I’m actually brewing a mead this time around, but my hops are on the way and I’ll be brewing beer as well. My wife is already starting to get worried, what with the 3 containers of mead and my plans for the beer...I’m looking forward to the whole experience!! Perhaps if I do any good with this, I’ll give my moonshine recipe a go.
Your wife should be encourage you brewing; I’ve never met an unhappy brewer.
My first mead was made with ginger. After about 8 months I popped one open. Yikes! A bit medicinal. Fast forward 10 years: I was at my sisters for a holiday meal and noticed a familiar, dusty old bottle in their wine rack. It was the mead! It had a gift those many years before. We opened it and it was wonderful.
OK, time to star planning the next brew. A Belgian strong golden ale, aka a Duvel clone. Yum.