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Back from Texas Mead Fest held in Gruene/New Braunfels today and thought I'd give a quick Cliff's Notes version of the day. I had a good time, which isn't terribly surprising, as I've been to three of these now and always enjoy myself. It was held at Rockin R, which is a river tubing...

Anyone going to the 2015 Texas Mead Fest? It's in Gruene this year, just a five minute drive from my house--naturally I have nothing ready to enter in their homebrew competition. I'm really impressed with how this has taken off. The first year they were completely overwhelmed. I missed the...

Rohan Meadery in La Grange is hosting the Inaugural Texas Mead Fest. They're also having a mead contest, which intrigues me, as I'd appreciate some professional feedback on my efforts. Any Texans plan on going?

Back at the beginning of September I bottled up some prickly pear melomel and a separate batch of fig melomel. When all was said and done, I had some of each left over, but not enough to fill individual bottles. Not being one to let mead go to waste, I combined the two, half-and-half, and...

I'm looking for scion wood to graft onto my pear trees in the back yard. Anyone growing their own perry pears? What are your experiences?

I've been posting on a few threads, but figured it was time for formal introductions. I'm Jayme, and I work at Texas State University in San Marcos, which is just outside of Austin. I live in New Braunfels, which is just outside of San Antonio. I've been homebrewing beer since 1996, mead since...