Mead
Mead is made out of honey, water and special yeast used for fermentation. Brewers of mead uses the word “must” to refer to the mixture of those three ingredients that mead is made from. The yeast that has been added to the honey and water mixture will ferment or metabolize the sugar in honey until all of it has been consumed and turned into alcohol. This is the point where the mixture itself or the resulting fermented product is called mead.
Depending on how you regulate the amount of honey you will use to produce mead, one will be able to create either sweet mead, semi-sweet or a plain dry (with almost no trace of sweetness in it) mead beer. One should also put into consideration the kind of honey that will be used since different types of honey (e.g. blended, polyfloral, monofloral honey, honeydew honey, etc.) confers flavor, aroma and a certain level of sweetness to the beer.
Some manufacturers are able to experiment on the production of beers such as mead by putting in additional fruity flavours from citruses and other fruits and sometimes even spices. They may include the added flavours into the mixture while the honey undergoes fermentation process or when the honey has been completely fermented. While this maybe applicable for producers who produce beers in bulk, one may also experiment on following your own taste by adjusting the level of sugar present on mead.
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