The Many Styles of Mead
Just as there are many varieties of beer, mead comes in many styles. Mead in its basic form is honeywine. The recipe is pretty simple: honey, water and yeast. From there meaderies can get quite creative. Here is an outline of the most common varieties of mead.
Bochet: Sack mead that has been burnt or charred
Bracket: Honeywine and ale combined
Braggot: Honeywine made with barley malt
Capsicumel: Honeywine with chile peppers
Cyser: Honeywine made with apples or apple juice
Hippocras: A spiced pyment honeywine made with herbs and grapes
Melomel or Mulsum: Honeywine made with any vegetable or fruit, except for apples or grapes
Metheglin: Honeywine made using herbs or spices
Morat: Honeywine with mulberries
Omphacomel: Honeywine with juice from unripe grapes
Oxymel: Honeywine and wine vinegar
Pyment: Honeywine made with grapes
Rhodomel: Honeywine and distilled rose petals
Sack: Very sweet honeywine
Varietal Mead: Flavored by using varietal honey, no adjunct ingredients
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