Kinsale Mead Co., Wild Red Mead NVBlas na hireann SILVER 2021 The history of mead goes back more than nine thousand years, with a long Irish history too thanks to the tradition of apiculture in these islands. There are many styles including meads with fruit, spices and herbs but once most of the fermentable sugars come from honey, then its a mead. It is said thirty days or a moons supply of mead was given to newlyweds to ensure a successful and fruitful marriage, hence the name