# "Are you a Mead Slut, or a Mead Virgin?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-mead-slut-or-a-mead-virgin/276496 "2004-11-24T17:33:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-mead-slut-or-a-mead-virgin/276496/21 "2004-11-25T18:19:58Z")
Not on me, but if you go to my local brew supply store’s [website,](http://www.northernbrewer.com/) they’ve got all their recipes on line. I’ve made the dry & sweet meads & melomels; they’re not fancy recipes, but very good one. Look for directions under the Documentation link. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-mead-slut-or-a-mead-virgin/276496/22 "2004-11-25T19:19:08Z")
> [@Shade](#): > > As far as I’m concerned mead is one of those really stupid ideas that turned out to be really nice. Wait, I swear that metaphor wasn’t there when I conceived that sentance. It looks as though it’s gone again. What was it? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-mead-slut-or-a-mead-virgin/276496/23 "2004-11-25T20:04:15Z")
**Grey** –just remembered one (I keep thinking of this as a cider recipe, but since it’s got honey in it, it’s a cyser, or, mead made with apple juice). For each gallon of preservative-free pasteurized apple juice: Heat 1 pint of water to a boil. Turn off the heat. Add 1 pound of honey (that’s your basic honey-bear sized bunch of honey). Add 1 tsp yeast nutrient. Stir. Cover. Let sit until cool. Put the apple juice into a carboy and add the honey/water mix. Pitch a mead yeast. You can use, for example, 3 gallons of juice, 3 pints of water and 3 pounds of honey in a 5 gallon carboy. Comes out to about 26 proof. Goes down like apple juice. Be thou amazed. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-mead-slut-or-a-mead-virgin/276496/24 "2004-11-25T20:32:33Z")
Ah I like the looks of that one! I’ve got some actual apple cider I could use in place of apple juice. Now to get the wine finished before trying this. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-mead-slut-or-a-mead-virgin/276496/25 "2004-11-26T02:16:06Z")
Since my real-life last name is Mead, I find this thread title very humorous. Just in case you’re wondering, I’m not afraid to say I’m a mead virgin in both senses of the phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-mead-slut-or-a-mead-virgin/276496/26 "2004-11-26T14:22:24Z")
Mobo: You’re very young if you only see two ways of looking at the phrase… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-mead-slut-or-a-mead-virgin/276496/27 "2004-11-29T15:12:07Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > No, it doesn’t. Good mead tastes like wine with honey in it. Great mead tastes like liquid sunshine. Oh, YES. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-mead-slut-or-a-mead-virgin/276496/28 "2004-11-29T16:56:39Z")
Mmmm, mead. I’ve only tried it once, but I really liked it. I’ll be buying some from a local honey place, [Beekman and Beekman](http://www.beekmanandbeekman.com/) for Christmas presents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-mead-slut-or-a-mead-virgin/276496.md?page=1)