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Making Mead is Easy with a Tasting of 3 Meads

  • ApiSolutions Consortium Gainesville, Virginia United States (map)

Making Mead is Easy with a Tasting of 3 Meads (This talk will take place on Zoom.)

Last date to sign up to receive mead samples is April 1, 2021

In this powerpoint talk, we’ll be looking at the various steps in making a good mead. Mead making is very easy but there are a few critical steps that must be followed in order to make good mead. We will be discussing the various different types of mead, how to choose the best ingredients, what equipment is needed, how to prepare the must, special fermentation techniques, aging mead, serving mead and how to evaluate mead quality. Each registered attendee will receive a tasting box of 3 different meads brewed by Andy which we will be tasting during his talk.

​Andy Tiplera is a certified mead judge and has been a home brewer of beer, cider and primarily meads for over 50 years. He started young in England and continued his hobby after moving to the United States to work with Perkin Elmer, a company developing and manufacturing scientific instruments. Andy was research manager at one of the company’s R&D facilities. Scientific research and home brewing have a lot in common. He also regularly competes in local and national competitions.