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My first taste of mead was also at a ren fair. I believe it was chaucers. I really liked it i only had a sip along with everything else i drank that day. And then i forgot all about it. Until about 2 years later. A friend of mine who travels around the country a lot had hooked up with 2 cases of mead. Actually it was various melomels, methlgins and traditional meads. After my first taste of the vanilla mead i was hooked and when i was told the guy made it himself i was very impressed. About 6 months after that another friend talked about starting homebrewing and with the aid of his computer i bought everything i needed to begin making mead. The 1st try was a failure but I tried again and willl never give it up. Its nearly 4 years later now and i am such a nut i decided i needed my own bees to cut out the middle man. Next year i should be making my very own mead with my own honey. I also make my own beer now because of the mead making experince. Kinda the reverse of most mead makers huh.
 
For me it was a lightbulb... I'm not sure who turned it on. But My mother-in-law gave us a bottle of Wash. State Mead a year or so ago... we had some more at the Ren Faire this past year.... then I began researching mead.... (I've been researching mead since Sept 04) ... OH... that would only be about 3 weeks ago... ;D , and my first mead is only 8 days old... ;D , but I have a 5 year plan (buisness wise) ... and if this doesn't work.. it's not cuz I didn't try.
But still... I think I'll have fun with the making of the mead all the same. Perhaps only a gallon a month or more.... who knows. I have about a dozen hobbys and recently I retired a couple of them..... so I'll replace one with mead. 8)
:-* Suzy Q, Brewmistress
 
My first taste of mead was in Kaltenberg Germany at the summer medieval festival. I didn't find it again until I found a bottle of Chaucers locally.

That got me started surfing the web in search of my first mead. I've never found it, but did find this web page. I spent over a year doing my research and finally got started on my first batch of traditional sweet mead this Summer.

In the mean time, I've gotten several friends and my brother hooked as well, and he is gathering the equipment to start his own batch.

I think my second batch may be a rhodomel. I've got the rose petals harvested and waiting patiently in the freezer.
 
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