Madeline
(has 7 batches)
Schramm's Mead in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Melomel Rotating|
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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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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Corked bottle courtesy of Sergey
It's sweet, but with elegance; deep currants flavour, aroma of hop, and boysenberries, wax; strong honey character, some tannins, mild acidity, deep wet forest. The alcohol is present, warming, perfectly blending in. Delicious.
It's sweet, but with elegance; deep currants flavour, aroma of hop, and boysenberries, wax; strong honey character, some tannins, mild acidity, deep wet forest. The alcohol is present, warming, perfectly blending in. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2021
at 08:01
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
375ml (thx, Kory V.!) shared with Alex at Andrey's. Appearance: deep purple with no head. Aroma: lots of honey and berries, sweet and sour. Taste: along the same lines with quite complex berries and mead character. Overall: very nice.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2021
at 09:24
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle pour at Schramm's, pours a deep dark mahogany. Aroma reveals gorgeously intense boysenberries upfront, with the honey taking a back seat - it provides a base more than it exudes aromatics. Flavour is rich and decadent, with intense boysenberries, moderate honey presence, and some treacle. Very sweet but appropriately so. Semi-boozy, dessert-like elegance on the finish. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2020
at 05:35
8.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 10
Overall 9
Pour at Schramm's. Pours a deep, dark pomegranate to purple with ruby highlights. Deep, full flavored boysensberry aromas with currant, plum and blueberry underneath as it warms. Full body, great mouthfeel and texture. Smooth with lingering dark berry flavors.
Tried
from Draft
at
Schramm’s Mead
on 29 Feb 2020
at 04:50