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Originally posted by Futurama Guy:
Actually, not to sound totally insane regarding honey beverages, the ancient Russians drank many different honey beverages such as "perevar" and "braga" which were alcoholic (they also used molasses).

This might be interesting to note...there is a drink called mead, or honey wine, which is widely considered the world's first alcoholic drink first made by the ancient Greeks. This is the original "nectar of the gods."

Mead, in essence, is honey, water and yeast for fermentation, with spices and fruits often added for flavor variation. It is simpler to make than beer, and while meadmakers once had to boil the honey to sterilize it and wait up to two years for the product to age, mead can now be cold-filtered and can ferment in two to three months.

Im actually half tempted to try to make the stuff sometime.....

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