Hydromel

Literally “water-honey” in Greek. In English hydromel is the name for a light or low-alcohol mead, by American judging standards 3.5% to 7.5% alcohol. Hydromel is also the French word for any kind of mead. (Compare with the Catalan hidromel, Galacian aiguamel, Portuguese hidromel, Italian idromele and Spanish hidromiel and aguamiel).  In the U.S. it has become fashionable to call these “session meads.”