distilled spirits

[arethinn]

"Distilled beverages are made by distilling fermented beverages. Broad categories of distilled beverages include whiskeys, distilled from fermented cereal grains; brandies, distilled from fermented fruit juices, and rum, distilled from fermented molasses or sugarcane juice." (Wikipedia)

I find it hard to believe no one's tried distilling mead. I wonder if the resulting liquor would be more like a brandy or a rum. I wonder how one sets up a still, anyway... *g*