[James C. Bennett]

The English word mead derives from the Old English meodu,[1] from Proto-Germanic meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (honey, fermented honey drink). Slavic med / miod , which means both "honey" and "mead", (Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian: med vs. medovina, Polish 'miód' pronounce [mju:t] - honey, mead) and Baltic medus "honey"/midus "mead", also derive from the same Proto-Indo-European root (cf. Welsh medd, Old Irish mid, Sanskrit madhu, Sogdian[disambiguation needed] [an Old Iranian language]: muð, Avestan [another Old Iranian language]: maðu, Classical Persian:[disambiguation needed] مُل mul, Classical and New Persian: مِی mey).[22]

[Toddsterpatriot]

Try it yet?

[BeadCounter]

I saw another story on Mead a few months ago so the drink must be making a “comeback.”

[Lurker]

Technically it’s a metheglin, not a true mead. Mead is made with honey, water, and yeast. Metheglin has herbs, Pyments contain fruit juices.

[Cementjungle]

I had some at a monastery one evening in central Russia during a bicycle trip in the mid 1980’s. It wasn’t bad, but then I was pretty desperate for anything other than the usual vodka (which I have never liked).

[Moltke]

Historical records show that on September 30, 1969, Queen Elizabeth II granted the Stakliskes factory Lietuviskas Midus with the patent number 1280830 making it the sole producer of this drink.

Hmmm. The title of GB 1280830 is "REGISTRATION PLATE HOLDERS FOR ROAD VEHICLES". Also patents are granted by the Patent Office, not the Queen. Lastly, if there had been a patent granted back in 1969, it would have expired in 1989 at the latest, so this company cannot currently be a patent holder (as per the second paragraph). Never mind that a GB patent has no effect outside of GB.

Someone's been imbibing too much mead...

[JoeProBono]

[Hotmetal]

Here's some melomel (mead with fruit added). This was a five gallon batch with six pounds of blackberries added.