/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16660293
tried making my own mead once. it also smelled and tasted like a field of flowers. sadly i contaminated the batch later

>>16660305
Nice. Did you get to drink any before it was contaminated?

Made some back in the day when Tepache had a constant brewing thread up on /ck/, it was a simple Ancient Orange Mead but it ended up pretty decent even with no experience or special equipment. Never had a commercial mead but I can imagine they're pretty good.

>>16660310
Can you post the recipe?

>>16660307
no, i wanted to avoid messing with it too much to prevent it from being ruined

>>16660314
There might be a more updated version, but I'm pretty sure this is the one that was passed around at the time and the one I used:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/joes-ancient-orange-mead.49106/

Dug through my photos and remembered I made it alongside a cider, I don't think that took as well to the really simple process.

>>16660334
Thanks brah. I might try making this.

>>16660433
Post a thread if you do, I miss the old homebrew threads

>>16660293
I would kill a small village of people in a place nobody would miss for a case of red stone black raspberry.

>>16660442
This.

Why yes I make my own mjød, how could you tell?

>>16661938
Everyday I’m bottlin

>>16660334
Anyone has a if the OG mead had oranges? Something tells me it didn't.

>>16661970
*has a clue if

>>16661969

>>16661970
Mead, no. Melomel, yes. There are a bunch of different varieties of mead depending on ingredients such as cyberspace, payments and metheglins; true mead has only honey, water and yeast.

>>16661984
thanks for the info lad

>>16661984
*cysers, pyments and metheglins. Fuck you, autocorrect.

>>16660293
mead-ow soprano

>>16661993
top kek good one, just desactivate it m8, that shit is made to trololo you over and over again

>>16661985
No worries.I make literally every form of booze known to man- meads, wines, beers and spirits, and I also lactoferment veggies and kimchi. It’s a cool little hobby. I used to run homebrew threads here which were refreshingly unpretentious compared to the fuckwit infested cancer threads on /diy/ but I kept getting reported. Oh well.

>>16661984
not even sure it even had actual added yeast at first. They probably threw a piece of old bread in there or trusted the fruit dirt to contain material.

>>16662007
>but I kept getting reported
sad, keep on keeping on brub

>>16662010
Yeah back in the day they relied on wild yeast, but after enough time, brewers would use trub (yeast residue) from ‘good’ batches to make subsequent batches. Fast forward 100 years and you have a pretty good selectively bred mother culture.

>>16662017
Nah this place is a shit hole full of normies too dumb to troll /b/ and /pol/, I just drop in every six months, see a Bang’s thread, sigh and leave. I’m only here tonight because my preferred website is down and I thought I’d come see if this place still has fuck-all actually about food.

>>16662007
>but I kept getting reported
I want to find the person responsible and force them to watch me killing their family.

>>16662039
is reddit down?

>>16662039
I've gotten an extremely good brownies recipe from here, so I guess it isn't that bad

Mead is gross, I thought it would be a manly hearty drink but it's sweet and floral and gay

>>16660588
Based dubs?

>>16662057
Poast recipe pls

>>16662044
Nah, Kiwifarms.

>>16662064
There are dry meads out there, mine are a dry sparkling mead that clocks in at about 18%abv so it’s dangerous to think of them as ‘girly’. They’ve knocked more than one overconfident braggart on his ass.

>>16662064
>Concerned about what other men think about him
Make sure you give your boyfriend a nice big smooch on the mouth when you get home tonight

>>16662064
This is the gayest post ITT.

>>16662078
>Kiwifarms
wow, gay

>>16662074
can't seem to find it for now bruba, will let you know if I do

>>16662027
nice!

>>16662064
>real men only drink stuff that tastes bad. good taste is gay
maybe the feminists were right about toxic masculinity

First time I ever drank mead, I felt so good, I donated $100 to Wikipedia.

>>16660293
I like these

>>16662972
moron

>>16663578
I saw those in a store and they were expensive. What flavor is your favorite and why?

I've been to their meadery, outside of Missoula, Montana, and I had an incredible time, it's really good stuff.

