Produced by Makana Meadery Brewery of South Africa, the new "Iqhilika Dry Mead" is marketed as a "sociable after dinner drink", and is being distributed to the USA by B. United International Inc.

A mead is an alcoholic drink fermented from honey.

However, "Iqhilika" is a similar type of drink originaly created by the Xhosa people, otherwise known as the "Bushmen" who inhabit the Kalahari Desert. According to B. United International...

The Xhosa people, and the descendants of the Khoi-San group of peoples who inhabit this region produce the beverage by taking the specially prepared roots of succulents of the Trichodiadema genus and mixing this with honey, fruits and/or spices. Sometimes pollen or an extract of bee larvae similar in nature to royal jelly is added to the brew.

It's best served chilled with game, red meats and curries.

Iqhilika Dry Mead contains 13% alcohol by volume.

Isn't is peculiar how the word, "iqhilika" sounds similar to "alcholica"?

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