Metheglin

Metheglin is derived from the Welsh word “meddyglyn” which means healing drink.

Crozet Music Festival 2009

The first is while bantering with Princess: "Nay then, two treys, and if you grow so nice, Metheglin, wort, and malmsey: well run, dice!"

Shakespeare on Games 2008

The first is while bantering with Princess: "Nay then, two treys, and if you grow so nice, Metheglin, wort, and malmsey: well run, dice!"

Archive 2008-03-01 2008

I challenged some first-rate mixologists to come up with a Thanksgiving Day drink inspired by that empty cask of Metheglin.

A Taste of Holiday Honey 2007

At the first Thanksgiving chances are some more of those strong waters were poured around, and perhaps also some Metheglin, a spiced drink of fermented honey.

A Taste of Holiday Honey 2007

Once it cools, add two ounces of this Metheglin syrup to six ounces of beer.

A Taste of Holiday Honey 2007

In his "History of the Plymouth Plantation," Bradford bitterly fingers the Friendship's crew, writing that the Metheglin had been "drunke up under the name of leakage, and so lost."

A Taste of Holiday Honey 2007

Queen Elizabeth had been a fan of the stuff, and royals were still drinking it half a century later -- Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary of visiting court one July day in 1666 and being served some iced Metheglin left over from the King's table, "which did please me mightily."

A Taste of Holiday Honey 2007

The parameters were fairly simple: The drink should involve honey and at least a few of the spices that have been used in Metheglin over the centuries.

A Taste of Holiday Honey 2007

Metheglin was a popular drink of the day, both high and low.

A Taste of Holiday Honey 2007