Comments | raven_albion: mead review

raven_albion

mead review

Jan 23, 2007 10:17

'Melissa' sparkling mead, from Honey Gardens Apiaries, first mentioned here a couple weeks ago. We were able to procure two bottles last weekend at the co-op.

( Mead should taste like honey... )

brewing, mead

Comments 8

mimerki January 23 2007, 15:47:18 UTC

I've had bubbly meads, but yes: sweet, honey-flavored, maybe slightly spiced. Sorry this one disappointed.

I'm thinking this summer I may have to find instructions for blackberry wine, which is only tangentially related to this topic...

raven_albion January 23 2007, 17:49:34 UTC

It was not bad as beverages made with honey go...and even though it didn't fit into my definition of 'mead', it was still leaps and bounds better than any other store-bought mead I've had...which probably just means that I should stop having such high expectations for store-bought mead.

Yes, you should make blackberry wine. :) Or at least blackberry ale, if you're not into waiting a year before drinking the fruits of your labor.

tee-hee irishcoyote January 24 2007, 15:19:47 UTC

I have a 4 year old bottle of Griffins Unique in the basement. Wonder if its any good.

Re: tee-hee raven_albion January 24 2007, 16:57:31 UTC

OMG. It's probably amazing. We recently cracked a bottle of his vanilla from 2002 and it was great. THAT is what mead should taste like in my opinion.

bodhifox January 23 2007, 18:01:13 UTC

I've never had mead that tasted like honey, though I agree with you, it should. I think people are afraid of it or the sugars are all converted to alcohol so the taste goes with it. ????

raven_albion January 24 2007, 17:05:40 UTC

Gryphon's actually tastes like honey, although I like his straight mead but not so much the flavored ones...There was another good mead at camp last year, the guy was from New York but I can't remember his name. Closer to you, Alex's is pretty good but not real consistent...and I don't like his flavored meads all that much usually.

For the store-bought meads, I think a lot of it may be that they probably use cheap and relatively tasteless honey. The Melissa mead that started this conversation, though, is just purposefully dry where I prefer mead to be sweeter.

metasilk January 25 2007, 16:48:26 UTC

Wait, PL former co-w also? What's he doing then?

Gee, how big is SEI now, anyway?

raven_albion January 25 2007, 17:37:22 UTC

Um, 25-ish I think. Maybe less. Yeah, PL was 'former' a while ago, he's doing independent consulting now and much happier.