Mead

[Real Men Wear Green]

I am starting to get into this. Any experienced mead drinkers have recommendations on the best one?

[nathanjizzle]

whats the difference between say a honey apple crisp ale?

[NumberSix]

Da fcuk is mead?

[Smoke117]

whats the difference between say a honey apple crisp ale?

Mead is made from honey, generally.

[nathanjizzle]

Mead is made from honey, generally.

i see. seems like an inefficient use of honey.

[gigantes]

whats the difference between say a honey apple crisp ale?
there's almost nothing in common except for the fact that an ale of that type is flavored with a bit of honey whereas mead is a wine-like higher-proof drink whose alcohol content comes from fermented honey. an ale is a warm-fermented beer whose alcohol comes from fermented barley mash in most cases. apples and oranges, i.e. totally different.

anyway, i haven't had mead in a long time. my brother brewed some a few years ago but i can't recall it well.


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side note-- i just had one of these the other night. speaking of apples, this was the best commercial cideri've ever had. far better than woodchuck, for example.

http://www.samuelsmithsbrewery.co.uk/wpimages/wpae81d34c.jpg

[oarabbus]

Da fcuk is mead?


How have you not heard of mead

[NumberSix]

How have you not heard of mead
Is "mead" a slang word or is it an actual thing?

[gigantes]

Is "mead" a slang word or is it an actual thing?
mead is one of the oldest man-made alcoholic beverages in history.


even before the age of cereal crops and the original product made from them (i.e. beer), if you had some honey you could make mead.

[dunksby]

Is "mead" a slang word or is it an actual thing?
You either don't read or stick to a strict type.

[DukeDelonte13]

i had it once and it was not very enjoyable.

i think the mead I had was like 20% alcohol, i'm no mean expert, i don't know if that's normal or not.

[Real Men Wear Green]

I would like to thank gigantes for coming the closest to sort of addressing the question.
i had it once and it was not very enjoyable.

i think the mead I had was like 20% alcohol, i'm no mean expert, i don't know if that's normal or not.
It varies. I think the one I tried was 12.5%. 20% would be much stronger and as you probably know when it comes to alcohol the stronger the drink the less likely it is to be easy to drink.

[gigantes]

I would like to thank gigantes for coming the closest to sort of addressing the question.
certainly. i'm not proud to say that i've tried a pretty wide range of boozes, directly shortening my life, but if i may ask, what enquires you in this recent mead direction, RMWG?

[Real Men Wear Green]

I...I...I...I tried some at a Renaissance fair. Don't judge me.

[gigantes]

I...I...I...I tried some at a Renaissance fair. Don't judge me.
EVIDENCE: as to why RMWG is one of my potential bros in life.

[Real Men Wear Green]

EVIDENCE: as to why RMWG is one of my potential bros in life.
I saw this one 6'5+ guy dressed like a wizard or druid or something that cut a soccer ball in half and was wearing it as a hat. Was that you?

[Thorpesaurous]

I had a friend back in the day who did a party every year that was all Mead and Grog.

I preferred the Grog.

But the end result was a bunch of people really ****ed up.

[gigantes]

I saw this one 6'5+ guy dressed like a wizard or druid or something that cut a soccer ball in half and was wearing it as a hat. Was that you?
yes that was me, although the pointy hat greatly added to my dimensions for sure.



I had a friend back in the day who did a party every year that was all Mead and Grog.

I preferred the Grog.

But the end result was a bunch of people really ****ed up.
grog is basically watered-down bad rum or bad booze, so i assume the women were pretty hot.

[JohnnySic]

I like it, but so few places carry any.

[Real Men Wear Green]

I like it, but so few places carry any.
So far I've seen it in a few places, just no real variety. If I can find a really good one it would be the kind of thing that could set a Superbowl party apart, you know? For that one occassion I'd blow a chunk of change on ordering it from somewhere.

[Smoke117]

It's actually really easy to make homemade mead. You could figure it out from a few youtube videos.

[Real Men Wear Green]

It's actually really easy to make homemade mead. You could figure it out from a few youtube videos.
You may be right but I'd have to do practice batches first and if I can just get a case of a really good brand I achieve my goal. But I am thinking about experimenting with the stuff.

[gigantes]

so a buddy and i biked out to a local pub / brewery and i was thrilled to discover that they had a variety of house meads on tap. (not to mention a small music stage and pinball machines)


http://imgick.cleveland.com/home/cleve-media/width620/img/bars/photo/15183024-mmmain.jpg


i had a spicy mead and it was great... ordered two more after a delicious house chocolate coffee stout.

apparently there are four main mead varieties- fruit, flower, wine, ale. not sure which type i had (forgot the technical names) but i'll definitely be going back to this most awesome, excellent place......

[Droid101]

I had a honey mead once about 10 years ago. It was pretty good.

[Real Men Wear Green]

The update: Settled on Chaucer's Mead, available at Trader Joe's. I prefer it cold.

[ace23]

Never heard of it

[gigantes]

I had a honey mead once about 10 years ago. It was pretty good.
like whoa, was that the same night someone sold you a beer made from barley?