My first trial at making HYDROMEL or MEAD or HONEY-WINE, the most ancient fermented drink ever made by mankind and done with Honey... I am totally fascinated by it... HYDROMEL is called the "drink of the Gods" for its medicinal properties.

My first trial at making HYDROMEL or MEAD or HONEY-WINE, the most ancient fermented drink ever made by mankind and done with Honey... I am totally fascinated by it... HYDROMEL is called the "drink of the Gods" for its medicinal properties and consider a marker of the passage from "Nature to culture". Apparently they found some pottery vessels in Asia from 7000BC who have contained Mead!!! It's even described in the Ridveda, one of the sacred book of the Vedic Religion and later Hinduism... Also used by the legendary feasting of the warriors of God Odin. It's found all over the culture of Celtic, Germanic and Danish poetry, in Africa, Ethiopia, etc... Finally the Mayan used it as a ritualistic drink . The Spaniards banned it in order to convert the natives to Christianity ("ironic" when you think mead was there in all pre-Christianity culture in Europe) and many Mayans began dying off due to the mission health benefits of their mead... The name "Honey Moon" in French "Lune de Miel" came from this too as the newly married couples had to drink mead daily for one month (one moon, one cycle) after their wedding to increase their chance to conceive a baby... Honoring the Magic spiritual and Healing gift of my bees 🐝❤️🙏🏻