327 W. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale; 248-439-5000; schrammsmead.com

To be the best, you've got to be picky. You have to be picky about honey, picky about spices, picky about fruit. You might even have to grow your own ingredients because you're just that picky. That's what the folks behind Schramm's Mead do, and there's no guessing that's why they're the best.