A Taste of Honey: Mead brewed beneath the mountain adds new flavours in Ruapehu
Ruapehu brewers add modern sparkle to ancient beverages in Ohakune.
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Ruapehu brewers add modern sparkle to ancient beverages in Ohakune.
Ruapehu brewers add modern sparkle to ancient beverages in Ohakune.
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How mead emerged as the drink of summer 2021 These are heady times for British mead. The honey-based drink is thought to be the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage. It was probably being made in China in 7000 BC and King Arthur counted it amongst his favourite tipples. Chaucer mentions “braggot”, a form of mead made with honey and barley malt, and the Ancient Hindus got high on “soma.” The ancient Greeks drank “hydromel”, which was watered down honey, and the Romans had “hypocras” – cinnamon wine – and “mulsum” – wine sweetened with honey. Now th...