By definition metheglins are traditional meads made with herbs and/or spices for flavoring, preserving, medicinal, or other purposes. I imagine that the first meads being naturally fermented might have tasted like a honey solvent. Purchase your mead making kits and supplies at MoreBeer.com.

What type of alcohol is mead?

What is mead? Mead or honey wine is made by fermenting honey with water. Like beer, mead is sometimes flavored with fruits, spices, grains, or hops. But it's generally higher in alcohol than beer and more in line with grape wine — typically between eight and 20 percent ABV.

What is spiced Metheglin?

Metheglin is a variant of mead made traditionally with herbs and spices adding for additional flavours. This is distinct from a mead actually made spicy using chillies, which would be a capsicumel. Metheglin has its origins in folk medicines.