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[david friedman]

>An ex of mine made a wonderful chili mead. His regular meads were fairly dry, 
>compared to the commercial cloying stuff, and marvelously drinkable. The chili in the 
>mead added a bit of depth (and not like a depth charge) and both enhanced the dryness 
>and was mitigated by the sweetness - if that isn't an oxymoron. He generally used 
>champagne yeast. He said it made a difference. I don't know. I help him during parts of 
>the process but i'm neither brewer nor vintner.
His Grace Shadan, from Calontir, once made an onion wine; by all accounts it
tasted awful, but made for wonderful cooking wine. .. 

Alban