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  • But, up in tiny Dallas, Wisconsin (pop. 604), the Lees, Randy and wife Ann, brew about 20 beers and two bracketts (brackett, aka "braggot", is a mead brewed with honey, malts and hops).

    Archive 2008-08-01 2008

  • But, up in tiny Dallas, Wisconsin (pop. 604), the Lees, Randy and wife Ann, brew about 20 beers and two bracketts (brackett, aka "braggot", is a mead brewed with honey, malts and hops).

    Big D, Little A, Double L, A, S – Spells Viking (Viking Weathertop Wheat) 2008

  • Which reminds me -- on Tuesday I get to taste that prickly-pear braggot the Widmers are just about to release.

    Beervana, the Blog Jeff Alworth 2010

  • We may have advanced from the Middle Ages, but you still can get a mouthful of real honey wine, hard cider and braggot in this meadery's tasting room.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Jill K. Robinson 2010

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  • On Mid-Lent Sunday the Welsh customarily drank braggot, a meadlike beverage made of "spiced and honeyed ale." According to John Ray's North Country Words (1691), braggot is derived from the Welsh "brag, signifying malt, and gots, a honeycomb."

    January 31, 2018