Punch: 8

Taste: 9

Drinkability: 9 

Rating:  8.6/10

There is a place up in the Stouffville, ON-ish area called Applewood Farm Winery. It’s the only place in the area I know of that you can get authentic mead, you know, like the vikings drank. The beer store sells something they call mead, but it’s not at all what the history books describe. The stuff at Applewood is.

I usually have a bottle on hand, and the last time I stopped in to pick one up, the gent who runs the place (I think he makes all the wine as well) told me to mix it with whisky. Any brand of whisky will do.

I happened to have a bottle of Jack Daniels at home, so I thought I’d give it a try.

I was a little wary at first, afraid I was wasting good mead and good whisky. I was foolish to have any concern. Mead on its own is sweet, sharp and nectar-like. Whisky is hard, packs a fiery punch and (good stuff) is smooth going down. Together, they create a hard, sweet, almost buttery beverage. One tester described the combination to be “What I thought liquor should taste like before I ever tried it.”

I dubbed the new cocktail “Wead” mostly for the comedic value.