# I Just Tried Mead for the First Time

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tried-mead-for-the-first-time/913270>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 26, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tried-mead-for-the-first-time/913270 "2020-06-26T20:39:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tried-mead-for-the-first-time/913270/21 "2020-06-28T00:44:42Z")

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> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> Some heavy wines like sherry or port can also reach 15-16 %, so that seems to be comparable.

Those are fortified. Often to higher than that

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tried-mead-for-the-first-time/913270/22 "2020-06-28T03:16:32Z")

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My boss started keeping bees at home, so in our daily group meeting I asked if he’d be making mead (he home brews beer). The reaction from him and another meeting member was a verbal shudder, like “oh, hell no”, and both considered mead as a class undrinkable. I’ve never tried it myself, but I guess my expectations are sufficiently low if I did.

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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tried-mead-for-the-first-time/913270/23 "2020-06-28T05:06:18Z")

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Ricky the Meadmaker at [Groenfell Meadery](https://www.groennfell.com/) has interesting videos ([ask the meadmaker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPDblFhdmVU&list=PLWj8ZMGTeZmVIu967WjiZ1D8_XE_iENDu&index=4))

He makes beer strength mead (say 6-8% alcohol).

I’m a homebrewer. I’ve tried making mead many times and don’t like the results. A cyser (honey and apple juice) is better to my palate.

Ordered a case of their mead in a pitiful gesture to help keep them afloat during Covid. Some are ok but nothing that makes me a mead fan, sorry to say.

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**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tried-mead-for-the-first-time/913270/24 "2020-06-28T05:30:39Z")

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> [@TroutMan](#):
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> > [@Monty](#):
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> > Be careful with that stuff! If you drink too much, you might get buzzed.
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> A valiant effort, but lessened by your failure to say “bee careful”.

That kind of criticism stings.

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