Meads vary wildly; some are simply fortified wines with honey, but the better meads - like Gale's, or Moniack - are made by brewing honey. I used to get Moniack in in huge supply; it's very nice, but the hangovers are about as bad as they get save for port hangovers.
Cambridge is very lucky for beer, with three breweries; Milton in particular is run by enthusiasts, and their brewery tours are quite entertaining.
In New York state, there are several wineries that have been giving tours for years, and I heard that they're really enjoyable-particularly toward the end!
I used to be acquainted with one of the members of the Wente family-they market wine from their vinyards in Livermore, California, & their Blanc et Noir was really nice. I'm fairly certain that the California wineries, @ least some of them, have tours.
In several regions of the United States, particularly where there are populations of northern European stock, the Oktoberfest is an annual event. Because of the profit potential, it, along with craft fairs & the like, has survived by being co-opted by corporate interests.
This response has become lengthy-I'll spare a discourse on the pros & cons of corporate involvement. Except to say, generally, ya win some, ya lose some! Isn't that how Darwin could have summed it up? :)
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Cambridge is very lucky for beer, with three breweries; Milton in particular is run by enthusiasts, and their brewery tours are quite entertaining.
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I used to be acquainted with one of the members of the Wente family-they market wine from their vinyards in Livermore, California, & their Blanc et Noir was really nice. I'm fairly certain that the California wineries, @ least some of them, have tours.
In several regions of the United States, particularly where there are populations of northern European stock, the Oktoberfest is an annual event. Because of the profit potential, it, along with craft fairs & the like, has survived by being co-opted by corporate interests.
This response has become lengthy-I'll spare a discourse on the pros & cons of corporate involvement. Except to say, generally, ya win some, ya lose some! Isn't that how Darwin could have summed it up? :)