Hello, I am interested in purchasing a bottle of mead. However, none of the stores that would carry this beverage have it in my area (Augusta, GA in case you know of an exception).

My question for everyone is:
1)Where is an online store that I can purchase good, quality mead from.

and

2)I have never drank mead before and was wondering if there is any certain way you are supposed to drink it (Temp, mixing, etc.)

If this is a topic (Since its alcoholic and yes I am 21), Then Please just let me know and I will either delete it (New to the forums not sure if you can) or apologize in advance before the thread is locked.

Your best bet would be to ask a local beekeeper. They'll either know where you could get some, or make it themselves. My old teacher makes mead.

I think this'll be locked soon, but as far as I know, the best mead is home-brewed. Tastes quite good if done well.

Depending on where you live you might can buy it online.


http://www.stormthecastle.com/mead/where-to-buy-mead.htm

Try World Market, i know they have an online store, they have various imported wines and such and i know they have a selection of mead. It's truly delicious.

Disgusta Georgia probably doesn't have any mead.

If you don't feel like making it, this place is decent. http://www.chaucerswine.com/mead.asp

Are you supposed to warm it like sake?

Do a search on google or another and I am pretty sure you will find something.

Well, you can. I think most people do. Though, as to sake, there are different kinds. The kinds that are meant to be consumed warm are usually not very good. The high quality sakes should be consumed chilled for the most part.

You can drink it warm or chilled. Traditionally, Vikings were said to have warmed their mead by dipping a hot fire poker in their filled cup, but half a minute in the microwave suffices for me. I only ever warm spiced mead though, and never of my own homemade brew.

Yeah, that's what I recall drinking warm...mull the mead in a pot slowly.

I just wish it wasn't so sweet.

I'm curious as to how much home brewed mead you've had? Every time I've had home brewed anything, it's tasted pretty nasty and given me the mother of all hangovers. There's a reason the professionals are professionals.

Thirsk, Soltheim....west of Vvardenfell. They have plenty.

Oh!

Nvrmd.

+1 to that. If the beekeepers make them themselves, they will also be surely happy to let you taste them before you buy, so you'll have an idea what to expect. Also, if you have fantasy/middle ages fairs or RPG conventions around the place, check those out. Might not be the best mead there, but there should be aplenty, at least.

I think if you get in touch with your local http://www.sca.org/ they will hook you up.

Traditionally, it was drunk in a lot of different places, so there's plenty of different traditional ways to serve it . Think of it as honey wine and you're on the right track... there's more than one variety, so there's more than one ideal temperature etcetera.


Then whoever been brewing the homebrew you've drunk svcks at it :shrug:.

Anyone who can follow a recipe and keep things sanitised should be quite capable of producing good stuff. Of course, one also has to have the money to afford the equipment (some stuff can be skipped or improvised, though) and decent ingredients (which can't be skipped or improvised)...

Home-brewed mead is pretty easy, easier even than fruit wines. If your home brew is grim and giving you headaches, I can recommend trying the following:

1) Clean everything you are going to use at least twice, with boiling water and sterilising solution. This may sound excessive but it is necessary.
2) Don't use any fruit that is rotten or that you even suspect is rotten. This will spoil your brew.
3) Increasing the amoung of citric acid in wine can help make it less horrid.
4) Patience is always good with fruit wine. Any wine made with dark, tannin-heavy fruit is going to be far too brutal to drink until it has aged for at least a year.

Just go to your local liquor store.