Schramm's Mead Black Agnes

Black Agnes

 

Schramm's Mead in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Mead - Melomel Rotating
Score
8.56
ABV: 14.0% IBU: - Ticks: 123
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
 

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10

Ultra super duper black currant honey yummy yummy in my tummy juice. Great mouthfeel, massively deliciously thick but smooth. Welsh's cranberry juice except top shelf black currant berries with super honey syrupy thick heaven. I want to chug and savour it

Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2019 at 00:36


9

Tried on 11 Mar 2019 at 18:10



8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Pours red-brown, dark, yet clear. Smell is full, berries. Taste is intense, full, bit dry, yet very sweet and thick backbone. Very fruity. Nice

Tried on 01 Feb 2019 at 22:59


8.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle at bumba. Aroma of molasses, berries, honey and just an overall very strong aroma. Taste has caramel, honey, molasses, raisin and and berries. Long finish. Exceptional.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Oct 2018 at 21:26


8.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Phenomenal colour of ruby, mauve and black. Intensely fruity (though I would have guessed blackberry rather than blackcurrant), very intense and superb. Sweet-sourish, dark berries, superb fruitflavours, not a trace from the blackcurrantleaf, so often in beers. Lipsmacking sourness, restrained stickyness. The berryflavours in this mead are absolutely a delight.

Tried on 22 Jul 2018 at 09:06


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Intensiver Beginn von Johannisbeeren, süßlich, etwas Honig, Saft. Dabei weniger süß als erwartet, die Frucht bringt eine milde Säure ins Met. Der Safteindruck verstärkt sich noch, dabei bleibt vom Met nicht viel übrig. Intensiv, nie alkoholisch, trockener Hintergrund von Johannisbeeren. Unsüffig. 10/11/8/10/12/10

Tried on 14 Jul 2018 at 17:51


9

Not the biggest surprise out there but it’s delicious... Proper warmup for tomorrow’s mead tasting.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2018 at 02:03


7.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Clear bottle, 375 ml, batch #03, savoured on May 26 2017; eye: burgundy with a blood hue, semi-opaque; nose: honey, fruity, black currant, slight alcohol rich; mouth: honey, fruity, black currant, slight alcohol, rich, intense, finale in black currant with light presence of honey, medium body, below-average carbonation, rather sweet, syrupy texture; overall: quite good

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille transparente, 375 ml, lot #03, savourée le 26 mai 2017; œil : bourgogne avec une teinte sang, semi-opaque; nez : miel, fruité, cassis, très léger alcool, riche; bouche : miel, fruité, cassis, très léger alcool, riche, intense, finale en cassis avec légère présence de miel, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, plutôt sucrée, texture sirupeuse; en résumé : très bon

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2018 at 20:49


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle: Poured a dark mahogany with bubbles. Aroma is dark fruit currant. Taste is super black currant and honey.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2018 at 03:35