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For those that couldn't get to ANHC (like me)
For those that couldn't get to ANHC (like me)
The Australian distributor, Dan from Calibre Beer was there last night. If you contact him I'm sure he'll tell you where you can find them (if whether they are available in Melbourne, he's Brissy based).Prince Imperial said:Are their meads available commercially anywhere in Melbourne?
TimT said:Was interesting to compare their meads to my own. All the meads had a sweetness and fruitiness to them - I think they're definitely going for the Rekorderlig/alcopop type of drinker. But the smooth, mature mead taste was quite interesting too - which I guess comes from the yeast and the method of fermenting at around 16 degrees celsius. Actually I reckon the heather one was the standout for me - smooth, golden, beautiful.
That's their thing. If you check the marketing, it's definitely skewed to the sweet drink demographic.TimT said:Was interesting to compare their meads to my own. All the meads had a sweetness and fruitiness to them - I think they're definitely going for the Rekorderlig/alcopop type of drinker. But the smooth, mature mead taste was quite interesting too - which I guess comes from the yeast and the method of fermenting at around 16 degrees celsius. Actually I reckon the heather one was the standout for me - smooth, golden, beautiful.
I didn't buy that 100%. The sugar portion of honey will ferment out, but there are subtle flavour compounds which won't, since they're not sugars. Within the BJCP style of 'mead' there are substyles for dry, semi-sweet, and sweet, so it must be possible to make a nice-tasting dry mead otherwise people wouldn't make them.TimT said:We had a little chat with Bernie at the start and she said that you don't want to make meads too dry because the honey will pretty much ferment right out.
http://www.moonlightmeadery.com/where2buy?State=&city=&postal_code=&country=auPrince Imperial said:Are their meads available commercially anywhere in Melbourne?
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