what is mead?
Stirring the "must" in a mead pot purchased from a castle in Inishmoor.
If you like wine or beer, chance are you'll be enticed by the pleasures of mead. It's a honey-based fermented drink that's been produced and enjoyed since before the dawn of recorded history. Making it was once the provenance of a select, trained guild. Now its creation is revived by artisans like Oren and Audrey who recreate medieval recipes in their kitchen renovated for mead-making and outfitted with special ware like this Old Norse design pot purchased from a castle in Inishmoor.
types of mead
Mead is classified by what is added to the honey for flavoring.
Melomel is mead made with fruit juices.
Pyment is mead made specifically with grape juice.
Cyser is mead made specifically with apple juice.
Metheglin is mead made with herbs or spices or both.
Hippocras is pyment (mead with grape juice) made with herbs and/or spices.
Braggot is a honey-ale beverage made by fermenting honey and grains together.
Melomel is mead made with fruit juices.
Pyment is mead made specifically with grape juice.
Cyser is mead made specifically with apple juice.
Metheglin is mead made with herbs or spices or both.
Hippocras is pyment (mead with grape juice) made with herbs and/or spices.
Braggot is a honey-ale beverage made by fermenting honey and grains together.