At one time I made mead regularly. The easiest to make is cranberry mead. Citrus meads can be hit or miss. Plain meads that rely on the type of honey for flavor are very delicate and easy to screw up. For example , you can get honey that has been collected by bees in an orange grave. You make the mead without adding anything else for flavor , hoping the hint of orange in the honey itself will be enough. Well that does work out to well. To me the easiest is to buy a clover honey , add some fruit or fruit juice to add flavor and let it ferment.
Anyway , I agree it can be powerful stuff that will hit you like a ton of bricks.
