Why mead is an excellent choice for the casual brewer

Ok, I'll tell you how to brew some mead.

Throw one part honey, three parts water into a large vessel you can heat up. Pasteurise the mixture for about 15 minutes, cool it, throw in some yeast, then tip it into a carboy, whack on a bung with an airlock and leave it for a few months, racking once or twice if you wish.

That's the gist of it.

I won't go into details, but there is much more you can do with making mead. I just wanted to point out that it's one of the easiest things to brew from original ingredients.

I guess I just like simple and elegant.