Mead, an ancient alcoholic drink made simply out of water, yeast and honey, is a trend on the rise, bringing together backyard beekeepers and homebrewers to make the sweet drink. (Jamie Hale/The ...

Mead is almost certainly the first beverage that got humans drunk (sorry, beer). It predates wine by ten to thirty thousand years. Hell, it predates the cultivation of soil. Best of all, you only need ...

Four of the leading mead makers in the U.S., along with faculty and staff from the Department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis, are coordinating an “Introduction to Mead Making,” to be held Nov.

Ancient societies brewed flavorful and healing meads, ales, and wines for millennia using only intuition, storytelling, and knowledge passed down through generationsno fancy, expensive equipment or ...

“The mead hall was such a big part of Norse society — it was a place where everyone came together to drink and celebrate and ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Production of distilled alcohol began about 1,000 ago. Beer has been brewed almost 7,000 years, and wine is around 8,000 years old. But to find the world's oldest alcoholic ...

You’re probably well aware of all the local breweries you could hit up to find craft beer in Charlotte. And maybe you could even rattle off some of the cideries or vineyards in the area. But chances ...