Who makes good mead, and where can I get it?

Many liquor stores that specialize in wine sell it. Many larger liquor stores do as well. It depends on where you live – it’s more popular in certain areas. I have no suggestions on a label.

Just bought a bottle in France, the Brittany region. Haven’t popped it open yet. I’m excited to try it though, since I’ve never had meade.

Good mead? Find a homebrewer. ;) (Seriously. It doesn’t even compare to what you buy in a store. They may not be legally able to sell it to you, but if you become friends they might share.)

Or if you live in a larger urban area, a local brewpub type of place might make their own.

Passable mead? Whole foods and specialty liquor stores probably carry it or can order it for you. Chaucer’s is the most basic brand, sort of like the Budweiser of mead. Watch out for imitations, like “grape wine flavored with honey.”

@laureth Do you know if Redstone is any good?

Mead is an ancient drink predating other alcoholic beverages. Here is a recipe from 60 A.D.:

“Take rainwater kept for several years, and mix a sextarius of this water with a pound of honey. For a weaker mead, mix a sextarius of water with nine ounces of honey. The whole is exposed to the sun for 40 days, and then left on a shelf near the fire. If you have no rain water, then boil spring water.”

Source

This site rates different brands of Mead. For easy access, you can probably get Chaucer’s.

@MyNewtBoobs – I’m unfamiliar with that brand name. I’m lucky enough to have married a meadmaker. ;)

@marinelife‘s linked-to recipe depends on whatever yeast is in the neighborhood to volunteer to do the work of fermenting that honeywater into mead. Sometimes, it makes a tasty result. Sometimes, you learn how sourdough got its name. ;)