Whereas technically thought of wine, mead has lengthy had a stronger affinity with the world of beer and residential brewing than it has with the wine world, and the expansion of flavor-forward ingredient-laden meads has in some ways mirrored the rise of similarly-designed craft beers. Superstition Meadery, in Prescott, Arizona, has been one of many leaders in that new-school strategy, stretching the definition of mead and widening the relevance of one of many world’s oldest fermented drinks. Impressed by innovation within the craft beer house, and within the culinary world, they’ve introduced flavors and approaches to the mead world that excite and delight, from white chocolate-inspired effective bottled meads to milkshake meads in cans.
On this episode, Jeff Herbert (who based and owns the brewery along with his spouse Jennifer) walks via the steps that introduced them to the place they’re immediately—early homebrewing, mead inspiration, technical evolution, and present innovation. He walks via their strategy to high quality, testing ideas, fixing the mead making drawback of time, wholesome fermentations, honey taste and mechanics, yeast administration within the meadery, strategies of including fruit, bettering extraction effectivity, effective tuning fruit expression for complexity, the impression of growing old, and extra.
As brewers and craft beverage drinkers stretch out and discover adjoining fermentations, mead is more and more discovering its place of their repertoire. Herbert makes a fantastic case for its relevance, pushed by a creativity, enthusiasm, and ambition that you may hear in his voice.
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