Mead

[moonsi til]

Im a no to mead. I tried it for th 1st time last summer and just could not get along with the taste...

 

[ViolentPanda]

mead is you dozy bint.

No it isn't, it's heritage is entirely indo-european, came over from the Hindu Kush (mentioned in the Rig Veda too!) with the tribes that became the "Celts", fuck all to do with those aniseed-sucking bubbles, it just spread there as the Indo-European tribes made their way past.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I fancy trying some.. Is there a particular one to go for? Do they have it in supermarkets or is it best buying online? I don't want to go too expensive, but nothing nasty due to cheapness either. Do you have to drink the bottle in a couple of sittings like normal wine or does it keep longer?

 

[Chilli.s]

I fancy trying some.. Is there a particular one to go for? Do they have it in supermarkets or is it best buying online? I don't want to go too expensive, but nothing nasty due to cheapness either. Do you have to drink the bottle in a couple of sittings like normal wine or does it keep longer?

I had a bottle of recently, was made by Lyme Bay Mead, fairly good and typical.

 

[Voley]

I've not changed my opinion on mead since we last chatted about it:

Mead is evil. Tastes all lovely and sweet and like blackberries and this isn't really like drinking at all and why am I on the floor and I'm fairly certain this isn't my face.

 

[Chilli.s]

14.5% dont drink it all at once

 

[mx wcfc]

I'm a big mead fan. Love the stuff. Sadly all that sugar does me in (type 2) and I get pissed far far too quickly.

A pub I (normally) go to does mulled mead in winter. Gorgeous stuff.

 

[mx wcfc]

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14.5% dont drink it all at once

Tried this?

Chilli Mead | Buy Chilli Mead Online | Lyme Bay Winery Mead

Chilli mead has the perfect balance of sweet honey with the spicy kick of chillies, which will leave your tongue tingling with delight, try now!

lymebaywinery.co.uk

 

[marty21]

I'm still a fan of Mead

 

[two sheds]

I've enjoyed some meads that I've had - lovely stuff, but others have a faintly unpleasant metallic taste

 

[Chilli.s]

Tried this?

Chilli Mead | Buy Chilli Mead Online | Lyme Bay Winery Mead

Chilli mead has the perfect balance of sweet honey with the spicy kick of chillies, which will leave your tongue tingling with delight, try now!

lymebaywinery.co.uk

Nope, not yet. Chilli is a flavour that's chucked about a bit too easily, chockies, jam, ice cream and while I do like it i think its a hard one to do with any subtlety.

 

[StoneRoad]

I'm quite a fan of mead.

Definitely an acquired taste, and some has been downright nasty, with a metallic or sour taste.
That must be the result of whatever weird plants the bees had been visiting ...

Out of the several I've tried, I think I liked Lindisfarne the most.
I haven't had any for a couple of years ...

Having been reminded / inspired by this thread re-appearing, I think I'll celebrate my second jab with some.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Having been reminded / inspired by this thread re-appearing, I think I'll celebrate my second jab with some.

We were talking about it in the context of the spring equinox (tomorrow) and it being a druid sort of drink. Although maybe that's just in my head.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Mead is evil.

It needs no more description than this.

Grim stuff.

 

[Chilli.s]

I've been thinking about this chilli mead stuff, and while I would guzzle down a bottle if it were given to me, not sure that I'd buy any. What I'm going to do though is next time I have mead in stock I'll do an experimental mead cocktail with some hot sauce.

 

[sojourner]

I hate it when old threads are bumped I always come across as a right twat