Twin brothers Derek and Dominick Zirkle were teenagers when a beekeeper friend sparked their fascination with making mead — a beverage created from honey, water and yeast. “It’s the oldest alcoholic ...

“This is what?” Kevin Blake remembers asking his first time drinking a glass of mead, an alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water, with his wife, Natalie Blake. “We were like, ‘Wow, yeah. This is ...

Kaitlyn Stewart is an expert who spilled the fundamentals of DIY mead to Tasting Table. Chief among them, naturally, is what kind of honey to use.

Abram Krause and Gina Marcucci, of Goldberry Common, show off their cranberry spice and apple pie mead Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Rochester.

CROWN POINT — For each of the past four years, one very sweet, and very boozy, afternoon, Crown Point has become the honeywine capital of the nation. Manic Meadery in Crown Point did not invent the ...

Mead varieties, including fruit infusions and flavored meads, offer diverse taste profiles. However, mead production involves chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and anemia risks due to high protein ...