Mead; Nectar of the      Gods

Mead is a drink made by fermenting honey and water. It can range in strength from mild to liquor strength. Mead pre-dates beer and ale in many cultures and is more time-consuming to make,which may account for its decline in popular culture. The Norse used mead for a much later time period than other peoples and it was used in worship of the Norse gods by passing a horn around for each member to drink from and by pouring some upon the alter. Many people involved in the SCA make or use mead.It is usually formally drank from a cattle horn drinking container.If you are interested in trying mead you can find sites online but be wary,some sites offer honeyed wine as mead but true mead is not wine.I have several links on this site that you can use to find mead making supplies and drinking horns.Books on mead are available either at your library or at www.llewellyn.com.

Drinking horns used for mead come in many shapes and sizes. You can get really good ones from The Horn Shoppe online.My mead horn was purchased from them and is pictured below.