Have you ever asked yourself the question, “what is mead?” Well, if you responded no while reading this, don’t worry, you’re in great company. Mead is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey added to water. Apparently, mead results to be the most ancient alcoholic drink known to the English tradition, the old English word for mead is ‘meodu’. It is sometimes called “honey wine” due to its main ingredient, which is honey.
Some mead producers also like to create a mix of flavours by adding spices, herbs or fruits. Mead requires a minimum period of 12 months to ferment before it can be consumed. Even though it takes a year to ferment before you can drink it, it takes few simple ingredients to prepare: water, lemon juice, honey, wine yeast and vitamin C tablets.
It is said that now that mead is becoming more and more popular, commercial producers are avoiding the maturing period of 12 months, adding pure alcohol to bump up the abv, to then sell it us naturally brewed.
Apparently, mead tastes more like wine rather than beer, although the colour might resemble beer. The difference is that with mead, you can drink it chilled, warm or à chamber, whiles beer and wine are far better as much chilled as possible.
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