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.
That is amazing! I've been talking about that. As far as all the books say, should be ready sometime around October. BUT...I want to wait longer, and most likely will, at least with one bottle. I want to know how it ages!