing Co Liquid Lore Epic Recipes and

Unabashed Arrogance He is also the Media amp

Communications Linchpin at Stone Brewing

Co If yoursquore bored you can follow his musings

on Twitter RandyClemensEsq



Standing next to fifty-five gallon drums of

honey at Meadery of the Rockies in Pali-

sade Colorado mead maker and owner

Glenn Foster explains his secrets to successful

mead production ldquoWe start with 100 pure

natural orange-blossom honey This California

honey has been the standard since 1995 because

of its consistent tasterdquo describes Foster whose

award-wining melomels are very popular withconsumers Because the meadery -- originally

known as the Rocky Mountain Meadery -- does

so much with fruit-blended meads they needed

honey that would enhance flavors of many dif-

ferent fruits

Over time they found that orange-blossom

honey carried the flavors of a variety of fruits

better than other types of honey Fosterrsquos favo

ite way to make melomel is to blend the mea

with fruit wine

And it just so happens that he has unlimited ac

cess to many award-winning fruit wines Foste

and wife Natalie own and operate St Kathry

Cellars and Talon Winery also located in Pal

sade The small agricultural community is in thheart of western Coloradorsquos fruit country nea

Grand Junction The area is especially know

for its peaches which are shipped all over th

west and can be found in kitchens as high-brow

as Air Force One ndash the presidentrsquos ride Th

lush valley is designated as The Grand Valley

the oldest and largest AVA (American Viticu

ture Area) in Colorado

The Buzz at Coloradorsquos Oldest Meadery

Article and Photos By Stacey Wittig



Water is in abundance at the foot of the Rocky

Mountains ndash Palisade is right on the Colorado

River ndash and the Fosters use pure Rocky Moun-

tain water for their entire mead making ldquoWelearned the old tricks and discovered some new

ones along the wayrdquo reveals Foster who

personally directs the production of each batch

of mead The mead maker brought some secrets

with him when he bought the meadery in 2008

He had previously worked as the of ficial wine-

maker at Twin Rivers Winery in Grand Junc-

tion and also in the California wine industryldquoMy father founded Ravenswood Winery [So-

noma] when I was twelve [in 1976] ldquoWe were

glass droppers as children I came to Colora-

do in rsquo82 to go to school In 1993 I went back

to Ravenwood In 1995 while visiting my in-

laws we discovered Grand Valley We decided

to move here that day and put a deposit on a

rental houserdquo laughs the impulsive vintner

He worked for various Grand Valley winerie

for about ten years until he got tired of makin

OPW (other peoplesrsquo wine)

Mead production has quadrupled since 1995

Foster is proud that his meadery is the fir

meadery in Colorado ldquoOur roots go way backMead is authentic ndash millennials are looking fo

something authentic and differentrdquo he say

Mead flavored with apricots peaches straw

berries cherries and raspberries are trendy righ

now The Cherries lsquon Honey just won Gold i

the 2012 Denver International Wine Compet

tion

Meadery of the Rockiesrsquo automated bottlinline can cork or screw cap thirty-six bottle

per minute Their twenty-three tanks range i

size from 160 to 3000 gallons Meads sell fo

$1195 ndash $3495 per bottle When you visi

sample up to five meads free in the comfy tas

ing room (only $1 per sample after that) Wh

might you see there Visitors from as far awa

as Japan mead lovers from California Colo

rado and Utah and maybe even Emilio Estevewho has been known to stop in for a taste

Meadery of the Rockies 3701 G Road

Palisade Colorado (970) 464-7899 Open Da

ly 10-5 wwwmeaderyoftherockiescom

Stacey Wittig is a travel writer based in Flag

staff AZ Her culinary adventures have led he

up the Inca Trail in Peru eating fried caterpilars and roasted guinea pig across the plains o

northern Spain on El Camino de Santiago en

joying steamed barnacles and through the vine

yards of Cinque Terre sipping Chianti Classico

ldquoThe Grand Canyon State is a remarkable plac

to call homerdquo declares the wandering write

Get more travel tips at wwwVagabondinglulu

com







Welcome Welcome

MMAMMA








4

5

8

16

20






Winter 2012




















the map

--Jeff Herbert



BY Chris Webber





























tion






















mead makers




































Schramm







Coast Mead































mead and

a l c o h o l -

ic gin-

ger soda

G r e e nRiver also

brews a

p o p u l a r

brand of

k o m b u -

cha tea

Ka t a lys t

K o m -


fermented

pro-biotic



ing productsrdquo








floral taste 12 abv



abv (seasonal)






Fruit Farms i

Deerfield MA

Light natura

effervescence


able late Sum

mer - Fall)

Bourbon Cyz

er Our cyze

aged three-plu

months in fres


vescent - kee

refrigerated 12












ditioned 8-9 abv


















































be good meadrdquo

























Check out

wwwmountfelixcom


wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com





Welcome Welcome

MMAMMA








4

5

8

16

20






Winter 2012




















the map

--Jeff Herbert



BY Chris Webber





























tion






















mead makers




































Schramm







Coast Mead































mead and

a l c o h o l -

ic gin-

ger soda

G r e e nRiver also

brews a

p o p u l a r

brand of

k o m b u -

cha tea

Ka t a lys t

K o m -


fermented

pro-biotic



ing productsrdquo








floral taste 12 abv



abv (seasonal)






