When:
Sunday, October 14th, 1pm to 4pm
Ages: 21+,
for this workshop
Cost:
Donation Basis, Pre-registration required – spaces are limited so please
register early!
Contact Jen:
email jenniferc@badgerbalm.com or call 603-283-5186
Please join
us at the Badger Ecology Center, on October 14th, as together we
learn the art of Mead Making with local brew master Shane Maxfield. We will be
creating a “Monadnock Medley Mead” right here in the Badger Kitchen, using local
raw honey, provided by some of the region’s wonderful beekeepers. There will be
a variety of finished meads on hand, so that we can all get a feel for the
final product, and we will also have locally made bread and cheese to enjoy!
A Bit About
Mead:
Mead wine,
made from honey rather than grapes, is perhaps the world’s oldest fermented
beverage. Delightful in its classic form (water, honey, yeast), it also serves
as a blank canvas for the creation of other wonderful beverages such as melomels
(mead with fruit) or metheglins (mead with spices - which can include
chocolate!) In the world of mead, you can make anything from a sweet dessert
wine to be served in tiny glasses to a dry carbonated mead that would honor any
champagne flute - Because that’s what mead-making is all about - playing around
and trying new things. The only real limit to the mead-maker is their
imagination!
Shane Maxfield has been an avid mead fan since his first taste and he
has been crafting his own meads for nearly six years now. What started as a way
to unwind at the end of the day has now led him to a life filled with all
things bee related. He is very much looking forward to sharing this passion for
the craft with all of us!