>>16662211
It is valid to a certain extent: retards who think they're too "manly" to do things like cook, go to the doctor, or even go to college deserve to be mocked.

>>16663657
Nice. Which one was your favorite? I haven't tried all of them.

>>16660293
Lick sack bastard

>>16664068
I've had Chaucer's mead. It's really good, but not as good as the one from the OP.

Huh, I always thought mead was just an olde tyme word for beer.

>>16660315
And yet...

>>16662039
Sad to have another quality contributor leave but its understandable. I spend less time here for the same reasons.

>>16665187
See, have a look at this:
>>16666222
Tell me that the soul of this board hasn't been destroyed by morons with the sophisticated sense of humour of a nine year old boy.

>>16662078
I had a mead that was made with honey from the orange trees used by Floridas Natural Orange juice. I've had Slovak Medovina and it was much less, round of a mouthfeel.

>>16666334
They probably are actually 11 years old. Underage faggots will always, have always been on 4chan. It was an issue before /ck/ existed. Luckily they also have their containment boards of /b/ and /x/.

>>16660293
Based

>>16662064
ngmi

>>16663921
>>16662211
Toxic masculinity in the sense of "You're only pretending to like cars because society forces you to" is retarded
Toxic masculinity in the sense of "If you start having chest pain just tough it out, real men don't cry" is absolutely real

The only people I know that drink mead are fat neckbeards with DnD groups and actual LARPers that run around wearing cloaks.
So which one are you OP?

>>16667947
Pic related is the average mead drinker

>>16667947
This thread certainly reads like that is the case.

>>16662078
>kiwifarms

Chad shit

>>16667947
Post timestamped physique, oh superior one

>>16663611
They're meme meads, so they're all very sweet with a minimal flavoring component.

>>16660293
quit forcing this fucking gay shitty neckbeard meme NOBODY DRINKS MEAD YOU FAGGOT

>>16669344
>neckbeard

>YES HELLO THERE BARKEEP GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR METHINKS I SHALL HAVE MYSELF A MEAD

>>16669358
Go ahead and post timestamped 'zeek Mr. Superior

imagine being an "afficionado", imagine getting excited over some shitty liquid

>>16669445
If your mom can get excited over you, meadchads can get excited over honey wine.

>>16669451
honey isn't even real it's just simple syrup with herbal extract. the bees have died years ago.

Anyone have a good idea on where to start with blueberry wine? Not sure if it’s best to ask in this thread, but to any anons that have experience with home brews I would really appreciate any tips or advice.

>>16663924
Maybe it's just the Montana in me, but I would replace my blood with the huckleberry Mead, if I could

>>16669532
shut up you faggot quit pretending "huckleberry mead" is some ubiquitous drink in montana like everyone has it because they dont. just autistic weirdos like you

>>16660293
Bought some of this today, first time trying the brand. Most of my mead experiences have been nice so I'm looking forward to this one

>>16669358
I like mead and this still made me chuckle

>>16669545
You're a dumb out of state nigger, huh? Have you ever even been here during huckleberry season? We put it on our fucking burgers. Go back to California and stay there, stupid dirty nigger scum.

>>16669595

>>16669488
You didn't get beat up enough when you were young, and if ever I meet you, I will be nothing but happy to rectify this issue

>>16669579
Pleased with my choice, let it chill for the day and it's just the right amount of sweet that it doesn't taste like honey water

>>16669682
Imagine taking thst post seriously lmfao. I'm piss drunk and I,'m laughing at how hard you took the bait.

>>16669978
>ah yes, I shall partake in some historical mead from better times in my stone jug, traditionally used to drink sour beers, because I'm a massive faggot that despite being interested in the middle ages doesn't have a single clue about them

>>16667947
that's the type of folks you hang with?

>>16660293
I don't know too much about mead, never tried it but got a couple of bottles of rye for my birthday today I intend to get a bit drunk, hoo rah!

>>16669358
>Hello potion seller. I am going into battle, and I want your strongest potions.

>>16663594
>t. meadlet