I made mead before in some 2 litter bottles with ballons for airlock. Turned out pretty good ( don’t really have what to compare it to ).
Was a bit like dry white wine. I found most of the resources online to be over complicated.
I just used raw honey, raisins, tea ( for tanic acid ) and regular bread yeast.
Mixed it up and put a balloon on the top with a small hole in it for an air lock. Once the balloon stopped inflating it was done, I think it was about 2 weeks.