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My dad just took up bee keeping and being 22 and idealistic I would like to take some of the honey to make mead. However I haven't the slightest idea of how to do this or how to get started. Can you point me in the right direction?
What a great idea, Dustin!
Luckily, there is a wealth of information on the Net. I have 3 starting suggestions.
GotMead.com - caters to amateur mead makers.
Honeywine.com - more general mead world stuff.
WilliamsBrewing.com - a homebrew store in N. California that has lots of meadmaking supplies and the owner just happens to be a famous world-class mead homebrewer.
After digesting all that info, if you have any specific questions, let me know.
This is a fun hobby and with your dad supplying the raw ingredients, it makes the perfect family hobby.
Have fun, brew well,
Chris Bushman
North Hollywood, California
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Chris Bushman
Expertise
I've been homebrewing beer and mead for about 15 years. I've made beer trips to the Netherlands, the UK, France, Germany, and Belgium.
Experience
I've brewed a couple of hundred all-grain beers and a few dozen meads. I'm a member of the Maltose Falcon's Homebrew Society, the oldest homebrew club in the US. I've attended the Homebrewers Fantasy Camp at American Brewers Guild.
In real life I am Optical Effects Supervisor and Laboratory Supervisor for a large movie visual effects house in Hollywood. I've been a fireman, a teacher of English in Okinawa, a personal computer tutor.
Other hobbies include orchid culture, koi keeping, photography, sausage making, pickling, and ham radio.
BS Zoology, UC Davis
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