Madeline
(has 7 batches)
Schramm's Mead in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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8.50
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Schramm’s Madeline is our boysenberry mead, made with whole boysenberries and Michigan honey. A cross between European raspberry, common blackberry and American dewberry, the boysenberry has a unique tannic flavor which combines wonderfully with carefully selected premium honey. The resulting mead is thick, jammy and extremely flavorful and pours dark purple with a very smooth, lightly tart finish. This mead is a tribute to our favorite, tiny release to date, Madeline June Schramm Naeger. Ten percent of sales of this mead are donated to the Royal Oak Beaumont NICU, where Madeline spent nearly the first three months of her life. She was beautiful when she was born, but we know she will continue to mature beautifully with age.
Batch #01 – Released 2015
Release Date: 08-01-2015
Batch #02 – 1st Birthday
Release Date: 04-09-2016
Batch #03 – 2nd Birthday
Release Date: 05-06-2017
Batch #04 – 3rd Birthday
Release Date: 05-05-2018
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8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Batch 2 bottle shared by ygtbsm94 on 10/8/16, thanks Brad!
Deep, burgundy-tinged cherry liquid is bright, clear and shows good viscosity.
The nose is full of lusciously decadent fruit sugars, with strong, balancing acidity. Notes of blueberry, cherry, cranberry and vanilla all provide complexity, as it doesn’t just smell of straight boysenberry. As with their other meads, the alcohol is well-concealed and the mead is clean. Definitely rich, but the acidity easily balances it and leaves it enjoyable.
In the mouth, it’s equally well-balanced, of course sweet and decadent, but with a big, bright acidity boasting of fruit seed, tart juices and rich, concentrated sugars providing a honey-vanilla-like character. Tannin and acidity linger together on an ultra-soft, comforting palate. Little/no alcohol noted, certainly not what would be expected for its size. Impeccably clean and surprisingly drinkable.
Deep, burgundy-tinged cherry liquid is bright, clear and shows good viscosity.
The nose is full of lusciously decadent fruit sugars, with strong, balancing acidity. Notes of blueberry, cherry, cranberry and vanilla all provide complexity, as it doesn’t just smell of straight boysenberry. As with their other meads, the alcohol is well-concealed and the mead is clean. Definitely rich, but the acidity easily balances it and leaves it enjoyable.
In the mouth, it’s equally well-balanced, of course sweet and decadent, but with a big, bright acidity boasting of fruit seed, tart juices and rich, concentrated sugars providing a honey-vanilla-like character. Tannin and acidity linger together on an ultra-soft, comforting palate. Little/no alcohol noted, certainly not what would be expected for its size. Impeccably clean and surprisingly drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2026
at 22:45
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle shared down SMOD Xmas Eve 2022. Can’t fully remember where from, although Brewdog Sheffield rings a bell. “The fruit isn’t sticky but it’s vibrant and mouthwatering. Unreal easy drinking. High quality bev”. There you go. Wish I’d kept it for me and the missus, mind.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2025
at 21:11
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From 375 bottle. Pours a very dark purple color. The aroma is strong with mixed berries. The taste, like the aroma, is rich with mixed berries and some seeds. I find it difficult to identify any one berry. Mildly tart. The palate is full and oily. Finishes long and semi-sweet. Overall: The good folks at Schramm's continue to amaze me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2025
at 02:57
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. A- Boysenberry. A- Purple color, opaque liquid, no head. T- Boysenberry, honey, sweet. P- Medium body, luscious texture, flat carbonation, decadent finish. O- My 5,500th rating and my last ever RateBeer review. I saved this for a few years and planned to drink for my son’s birth day. Ended up keeping it a bit longer to celebrate 6 weeks of life, New Years, and the end of RateBeer. This was a quality mead as anticipated. Loads of fresh berry. Not had fresh boysenberry but I suspect this is it in liquid form. Had the 4th birthday release and about 5 years of age on it. What a bittersweet way to finish. Alas, F*ck you, AB InBev and XZ Ventures…thanks for letting us down with all the false hope and promises, JoeT. Cheers to the memories made and those that cared.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 04:55