never had it but would love to try to make some of my own. if anyone has an recipies or info on it i would be grateful :)

Oswego NY well pretty much any place in upstate New York is going to have premium meade. You should order some from...

California Meadery
15549 Brookview Dr.
Sonoma, CA 95476

The Meadery at Greenwich
RR4 Box 4070
Greenwich, NY 12834
(518)695-9669

Earle Estates Meadery
RD1 Box 246
Locke, NY 13092
(607)898-5940
E-mail: earle@lightlink.com

Oliver Wine Co.
8024 North Highway 37
Bloomington, IN 47401

Rocky Mountain Meadery
3701 G Road
Palisade, CO 81526
(970)464-7899
E-mail: cpa@wic.net

The Hogtown Brewer
21 SW 2nd Street
Gainesville, FL 32601
(Mail order carrying Screaming Viking Mead
from FL and Chaucer's Mead from CA)

hands down, my favorite commercial meade is from Mountain Meadows in California ...especially the sweet honey wine. For those who are interested, I think there is a site on the web if ya google for it.

but the best I ever had was a friend's homebrew made with plums. It turned out light and fragrant with fine little champagne bubbles. I'm sure my memory exaggerates, but it was nothing short of exquisite.

and then there was the another friend's batch of spiced meade ...didn't have a recipe but "generally knew what went into it". Well, even with a five gallon batch, a cup of cloves is waaaay too much. hehe...

myself, I've only brewed one batch and I really must disagree with the recipe that called for boiling the honey for a half hour ...completely killed the flavor of the honey (and it was some YUMMY honey). It didn't turn out completely bad it still had a faint yeasty taste ...not sure why or what to do to correct it. Anyone out there know?

The best mead I ever had was in the tiny town of Suzdal, in Russia, where the monks at the local monastery still make mead according to a recipe from the 900s AD. It was incredible stuff, unfiltered, earthy and full of whole spices. I still pine for it every time I taste a commercially produced mead. Nonetheless, I will continue to sample every mead I come across in hopes of finding one that can hold a candle to the Suzdal monks' brew. It's a formidable mission, but I'm a formidable woman. ;)

I have drunk it in the past. It is delicious. I have actually drunk many different kinds included homemade. One warning, not from personal experience, don't drink too much I hear it gives uniquely intense hangovers.

At most authentic Ethiopian restaurants you can get honey wine. it's very sweet but good and gets ya drunk rather quickly.

The best meade I have found that is available commercially comes from a small organic apiary near me.

It is better than chaucers or mt airy hands down and quite reasonably priced.

Anyone interested in some get in touch with me and I can set you up with an order.