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Mead of Many Names
Mead is made from
honey, but there are several variations. Here is a list of
the most common and some uncommon mead variations.
Mead:
honey, optionally with flavoring ingredients
Hydromel:
a less common name for mead as well as the French name
Sack mead:
same as mead but with more honey
Melomel, mulsum:
honey and fruit
Metheglin:
honey and spices
Morat:
honey and mulberries
Pyment, pyment-claree:
honey and grapes
Hippocras:
honey, grapes, and spices
Cyser:
honey and apples
Braggot:
honey and malt
Oxymel:
mead mixed with wine vinegar
Rhodomel:
honey with attar, a rose petal distillate
Capsicumel:
honey with chile pepper
Omphacomel:
mead and verjuice, the juice of unripe grapes
Scottish heather mead:
mead with citrus and tannin, heather honey
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