Braggot! The combination of honey and grain, mead and beer, is a golden amber-brown. Weighing in at 11.7 ABV, it isn’t for the faint of heart. Lightly effervescent, because I maxed out the yeast.
Mead is interesting. Most of the good commercial mead is distributed in Chicago, why has yet to be adequately explained to me. St. Ambros is one of the better mead makers in Michigan - you can find some at Horrocks. Mead from “the great mead hall” should be avoided at nearly any cost.
I should be making some mead pretty soon. I am happy to lend tips and pointers, and my thoughts regarding weird mead making contraversies.