I too once overindulged on Devon’s rough stuff at a pub called the Old Cider Bar in Newton Abbot which, without going into the sordid details, resulted in a hefty surcharge to clean the carpet in the hotel room I was staying in, followed by a swift apologetic exit the morning after the night before
Ah, youthful indiscretions 
As for mead, never tried it. Is it a wine or a spirit?