Charles Bulter, the “Father of English Beekeeping” was a logician, grammarian, apiarist and Queen Elizabeth I’s beekeeper. In his 1609 book The Feminine Monarchie or The Historie of Bees, Butler detailed the Queen’s favorite mead recipe. The recipe has been adapted by several mead makers. The original recipe is below it includes ginger, lemon peel, […]
Mead, Honey from Wine, is the World’s Oldest Alcoholic Drink
The ancient Greeks called mead the “nectar of the gods.” Since honey has antioxidant and antimicrobial properties; mead was also used in ancient India and China and has been used ever since by many cultures. Famous mead was made by monks in European monasteries and Queen Elizabeth the 1st had her own mead recipe. Today, mead […]