What is mead? You ask? The basic answer is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey, but there is more to it. The U.S. government answers the question what is mead by saying it is "honey wine", probably because it is made by the same process as wine, but it deserves a classification of its… Continue reading
Mead Honey Wine Discount for Holidays Hidden Legend Mead wine is the perfect gift this holiday season. Visit our online store and our special holiday shipping rates. We are offering 50% off shipping for three bottles and free shipping for all orders of four bottles or more. Case and half case discounts are also available.… Continue reading
Introduction to Mead Mead is one of the oldest fermented beverages in the world. It predates history so no one is really sure where it was first made or by whom, but it has been written about in some of the oldest recorded literature. Literature like Beowulf where all the Vikings got together and drank… Continue reading
Honey-wine Thought to Have Medicinal Benefits Mead is Drinkable Honey, and it is known that it retains the numerous nutritional qualities of honey. The National Honey Board says that mead has similar health benefits of white wine due to the antioxidant characteristics of wine. The immune boosting properties of honey are retained in mead as… Continue reading
Different Types of Mead Honey Wine Hidden Legend Winery makes a variety of Meads. They are all unique in their own ways while sharing certain attributes at the same time. Attributes like being award winning meads, made from premium Montana produced honey and Montana grown berries, and being some of the best mead wine you… Continue reading
Is Mead Brewed or Fermented? As you peruse the internet in search for mead (honey wine) and information about mead, you will often find the phrase “brew mead” as you read, but mead is actually not a beer or beer like beverage at all. The U.S. Government classifies mead as a honey wine because mead… Continue reading
How Movies Show the Drinking of Mead If you have never heard of mead, don't feel bad, neither have a lot of people. Mohamed hadn’t when he dictated the Koran. A very entertaining film about Vikings gives us some insight into this. The 1998 film The 13th Warrior, is about an Arab ambassador named Ahmed… Continue reading
All About Mead Honey Wine Mead Honey Wine is widely believed to be the oldest fermented beverage on the planet. Mead Honey Wine was around before the Roman Empire or when Jesus made wine from water. Needless to say mead has an extensive history. It was there a long time before France became the authority… Continue reading