MEAD FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS To most folks, mead is little more than that sickly-sweet honey drink from the Renaissance Faire-a hangover in a glass for nine bucks a pop. But hear me out: that's the crappy stuff. When it's made well, mead can be a beautiful beverage, with all the complexity and taste-of-place of great wine, and all the creativity and flavor diversity of great beer. More and more fantastic meads are showing up at your local bottle shop, and it's time to give mead another try. Let's start by dispelling a couple misconceptions. First: You don't have to be a Viking to drink it. You also shouldn't be afraid of the fact that mead is made from honey, and you don't have to relegate the drink to the dessert hour. While sweet meads are common, just-off-dry and totally dry examples are easy to find and super delicious. There are spiced meads, meads made with fruit, barrel-aged meads, carbonated meads, and still ones. There are meads meant to be served hot, meads to be served cold, rather weak meads, and very strong ones. Whatever your impression of mead is now, there's probably an example out there that will surprise you. And maybe that's the one you'll love the most. GRAB YOUR COPY NOW!!!
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