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Mead Ingredients – Ginger

Posted on January 18, 2020 by mysteryofmead

Starting my 2020 topic of flavorings used in historical mead recipes. Ginger is the most common added flavor in historical mead recipes. Almost 1/3 of all cataloged recipes use ginger as an additive. For recipes from the mid-17th century to … Continue reading →

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Valleriola 1554 Cinnamon Hydromel

Posted on February 25, 2018 by mysteryofmead

Last week I shared an anise mead from Valleriola’s 1554 ‘Enarrationum medicinalium libri sex item’. The passage calling for addition of anise to mead is immediately followed by another mead addition: cinnamon. Ego cinnamomi decoctum ex Hydromelle per hyemem: per … Continue reading →

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