A mead made with fruit is called a Melomel, although some melomels are better known by other names (e.g., cyser, pyment). Styles within the Melomel category are divided to assist with judging, and should be thought of more as competition entry categories than actual styles. M2E Other Fruit Mead is for types of fruit not specifically listed or for melomels that mix fruit from multiple styles.

In the context of this category, the term fruit is defined as having the same usage as in the preamble to category 29 Fruit Beer in the 2021 BJCP Beer Style Guidelines. Category M1 describes the base character expected from dry, semi-sweet, and sweet meads.

A Cyser is a melomel made with apples (generally unfermented cider, but can be a must from table or cider apples) or other pome fruit (pears, quince).

A Pyment is a melomel made with wine or table grapes (generally from juice or must). Pyments can be red, white, or rosé, just as with wine.

A Berry Mead is an entry category for melomels made with one or more type of berry, such as raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, currants (black, red, and white), strawberries, boysenberries, elderberries, marionberries, mulberries, lingonberries, huckleberries, cranberries, etc. Generally, any fruit with ‘berry’ in the name would qualify. Berries can have seeds, but do not have stones/pits.

A Stone Fruit Mead is an entry category for melomels made with one or more stone fruit, such as cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, and mangoes. Stone fruit are fleshy fruit with a single large pit or stone.

The Other Fruit Mead style is for melomels made with any fruit not associated with any previous melomel style, or with a combination of fruit from multiple fruit mead styles (such as grapes and stone fruit). Some examples include citrus fruit, dried fruit (dates, prunes, raisins, etc.), fig, pomegranate, prickly pear, banana, pineapple, guava, and most other tropical fruit. If in doubt, enter the fruit here – judges should be flexible in allowing fruit not explicitly named in other styles.