Thomas Jefferson's Beer Returns

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[dljordan]

I’m doing a batch of Mead now from a recipe given to me by another Freeper. Three weeks and it’s still ‘blurping’ in the fermenter. :)

[jla]

To 8 - He also very much liked Madeira, though wasn’t much of a drinker himself. He was of the opinion that drunkenness was a weakness, not be emulated.

[JRandomFreeper]

It’s an Ale not a beer, different yeast and fermentation process.

If it's somewhat made from a grain and yeast, and not distilled, it's a beer. Call it whatever fancy name you want, but the guys back then weren't that picky.

And I'm a guy that likes a good Trappist Ale.

Sure, I know the diff, and the details, having brewed Ales and Pilsners and lots of other stuff.

But that's pedantic.

/johnny

[jla]

Let us know how it is. I bought a bottle in Ireland and had to cut it w/orange juice. I’m sure it was good mead, I just don’t care for the taste too much.

[dljordan]

“Let us know how it is. I bought a bottle in Ireland and had to cut it w/orange juice. I’m sure it was good mead, I just don’t care for the taste too much.”

We have the Rocky Mountain Meadery here in Boulder. Lots of Mead around here.

[jla]

I meant the mead you are home brewing.

[Tupelo]

Actually them folks in Bourbon County, Kentucky got it right a couple of hundred or so years ago and to this day there is still no damn beer that can hold a candle to a good bourbon. Or a pretty good bourbon. Or even a fairly good bourbon. After that, I will need a frosty mug with that pilsner.

[dljordan]

“I meant the mead you are home brewing.”

Oh, that will be a couple of months from now (it has to age a bit you know). As soon as I get my fermenter cleared I think I’ll be brewing some stout. I also downloaded the plans for a still. Not that I’d do anything against the law of course, for educational purposes only.

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[WOBBLY BOB]

I’ll drink to that.