While Spyder is correct in telling you that meads are along term deal, they can take up to 1 year before they start to come into their own, try the
www.gotmead.com and search for the JAO thread. That is a very simple recipe for a simple mead that is good at 8-9 weeks and gets better with time. It is not a "award winning" mead but it is very good and very quick, it doesn't require a lot of equipment and ingredients. If you like the results, and most people do, then you can try more involved recipes. I generally make a 3 gal batch every 2 months or so just to have a good sweet wine that my significant other and I can sip after dinner. I managed to save a bottle for about 8 months (actually it got lost) and we were very pleasantly surprised, it was much better than when it was young. My goal is to save a couple of bottles for at least 2 years....guess i'll have to make bigger batches and hide the bottles while i'm drunk...
Hope this helps,
Brewbear
