What is "medovukha"

Medovukha (, , , or ) is a Slavic honey-based alcoholic beverage very similar to mead but cheaper and faster to make.These two words are related and go back to the Proto-Indo-European meddhe (honey). Known in Eastern Europe since pagan times, it remained popular well into the 19th century (unlike in Western Europe, where mead is traditionally associated with the Middle Ages).