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TIL that mead (or honey wine) has different names when blended with different ingredients. When fermented with grape juice, it is called “pyment,” with apple juice “cyser,” with other fruits “melomel,” with herbs or spices “metheglin,” and with hops, grains, or malts “braggot”
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In other upsetting news, I have also discovered [you can make an alcoholic beverage out of marshmallow peeps](https://preview.redd.it/02j42owza9t91.jpg?width=972&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1158ea14bb8239f2d5de61d368090016dd1cb84) which I am henceforth calling **mulve** because etymological reasons.
There are some absolutely delicious mead varieties out there. I once made a vanilla metheglyn. I also once used buckwheat honey which had a unique taste. An old room mate actually got super inspired and started his own mead company years ago and had some spicy flavours different fruits, you name it. It’s super easy to make and delicious.