Anyone have experience making mead? I started some in November but i think i added the yeast too soon after i dissolved the honey and killed them. I tossed some more yeast in there about a month and a half ago, and didn't get the bubbling typical of fermenting, but it definitely has alcohol in it, based on taste and smell

Giving a glass a try tonight, I've pasteurized and filtered it, and doesn't taste or smell toxic, but still a bit concerned about methanol, since this is my first time homebrewing and i want to get good at that, booze would surely be a valuable resource when SHTF