Braggot

Braggot — an ancient hybrid of mead and ale — is fermented from both honey and malted grain, marrying the floral, honeyed richness of mead with the bready, roasted backbone of beer. Often hopped and sometimes spiced, it sits at roughly 6 to 13 percent alcohol, midway between a strong ale and a session mead. Colour runs from pale gold to deep amber and copper depending on the malt, and the aroma leads with warm honey, toasted bread crust and a gentle bitterness from hops or bittering herbs. Medieval British and Welsh drinkers knew it as bracket or bragawd, and it has returned as a favourite of the modern craft-mead and homebrew revival — a bridge drink for anyone who loves both a rich barley wine and a honeyed mead.