I brew beer, so far no mead by myself.
Been breweing for some 3 years and made 46 brews so far.
Won a few awards, so I seem to make beer rather well, I like to think so anyway.
Friend of mine made mead a long while back, last summer we tried a couple of different ones that's been stored for 10+ years, amazing stuff.
Just found me a honey "supplier" willing to trade honey for home brewed beers, so will try my first mead come fall.
I was thinking about opening a new thread, but I sort of remembered one about brewing, so here goes some recycling...
I was wondering, pretty much as the original question, how many of the visitors on this forum brew beer, mead or something else on their own?
Also how long have you been doing it for, and other geeky info you can give me
I'd like to hear now and then also regarding what you're brewing at the moment
Myself, did beer number 56 today, a porter that will come out at about 5% ABV.
Also put an APA in secondary today that I brewed 2 weeks ago.
All beers (part from one) I make are all-grain, adding hops myself, and using special brewers yeasts.
Have also made 3 meads since the old posting in here, 2 neutral braggots and one yellow plum mead, planning on making a new mead tomorrow.
Also have plans for a smoked porter, an imperial porter and a strong mead as from a recepie from 1750, all during October and early November perhaps.
Later on, though still in 2008, I will make 2 beers from old Swedish hops, a smoked ale and a strong spiced up Christmas beer.
Perhaps also a saffron mead, not sure.
Wife brewed a cider today, with a little help from me, based on a recepie from the 17th century.
So how about you, any fermenting going on?