13 June 2016

Been thinking  more about brewing mead again, after a year long hiatus.  The last batch that I bottled was last Father's Day, June 9th, 2015.  A guy at work is taking orders to purchase some bulk honey so I told him I am interested in two gallons, which equates to about 24 pounds.  He said the honey in season currently is popcorn honey, which I assume tastes like salted Crisco, with some high fructose corn syrup in there.  Ricky (see above) is a mazer who owns Groenfell Meadery in way, way north Vermont.  I really want to visit there one of these days while I am visiting upstate New York, but for now I suffice with upvoting his YouTube videos and laughing at his jokes about questions.

Finally, check out https://www.reddit.com/r/mead for more pictures of current meads, braggots, cysers, acerglyns and melomels!

Hello world!

So I've been reading blogs for a few years and now I've gone and created one.  The title is a quote my dad learned in the Marine Corps that means continual improvement of owns' environment.

I apply this tenet in my own life in the areas of finance, poetry, brewing beer, cider & mead, exercise (ala Crossfit) and diet (here and here ).

Four bottles of some very tart, mixed berry wine.  Next time I'll use a recipe.

So, undoubtedly here you'll see samples of my poetry and pictures of my fermenting beverages.

Cheers