Where to find kosher mead?
sweet kosher honeywine MEAD?? I thought i found some, but then it looks like its only dry mead. Any suggestions? Stores in NY or online? Also i tried asking the local kosher wine store and she was like "mead?" never heard of it!
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You should try making your own mead. One part honey, three parts water, bring it almost to a boil. Skim off any foam and debris (use raw honey). Let it cool, pitch the yeast and put it in a fermenter for three months. Siphon it into a secondary fermenter for another three months (to get rid of the dead yeast), and bottle it. Six months later, you've got a delicious drink. I used to make it for Pesach, but the yeast hasn't had a proper hechsher for several years.
Mead isn't aged in barrels like wine, so there's no issue with old wine casks. It's also shehacol, not hagafen.
Al in Pgh
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Good news- Ragnar's Reserve, half moon K hecksher. I got it in Atlanta (and will open it tonight!)
Bad news- got it in Atlanta so can't tell you how to get it in NY. But at least now you can ask about a brand name instead of asking generally about kosher mead, which is much harder since it wasn't in the kosher section when I got it.
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re: lewyn
It appears the manufacturer for Ragnar's Reserve is Honeyrun Winery, www.honeyrunwinery.com which seems to make a number of flavors. Might have more luck with that than just the particular varietal that lewyn mentioned, and it seems like all of their stuff is kosher.
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Have you tried Skyview in Riverdale? In my experience, if it's alcoholic and kosher they either have it or can get it.
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re: SoCal Mother
You have now dampened my curiosity sufficiently that I will wait until a glass is offered. My thought had been that if there is now good, dry apple cider (wine) , why not pomegranate?
Of course, most apple wine is said to be dreadful....
I have, by the by, heard of individual shomer mitzvot groups getting together to make mead, but no one has yet poured me a glass.
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re: DeisCane
BS"D
Deiscane, most mead is hopped as well. And most mead, almost all, is dry. And I agree with you and ravchaz, it shouldn't need a hechsher any more than beer. While there was a scare a few years ago among some about oenocyanins, I never bought into that (wouldn't be a problem with mead anyway), but before that virtually any beer was considered kosher. Now, I think most would see a potential problem with falvored beers )or flavored meads, for that matter) but failing that, I'd go for nonhechshered mead.
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re: ganeden
azcohen
Jul 31, 2009 08:14 AM
I have a bottle of Honey Wine in my wine fridge (bought for Pesach one year), and it has been there for about three years. Since I can not say Hagefen on it it I have yet to pull it out. I think next BBQ, I will open it up and have instead of a beer.
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