Make mead like a viking : traditional techniques for brewing natural, wild-fermented, honey-based wines and beers

Make mead like a viking Traditional techniques for brewing natural, wild-fermented, honey-based wines and beers

Jereme Zimmerman, 1976-

Book - 2015

Unlock the mead-brewing secrets of the ancient Norse with homesteader, fermentation enthusiast, and self-described "Appalachian Yeti Viking" Jereme Zimmerman. In Make Mead Like a Viking, Zimmerman shows how to embrace the traditional Nordic culture and rituals surrounding mead through experimentation in fermentation and flavor. Whether you're new to homebrewing or looking to expand your brewing and fermentation practices, Zimmerman will help you craft a sense of wild authenticity and individuality into your homemade brews - from sweet, semi-sweet, and dry meads, melomels (fruit meads), and metheglins (spiced meads) to bragots (honey beers), grog, and more.--COVER.

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Subjects
Mead.
Published
White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing [2015]
Language
English
Main Author
Jereme Zimmerman, 1976- (author)
Physical Description
xv, 223 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 207) and index.
ISBN
9781603585989
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Mythological Origins of the Magic Mead of Poetry
  • 2. Mead in the Viking Age
  • 3. Honey and the Bees We Have to Thank for it
  • 4. Preparing for Battle: Basic Equipment, Ingredients, and Planning Strategies
  • 5. Brewing the Drink of the Gods: Techniques for Making Wildcrafted Mead
  • 6. Basic Mead Recipes and Some Variations
  • 7. Herbal, Vegetable, Floral, Fruit, and Cooking Meads
  • 8. Bragots, Herbal Honey Beers, Grogs, and Other Oddities
  • 9. How to Drink Mead Like a Viking: Viking-Era Games and Rituals
  • Acknowledgments
  • Troubleshooting
  • Brewing Glossary
  • Resources and Inspiration
  • Notes
  • Index
Review by Booklist Review

After an exhausting day raiding coastlines and terrorizing natives, Vikings loved to relax with a nice quaff of mead. Over the centuries, mead retreated to merely a historical curiosity. But thanks to creative and adventuresome home brewers such as Zimmerman, mead has roared back to life. Zimmerman promotes natural fermentation from airborne yeasts, but for those lacking bold Viking genes, he offers advice on fermentation from commercial yeasts. Text is clear and very encouraging, and he makes mead accessible to both tyros and experienced brewers. Summarizing relevant equipment and ingredients, Zimmerman emphasizes that his disciples will produce their best meads if they don't go overboard on sterilizing their equipment or take all the joy out of mead making. Recipes go beyond basic mead to include Ethiopian t'ej, fruit-enhanced melomel, and metheglin, which scents mead with herbs and spices. A valuable addition to any collection that seeks to satisfy the creativity of home brewers.--Knoblauch, Mark Copyright 2015 Booklist

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Review by Library Journal Review

Zimmerman originally documented his brewing experiments on his blog, -jereme-zimmerman.com. After enthusiastic feedback from participants in the author's mead workshops, he decided to publish a handbook on making mead with wild yeast, a practice at which the Vikings excelled. His recipes are straightforward and easy to follow, frequently including a story or tips to improve it. They often call for not only standard mead but also an unusual ingredient such as mushrooms, garlic, horehound, or marshmallow plant. Zimmerman packs this slim tome with honey-based brewing recipes, Viking mythology, Viking cultural history (as it applies to mead), a history of beekeeping, a guide to picking honey, how to drink mead, and equipment advice. While there are many mead-making titles on the market, the emphasis on wild yeast along with Zimmerman's philosophy of experimentation and self-sufficiency make this a unique offering. VERDICT Adventurous mead makers or brewers who want to move beyond the basics will find plenty to savor here.-Ginny Wolter, Toledo-Lucas Cty. P.L. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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