When you think of mead, your mind’s eye probably conjures up syrupy souvenirs in National Trust gift shops, or images of bearded Vikings quaffing and carousing. Now, this ancient drink — one of the ...

Patrick Dobbins is giving the world’s oldest alcoholic drink a makeover. The mead maker and owner of Colorado’s Annapurna Mead is doing two things to reach a wider audience: He’s ditching bottles for ...

In this era of constant accusations of media bias — left-wing, right-wing, gull-wing (that’s bias against DeLoreans) — I confess: I have a long-held bias against mead. Despite regularly incorporating ...

Party like it's 1999 B.C.? Now you can at The Bottlehouse. The Cleveland Heights brewery is also a meadery, selling various batches of the honey-based wine. (John Petkovic/The Plain Dealer) CLEVELAND, ...

As local mead fans are fond of joking, mead expert Ken Schramm wrote the book on mead. Literally. Ten years ago, his book The Compleat Meadmaker was timed perfectly to school a new generation of ...

You might have noticed it in shops or even coming soon to our local breweries (Wicked Barley and Engine 15), the trend in craft brewing is moving to Ciders and Meads. The craft beer industry is ...

Calgarians drink a lot of suds at National, a chain of four rollicking craft beer bars, each with more than 60 taps. But across them all this summer, the bestselling keg is a mead. That’s right. This ...

Even though it’s only two years old, Melo Lion Meadery in York County is already making a name for itself on a global scale. Earlier this year, Melo Lion competed in Colorado in the international ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. CARON, Sask. — Meads have been around for a long time, but there hasn’t been a craft meadery in Saskatchewan ...