Whenever I mention mead to my alcohol-challenged friends, they usually respond with their faces in an incredulous bunch, "Mead- what is that?"  They've heard of it, but haven't a clue where.  

Well, put it this way: wine comes from fermented grapes, beer from fermented grains, mead from fermented honey.  Simple, no? Hardly. So what does that make mead? Beer or wine? Rather than argue, AlcoholReviews.com has listed mead under both its beer and wine sections.

Now, there are a variety of styles of mead, from the flat syrupy-like to the light dry bubbly mead.  All, again, are made mostly from honey.  Different strains of yeast and differing types and amounts of honey make for diversity, as does the addition of herbs and on occasion, fruit.

Kasztelanski Polish Mead