John ‘s birthday is in June. When I said OK, John – what do you think you might like in a mead? His immediate response was “Juniper!” Now I had never made mead with juniper in it before, so had to learn what it was (it’s a spice) and what it looked like (small, hard, dried, dark berries) and then learn how it fermented!

And that all seemed to work out okay, because Juniper John brought home multiple ribbons from the competitions it was sent to. John lives in England, so we are hoping he one day comes across the pond to get a taste of it! (Really, John – it’s not that big a pond!)

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