Getting Buzzed from Bees
I have long been keen on mead because I like the idea that I could theoretically keep a hive and brew with honey collected from my own back yard. Several years back, my friend Jay did just that — while...
View ArticleReporting for Active Beer Duty
by Melanee Meegan, the Minnesota Beer Activist I had the fortune of staying with Chris O’Brien, when I traveled to Ethiopia last year. Per his request to bring beer with me, I traveled to Ethiopia...
View ArticleMind Your Own Beeswax
I caught a buzz today. And it had a real sting to it. But it wasn’t the kind I usually blog about here (although I plan to catch that kind of buzz later tonight at a party in the neighborhood). Mead...
View ArticleMead Day, Hive Beards, and Beekeeping News
Yesterday was International Mead Day. I’ve never actually made mead myself but I expect to do so this time next year because I’ll have my very own honey crop to use. This spring I constructed a hive,...
View ArticleA Time for Rocks, Cans, & Mead
Not necessarily in that order. Cans. Building on last year’s huge success, my pals who work up at Peace Coffee and Bedlam Theater in Minneapolis have organized the (second?) annual International Canned...
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