Medovukha

Medovukha (Russian: медову́ха [mʲɪdɐˈvuxə]; Ukrainian: меду́ха, romanized: medukha, IPA: [meˈduxɐ]; Belarusian: мяду́ха, медаву́ха, romanized: miadúha, miedavúha, IPA: [mʲaˈduxa], [mʲɛdaˈvuxa]) is a Slavic honey-based alcoholic beverage.^[1] It is very similar to mead; but medovukha is produced much faster (approx. less than 1 month of fermentation).^[2]

The words mead and medovukha are closely related and go back to the Proto-Indo-European word*médʰu (honey). Produced in Eastern Europe since pagan times, it remained popular well into the 19th century (unlike in Western Europe, where by the Middle Ages mead had already been mostly replaced by wine and beer).^{[citation needed]}