Desire will be delivered to Berts Better Beers this evening (7/7/2010)! 

This is quite an amazing time for us here at Moonlight Meadery, seeing a dream come true!  Desire is our first release, available in limited quantities (only 48 bottles of batch #1 being released.  This is the mead that won Best of Show at the 2009 New England Regional Homebrew competition, which contained over 350 entries.  Judges describe this melomel as being sweet with a wonderful complexity from fruit, thats supported by the honey in the fi

Jeff is someone I have great respect for, he makes incredible meads, it was a pleasure to see that he was assigned to judge my mead at this years National Homebrew Competition.

Used with out Jeff's permission.

Carbonation level - still, Sweetness - Sweet, Strength - Sack

Aroma: 8/10

Initial spiciness (e.g. Star Anise, Licorice) fades quickly behind the arabica (Sumatra) coffee with some subtle vanilla which adds complexity.  Moderate - Strong impression from wildflower honey.  Alcohol noted.

Appearance: 5/6

TTB has approved 9 recipe/formulas thas far, and we have 8 more either pending approval, or being submitted over the next several weeks.

Here's what's approved currently:

Two new 85 gallon fermenters are now on order.

Just finished an interview with Cathie Gandel, a freelance journalist, who's working on an assignment from Arrive, the magazine for northeast business travelers that is distributed on the Acela Trains, which is going to be in the Nov/Dec 2010 issue.