Do you like Mead? Do you not like Mead? Have you tried Mead? POLL

[FlowerPlanter]

1. Do you like Mead?
Sweet, Semi, Dry or any?

2. Do you not like Mead?
Why?

3. Have not tried Mead?



Just curious

[notaclue]

Friend made some and gave me a bottle. We will open it around the holidays.

[ralittlefield]

I have not tried mead because I have frequently heard mead and battery acid used in the same sentence.

[Michael B]

I like mead, dry mead.

[tabby]

I love good mead. Mead, just like any wine, can be good or bad and I've had some very bad mead. But I've also had some very very good mead. Don't write off mead if you've only had it once.

[indypartridge]

I love good mead. Mead, just like any wine, can be good or bad .... Don't write off mead if you've only had it once.

Exactly right. We've got a local winery that makes very good mead, although I'd probably enjoy it more if it was a bit less sweet.

[Luterra]

I LOVE mead. I used to brew beer, but have switched almost entirely to mead. I figure a 22 oz bottle of beer costs me $2-3 to brew and about $4 to buy, while a 22 oz. bottle of mead costs $3 to brew and about $15 to buy. Plus it is just so delicious.

I brew "sipper" meads, starting around 1.130 and finishing between 1.010 and 1.020 (semi-sweet to low on the sweet side), with around 14-15% alcohol. I must be doing something right because all of my four housemates are brewing mead now too. Finally got enough honey this year to make a "homegrown" mead. I plan to age it on oak for a few weeks as an experiment. Blackberry mead is finishing up nicely. GF's apple cyser mead is settling out, finishing a bit on the sweet side. Brewing a grape mead (pyment) with assorted wine grapes next week.

[WVMJ]

We make mead, very good mead, we grow our own berries and now have our own bees and this year was our first to finally make a mead with everything coming from our own farm. WVMJ

[RiodeLobo]

Dry and crisp. Perhaps semi dry, but I dislike the sweet meads.

[cg3]

I've only had mead that was dry enough for my tastes once. So I know it exists. Otherwise, it's usually too sweet for me.

[VolunteerK9]

I'll let you know in about two more weeks when my first run is ready. Then about two more weeks until my second batch will be ready. I did the Joes Ancient Orange recipe.

[Colleen O.]

I had it once in Ireland and loved it. My sisters tried it too but didn't like it so I got to drink theirs as well. That was fine by me because it was delicious! It wasn't dry or sweet but nicely in between.

[natureboy68]

My first taste of mead was a chaucers, yuck! Had to give mead another try. I tasted a few homebrewed versions and a small commercial brand, and brewed my own! So far I have made Joes ancient orange, and joes quick grape, both were excellent! I am going to try to brew a cyser and a melomel this winter. Let mead age, and it will surprise you!

[Nichols747]

I've had Tej - Ethiopian Honey Wine, and it's not great...

I don't have a taste for alcohol, and I drink it for "ceremonial purposes" with friends over there, but you won't find it in my fridge...

I may try making some of the other fruit - infused varieties for curiosities sake!