About Mead
Mead is an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various fruits, spices, grains, or hops. The alcoholic content ranges from about 3. 5% ABV to more than 20%. The defining characteristic of mead is that the majority of the beverage's fermentable sugar is derived from honey.
Drought-stricken US warned of looming 'dead pool'
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... Sitting on the Arizona-Nevada border near Las Vegas, Lake Mead - formed by the creation of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River - is the largest reservoir in the United States and provides water to 25 million people across three states and Mexico...
How the pandemic made us more adventurous drinkers
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... Based in Ceredigion in west Wales, he makes award-winning Mead - an alcoholic drink created by fermenting honey and water...
Syd Mead: 'Central' Blade Runner designer dies
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...Concept art from Blade Runner appears in the book - the Film-the art of Syd Mead: Visual Futurist artist Syd Mead, who was best known for his designs on the sci-fi film Blade Runner, died in California at the age of 86...
A company of honey makes: beekeepers Met-mission
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... But this is what Matt Newell, 30, has done, is to make honey from his bees, Mead sticks - an alcoholic drink - which is now on sale over the Wye valley...