Black Agnes
(has 16 batches)
Schramm's Mead in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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8.56
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Our sweet black currant mead, Black Agnes, is named after one boisterous Scottish wench who successfully defended the Scottish Castle of Dunbar during a five-month siege by William Montague, the Earl of Salisbury. While relatively unknown in the United States, black currants have been grown in the British Isles for more than five hundred years, and used by herbalists since the Middle Ages. Sharply tart and acidic, the potent flavors of the fruit are perfectly balanced by the sweetness of premium honey to create a particularly unique, memorable and delicious mead.
Batch # - Release Date
#01- 03-08-2014
#02 - 08-02-2014
#03 - 04-15-2015
#04 - 01-30-2016
#05 - 06-01-2016
#06 - 08-06-2016
#07 - 07-26-2017
#08 - 10-21-2017
#09 - 01-17-2019
#10 - 10-31-2019
Batch # - Release Date
#01- 03-08-2014
#02 - 08-02-2014
#03 - 04-15-2015
#04 - 01-30-2016
#05 - 06-01-2016
#06 - 08-06-2016
#07 - 07-26-2017
#08 - 10-21-2017
#09 - 01-17-2019
#10 - 10-31-2019
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8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
375ml bottle thanks to Steve. pours out a red purple maroon color. Nose is full on big black currant berries nice sweetness great honey. Taste is more of the heavy currant sweetness rich honey and a very nice end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2016
at 17:59
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle pours a bright purple with some ringing, pink head. Nose has cherries, a ton of honey too, super fresh. Flavor has honey, but a ton of cherry and a ton of current. Almost juicy in a way. Finishes slick. Wow, a real treat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2016
at 19:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the DC Tasting on 3/25/2016. Thanks solidfunk! Clear reddish purple. Aromas of alcohol, berries, light honey. Tastes of berries, alcohol, light honey. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2016
at 20:45
9.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
375ml bottle courtesy of and shared with Meadme. First, I must say how hard it is to rate these meads. How to even compare this complexity to traditional meads such as we find in Poland. How does one go from rating a traditional mead aged for 15 years to a fruit loaded Schramm’s that’s nowhere near the same? yet this one sits in the top 5? Still, great stuff. Couleur pourpre profonde , rien ne perce comme lumière. Huileux au verre. Arôme est purement et simplement de cassis, comme ci on y avait verser des kilos de cassis. Retrouve un fin mielleux, terreux du fruit. Palais est énorme, plein de cassis, ponctué par la douceur du miel et à ce point on ne peut pas vraiment dire que l’on reconnait le type de miel tant le cassis est dominant. Retrouve une note astringente avec de fin tannin, collant aux lèvres. Absolument fantastique même si j’ai été épris de brulures d’estomac juste après, dire comme c’est intense. Genre de verre que l’on peut déguster pendant des heures.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2015
at 10:48