Through the Looking Glass – Craft Beer to MeadCon What is mead? Magical mystical mead The elixir of life Derived from life-building bees The pollination of plants Building blocks of life Nectar into honey The bees gift to us Nature's gift, natural wild fermentation Godisgoode, the yeast working magic Providing delectation and therapeutic inebriation We the yeasts' stewards taking a hand Learning and refining the magic of honey and mead Traditional ceremonial mead Fruit additi

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When we first moved to northern New Jersey, it was really my first introduction to suburbia. I was amazed at what seemed to me treasures...

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By Tony Forder A true Ice Bowl Ice upon ice Fingers of ice everywhere Branches encased Trees screaming silently, captured in ice Sun...

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