Fruit Farms i

Deerfield MA

Light natura

effervescence


able late Sum

mer - Fall)

Bourbon Cyz

er Our cyze

aged three-plu

months in fres


vescent - kee

refrigerated 12












ditioned 8-9 abv


















































be good meadrdquo

























Check out

wwwmountfelixcom


wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com






















the map

--Jeff Herbert



BY Chris Webber





























tion






















mead makers




































Schramm







Coast Mead































mead and

a l c o h o l -

ic gin-

ger soda

G r e e nRiver also

brews a

p o p u l a r

brand of

k o m b u -

cha tea

Ka t a lys t

K o m -


fermented

pro-biotic



ing productsrdquo








floral taste 12 abv



abv (seasonal)






Fruit Farms i

Deerfield MA

Light natura

effervescence


able late Sum

mer - Fall)

Bourbon Cyz

er Our cyze

aged three-plu

months in fres


vescent - kee

refrigerated 12












ditioned 8-9 abv


















































be good meadrdquo

























Check out

wwwmountfelixcom


wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















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Coast Mead































mead and

a l c o h o l -

ic gin-

ger soda

G r e e nRiver also

brews a

p o p u l a r

brand of

k o m b u -

cha tea

Ka t a lys t

K o m -


fermented

pro-biotic



ing productsrdquo








floral taste 12 abv



abv (seasonal)






Fruit Farms i

Deerfield MA

Light natura

effervescence


able late Sum

mer - Fall)

Bourbon Cyz

er Our cyze

aged three-plu

months in fres


vescent - kee

refrigerated 12












ditioned 8-9 abv


















































be good meadrdquo

























Check out

wwwmountfelixcom


wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































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Schramm







Coast Mead































mead and

a l c o h o l -

ic gin-

ger soda

G r e e nRiver also

brews a

p o p u l a r

brand of

k o m b u -

cha tea

Ka t a lys t

K o m -


fermented

pro-biotic



ing productsrdquo








floral taste 12 abv



abv (seasonal)






Fruit Farms i

Deerfield MA

Light natura

effervescence


able late Sum

mer - Fall)

Bourbon Cyz

er Our cyze

aged three-plu

months in fres


vescent - kee

refrigerated 12












ditioned 8-9 abv


















































be good meadrdquo

























Check out

wwwmountfelixcom


wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































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Coast Mead































mead and

a l c o h o l -

ic gin-

ger soda

G r e e nRiver also

brews a

p o p u l a r

brand of

k o m b u -

cha tea

Ka t a lys t

K o m -


fermented

pro-biotic



ing productsrdquo








floral taste 12 abv



abv (seasonal)






Fruit Farms i

Deerfield MA

Light natura

effervescence


able late Sum

mer - Fall)

Bourbon Cyz

er Our cyze

aged three-plu

months in fres


vescent - kee

refrigerated 12












ditioned 8-9 abv


















































be good meadrdquo

























Check out

wwwmountfelixcom


wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com






Coast Mead































mead and

a l c o h o l -

ic gin-

ger soda

G r e e nRiver also

brews a

p o p u l a r

brand of

k o m b u -

cha tea

Ka t a lys t

K o m -


fermented

pro-biotic



ing productsrdquo








floral taste 12 abv



abv (seasonal)






Fruit Farms i

Deerfield MA

Light natura

effervescence


able late Sum

mer - Fall)

Bourbon Cyz

er Our cyze

aged three-plu

months in fres


vescent - kee

refrigerated 12












ditioned 8-9 abv


















































be good meadrdquo

























Check out

wwwmountfelixcom


wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com

















mead and

a l c o h o l -

ic gin-

ger soda

G r e e nRiver also

brews a

p o p u l a r

brand of

k o m b u -

cha tea

Ka t a lys t

K o m -


fermented

pro-biotic



ing productsrdquo








floral taste 12 abv



abv (seasonal)






Fruit Farms i

Deerfield MA

Light natura

effervescence


able late Sum

mer - Fall)

Bourbon Cyz

er Our cyze

aged three-plu

months in fres


vescent - kee

refrigerated 12












ditioned 8-9 abv


















































be good meadrdquo

























Check out

wwwmountfelixcom


wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com















mead and

a l c o h o l -

ic gin-

ger soda

G r e e nRiver also

brews a

p o p u l a r

brand of

k o m b u -

cha tea

Ka t a lys t

K o m -


fermented

pro-biotic



ing productsrdquo








floral taste 12 abv



abv (seasonal)






Fruit Farms i

Deerfield MA

Light natura

effervescence


able late Sum

mer - Fall)

Bourbon Cyz

er Our cyze

aged three-plu

months in fres


vescent - kee

refrigerated 12












ditioned 8-9 abv


















































be good meadrdquo

























Check out

wwwmountfelixcom


wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com




















































be good meadrdquo

























Check out

wwwmountfelixcom


wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com


















































be good meadrdquo

























Check out

wwwmountfelixcom


wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com
















































be good meadrdquo

























Check out

wwwmountfelixcom


wwwartesanomeadcom





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com







Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com





Liquid Assets





immortalityrdquo



















periences



weave poemsrdquo


1200 CE


















which to build














are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com










are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com








are unlimitedrdquo











ing differences







afterrdquo











honeyrdquo

























TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































tion






















com





TALKING THE TALK










































ferent fruits





with fruit wine














































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