>>17481221i dont, in order to get a good mead you need to spend a fuck ton more than most other alcohol recipes
https://www.amazon.com/GloryBee-Clover-Blend-Honey-Pound/dp/B00RHX9KMMtake this for example, you need about 3 of these for a 5 gallon recipe, if you want something that is just borderline sweet, and it comes to about $70
if you want a sweet mead like what most people think when they see mead, you'll have to get 5 of them, which is about $110
on the other hand, you can get grape extract for 5 gallons of wine for $40, the extract is about as thick as honey, you get 1 gallon of it and it dilutes into 4 or 5 gallons of water depending on how sweet or strong you want it
if you spend a little extra for a really nice wine extract, you spend about $50-60, but regardless of what honey you use most mead will turn out the same if you just use honey and nothing else.
beer malt comes to about the same price as wine
