I have more or less completely left the beer world behind and I am happily sampling all the wonderful ciders, perries, the occasional mead and other non-beer/wine/alcopop drinks. I am in the "Apple Capital" so why not just sit back and enjoy all the local flavors that come in all the time. Our liquor store owner is really good about bringing in all kinds of different tipples of all sorts. One of my current favorites is a oak barrel aged apple cider, another is black currant cider, ginger cider, over 20 kinds of cider, perry, etc..
Unfortunately she is only able to get Sky River Mead. It's extremely pale, light bodied, super subtle honey flavor at $17.50 a 750ml bottle. The dry is Sahara like, the medium is still dry to me, and the sweet is subtly sweet/dry. I'm not going to review them here though, just the broad perceptions by me. Also it's 10.5% ABV and not the 14% to ~18% I have at home.
When it comes to drinking something I want flavors, sometimes subtle like my green tea, but over do it and it's horridly tannic, astringent and bitter.
I have to say that for almost $20.00 for 750ml I can make it cheaper at home if I can get a sweet deal on honey (pun intended). And it's to my liking as well!