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MEADMAKERS: Lynn and Deondra Childers stand behind the bar at Juniper Tree Meadery. Credit: Stephanie Smittle For the uninitiated, mead is a drink made by fermenting honey. Hailed as humanity’s first ...

Ah, mead, that sweet, honeyed alcoholic beverage that has been a staple at Renaissance fairs for decades (along with giant turkey legs). It’s also increasingly popular among home craft brewers since ...

Pour mead into a large saucepan. Cut an orange half into thin slices and add to the saucepan. Squeeze the remaining orange into the mead. Add the cloves and cinnamon. Set over low heat and bring to a ...

How mead, one of the world’s oldest alcoholic beverages, could become the drink of the future Left, a few of the ingredients used to build flavor throughout the mead making process at Charm City ...

Once thought of as the “nectar of the gods” and a favorite of those hard living marauding Vikings circa 1000 A.D., mead dates even further back to China back in 2000 B.C. And now, this drink made of ...