My First Berry Mead
Mead is one of if not the oldest fermented drinks. What was truly the oldest between wine, beer, and mead I will leave that up to the scholars. Mead at its most basic form is just honey, water, and yeast. Mead does not require any complex processes such as boiling or distilling to make. Ancient man had water and carried it around in skins, probably regularly foraged for honey once they found a honeycomb and realized it had such a sweet flavor, and the yeast is naturally occurring in the air so it was pretty easy to come by. In my imagination I see ancient man using the same skin to at one time collect honey and at another time putting water in it. It now has both honey, water, and natural yeast inside. He sets it aside while camped somewhere for a few weeks and it ferments. He is able to replicate the process (after a few trial and errors I am sure) and he and his tribe like the drink and the way it makes them feel and mead is now born unto the world. In that spirit