Upon first glance, goblets of mead may look similar to glasses of cider or ale. While mead, a type of honey wine, shares many similarities with beer, there are also plenty of differences that ...

Ethan McNamara carries with him a deep appreciation for the blend of science and tradition that mead-making represents.

This vessel could have contained ale, mead or wine. Mead was made of fermented honey, a valuable commodity before the domestication of the honey bee. Ale, more widely available than mead ...