Did know that mead is the oldest alcoholic beverage known to mankind? It's a least a thousand years older than beer. That's because mead could be made by primitive hunter gatherer societies and beer presupposes organized agriculture and an excess of grains.
In some ancient tribes it was a death penalty offense to harm the mead-maker.
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There's your sign.... Older is not automatically better, nor is newer. But to ignore advances in technology, especially brewing technology, leaves one thousands of years behind the curve. ;)
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/johnny
“I’ve been brewing mead for years. Properly done the stuff is wonderful and boy does it pack a kick.”
I’ve got 15 pounds of honey sitting in the basement right now ready for my first batch.
I'd like to try it but like any food or beverage I think a person would need to have the plainest variety to begin with so they can learn the basic taste. All this junk in the article above, spices, herbs, fruit cocktails etc. I would think alters the experience. Sort of like introducing someone to pizza and making them one with pineapple. It tastes good, but that's not the classic pizza taste.
So my question to you as an expert is, which kind of mead would be most like they drank in days of old?