Chouchen

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Chouchen (bret. chouchenn) is an alcoholic beverage popular in Brittany, France. It is made from the fermentation of honey in water. A form of mead, chouchen normally contains 14% alcohol by volume.

Chouchen is drunk cool, generally as an aperitif. There are different kinds of chouchen in Brittany, some of which are prepared with a mixture of seawater as well as fresh water and honey.

Original Chouchen was made of apple cider and honey, though it is reported that the name has been registered as a trade mark for a version that is not based on cider.

Formerly the effects of chouchen were very violent, probably due to the impurities in the honey used.^{[citation needed]} Bees themselves were sometimes present in the honey mixture. Chouchen could also have a soporific effect.^{[citation needed]} This is no longer the case today.