I am currently taking a mead making class and it couldn't be easier. Much like homebrewing beer it requires a little specialty equipment and cleanliness, but other than that its like making a big cup of tea, pitching yeast on it, and then letting it ferment. A basic recipe is 3 cups of honey per gallon of water for a dry mead and 4 cups of honey per gallon for a sweet mead. You can use whatever spices, herbs, fruits you want. Since it is a class I used some of the herbs that my instructor suggested as to not be a stick in the mud. I started with 1 gallon of water to which I added fresh chopped ginger amd cinnamon sticks and boiled for 20 minutes. I then removed from the heat, added lavendar, lemon verbeena, and marjoram and let steep. Then dissolved the honey while it was still warm and racked into a 1 gallon glass jug. It is an herbal mead class so I would have felt bad if I didn't add herbs. When cooled to 75 degrees I added the yeast. Will let you know how it turns out. It will be about 2 months from start to finish. If I knew that it was this easy I would have started doing it long ago.