Mead

Mead, one of the oldest alcoholic drinks in history, has seen quite the resurgence recently (find out more about that over on our blog)! Moniack Mead is a traditional honey mead, produced at Moniack Castle by Highland Wineries, through the process of fermenting honey. A fun mead fact: traditionally,

Here we have a traditionally styled mead, a time-honoured tipple which dates back hundreds if not thousands of years, from Lyme Bay Winery in Devon. It’s made in small batches with honey, and bottled at 14.5% ABV. A fab pairing with cheeses.

In the heart of the Wye Valley in the Welsh borders, Wye Valley Meadery keeps its own bees, producing honey from the pollens of the surrounding countryside. The honey is used to make this wonderful Traditional Mead – with a volume of over 50% honey per bottle, or could you say 50% HBV - Honey By Vol

If anybody ever grew up enjoying rhubarb crumble or a sprinkle of sugar on rhubarb as snack, then you're sure to enjoy this. The Lyme Bay Winery in East Devon has added rhubarb to its mead. There are numerous ways to enjoy it, whether served chilled over ice, with cheese, ice cream or in a fruit

A darker style of mead from the Island of Lindisfarne, made using honey, fermented grape juice, neutral spirits and locally sourced water.

Made on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne off the north coast, this mead is made with fermented grape juice, honey, herbs and pure water.

While we don't really see flagons of mead being quaffed in pubs these days, it's still out there! The Lyme Bay Winery has made a new variation on the traditional honey based drink with their Garden Mead, which has a mint twist running through it. Huzzah for mead!

From West Sussex-based Loxwood Meadworks comes this Honey Wine. Festival 18 is a refreshing, off-dry expression. The mead is dry fermented, and then sweetened with a touch of honey, bringing a floral balance to the zesty undertones. Enjoy this chilled alongside Mediterranean antipasti.

Not as sweet as their Traditional Mead, Lyme Bay Winery's West Country Mead has a spicy kick to it alongside the classic honey wine sweetness. It’s best served at room temperature and even goes pretty well with spicy food, if you can handle that sort of thing.

In ye olden days, many enjoyed watching a jousting tournament with mead, and now we can recreate those times with the Lyme Bay Winery's Tournament Mead, flavoured with ginger! However, the closest modern day equivalent to jousting we could think of is demolition derby, so you just need to find one o

From the Lyme Bay Winery in East Devon comes a combination of warming spice and rich sweetness - Chilli Mead! The spice isn't overbearing or powerful, but balanced with nuance to complement the honeyed profile, and should make it an excellent pairing for strong cheese and red meat dishes.

An award-winning mead from Afon Mêl in Wales, its Heather Mead is fermented using heather honey! As such, among the honey sweetness you'll also find a subtle, floral smokiness. Sure to pair very well with rich wintery dishes such as stews and the like.

From Kinsale Mead Co. comes this melomel style mead (which is basically just mead with fruit in it), Wild Red Mead, made from Spanish honey, Wexford blackcurrants balanced with cherries. The fruit and honey are mixed with local water and yeast, fermented off dry, and is then matured for a minimum of

Wales-based Wye Valley Meadery has taken its Traditional Mead, made with honey from its own beehives, and aged it in whiskey barrels. The 'e' here has us guessing ex-bourbon barrels, and the mead has been given plenty of oaky vanilla notes alongside delicious honey.

Go Medieval on Christmas with Lyme Bay Winery's Christmas Mead! The traditional honey-based beverage is blended with delicious festive spices for a warm, comforting drink to enjoy next to a fire so delightful if the weather outside becomes frightful.

This Cherry Mead from Afon Mêl in Wales is fermented with sour cherries alongside honey, producing a silky sweet drink with juicy, fresh cherry flavour, among almond, and heather notes. A gentle tang develops in the background, making this a great pairing for rich meat dishes, or alongside dessert.

Contrary to what you may think, this blushing mead from Lindisfarne doesn't get its colour from berries and the like – it's actually from the addition of orange! A good dose of zest to be found among the sweeter honeyed notes.

The Kinsale Mead Co. folks in Ireland have gone and crafted a limited edition seasonal mead - Hazy Summer Mead! It takes six summer berries, with strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, cherries and blueberries, fermented with Spanish honey. One for those long summer nights over ice,

Spiced Mead from the producers on the Island of Lindisfarne. A sweet, warming tipple - just the ticket for cold winter evenings.

This comes from Loxwood Meadworks in West Sussex, this is a mulled honey wine. All you need to do is pour it out and heat it up for the perfect winter warmer.

A decadent drop from Afon Mêl, this mead is fermented with fresh blackberries, imparting huge helpings of fruity flavour. Splendid in all manner of serves, and we're not just talking about splashing it in your prosecco or lemonade, it's pretty great drizzled over ice cream too! The rich honey and fr

From the Kinsale folks over in Ireland comes this Atlantic Dry Mead. The traditional style mead is made from raw Spanish orange blossom honey, which is mixed with local water and yeast and then fermented. Though the honey is a prominent flavour, this dry mead is anything but overly sweet.

Wonderful Welsh mead from Afon Mêl, produced by fermenting wildflower honey. This is its medium mead (as opposed to a sweet mead), which is made with slightly less honey for those who like their drinks a little lighter on the sweetness.

A handy little 350ml bottle of Lindisfarne Mead! Ready whenever there's the need for mead, ought to be ideal for picnics and summer excursions.

A zesty treat, perfect for sipping in the sun, its a handy half-sized bottle of Lindisfarne Pink Mead, which gets its rosy hue from the addition of orange.