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Often referred to as honey wine, mead doesn’t actually fit into the categories of wine, beer, or liquor—it's in a league of its own. This fermented drink is steeped in history, potentially one of the oldest alcoholic beverages of all time. But what exactly is mead, or honey wine? Are there any nutritional benefits or sustainable perks that come with opting for this boozy beverage over other happy hour favorites? Here's a full breakdown.
While there are certainly wines with added honey that could technically be called «honey wines,» that’s not what we’re talking about here. Mead is called honey wine by some, though that's technically a misnomer, as it's far different from what we typically consider to be wine. It's made by using a fermentation process just like any other alcoholic beverage—but instead of grains or grapes, it’s honey that is undergoing fermentation in this popular brew. In fact, there are specific criteria outlining how much of the concoction must be fermented honey in order for the final product to be considered mead. Water and yeast round out this very simple, three-ingredient recipe.
While you may think this beverage would taste sweet, the flavor profile really depends on the variety of honey used, any additional ingredients, and fermentation time. Mead can range anywhere from sweet to dry, and still to sparkling. Herbs, fruit, hops, grains, and spices might be added in to change the concoction's flavor, plus its health benefits. Countless spinoff recipes exist, each with their own unique names—from T’ej, an Ethiopian gesho root-infused mead, to the medieval Braggot, which is honey malted barley brew, or a mashup of mead and beer.
This drink can have an alcohol by volume (ABV)
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Here in the UK it’s traditional to take a couple of weeks off work over the summer and head off to somewhere with better weather – or at least somewhere that you can get away from it all for a little while. It’s one of the ironies of life that this takes you away from the garden at a time when it really could use your help. If you have a gardening neighbour then you can rely on them to take care of your garden while you’re away, but if you don’t and don’t want to come home to dead plants, weeds and giant marrows then there are a few things you can do to prepare your garden for your absence.
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Continuing with my goal of reading one of the unread gardening books on my shelf every month this year, I choose Salad Plants for Your Garden by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix as my book for May. It has been in my possession for two years since I bought it in a charity shop; it was originally published in 1998.
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2017 is the 100th anniversary of the start of the Cottingley fairies story, a hoax which entrances the UK to this day. Cousins Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright faked photos of fairies at the bottom of the garden, intended to be a practical joke on their grown-ups. When Elsie’s mother showed the photos to the local Theosophical Society, she set in motion a chain of events that led Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to declare the photographs to be authentic. He wrote an article on fairy life for The Strand magazine in November 1920, and fairy fever gripped the nation. Conan Doyle later wrote a book on the subject, The Coming of the Fairies – The Cottingley Incident.
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