Okay. You look like a person who knows this stuff quite well. I do not like dry wines of any kind nor do I like beer. Mead (I am told) is basically a strong wine made from honey, is that correct? How does one know which mead is sweet and which is dry, without tasting them? I have tried to find out about this since we wanted to make mulled mead for the holidays a few years ago. Just could not get a good answer about the sweet vs. dry question.
Meads can be either sweet or dry depending on how they’re made but they all start with the same basic ingredients. Honey, water, and yeast. How sweet they are depends on how much of the sugar is converted to alcohol during fermentation.
Believe it or not it’s the yeast that determines that. Some yeast strains can’t live above 5% alcohol or so. Others can continue their work until 10% or higher.
The only way to find one you like is to try a few. Sorry, wish I could give you a brand recommendation. Theres quite a bit of information on the web, too.
Good luck.