To make better meads, one must adequately track the meadmaking process for later analysis. Similarly, one must develop an unbiased opinion of his or her mead, and likewise have a means for evaluating the merits of one mead versus another. In the past, my tasting notes are minimal on the meads I have made, and thus I don’t feel I have the best handle on how to improve my product. I also don’t have great notes on the meads I have tasted commercially and amongst friends. Hence, it is imperative that I agree on
The Formats that Already Exist
A quick search for mead reviews on google provides four options for developing valid mead reviews (admittedly, two are nearly identical). Let’s take a look at these.