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Why Isn't Mead More Commercial?
Here in Oregon we seem to find a lot of honeywine. Mead should be a sparkling beverage and for some reason is taxed differently here than wine so the meaderies make mostly honeywine to sty in check with wine tax.
btcanon wrote:
Here in Oregon we seem to find a lot of honeywine. Mead should be a sparkling beverage and for some reason is taxed differently here than wine so the meaderies make mostly honeywine to sty in check with wine tax.
Mead may be still, petillant, or sparkling. Still meads do not have to be totally flat; they can have some very light bubbles. Petillant meads are "lightly sparkling" and can have a moderate, noticeable amount of carbonation. Sparkling meads are not gushing, but may have a character ranging from mouth-filling to an impression akin to Champagne or soda pop.
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