Schramm's Mead The Rebuttal

The Rebuttal

 

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

  Mead - Melomel Regular
Score
7.86
ABV: 16.0% IBU: - Ticks: 8
Truly delicious meads are made with real ingredients. "The Rebuttal" is an epigenetic response to environmental conditions. This balaton cherry mead is aged in carefully-selected bourbon barrels for two months with Mindo Chocolate makers' cocoa nibs and Madagascar Vanilla Beans. The Rebuttal is a declaration of real quality.
 

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

375 Bottle. Batch 4. Pours an opaque reddish purple. Aroma is cherries, oak barrel and a trace of vanilla. The taste is tart cherries in the forefront with woodsy oak barrel, some whiskey and a trace of vanilla. The palate is full and coats the mouth well. Overall: Awesome Sauce!

Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2025 at 16:51


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Deep brilliant red, tears in the glass. Huge alcoholic, fortified wine nose; vintage port, X-mas fruitcake. Sweet, but somehow not cloying. Diverse red fruits, all dried & preserved, seeped in alcohol and dried again (that's how it tastes, not how it's made!). Thick, oozy, rich and warming. That is also how to rate it, but... great as it is, I've had Polish meads that were at least as good and sold for a third of the price.

Tried from Bottle at Billie's Bier Kafétaria on 29 Dec 2021 at 08:46


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

On tap at Schramm's, pours a dark mahogany. Aroma reveals intense bourbon barrels upfront, with gentle cocoa and a hint of vanilla. Flavour and a full of intense bourbon upfront, followed by tart cherries, a little vanilla, and some cocoa. Beautiful depth and complexity to this. The bourbon accentuates the cherry beautiful. Elegant.

Tried from Draft on 05 Mar 2020 at 05:47


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Dark Purple red, vanilla, peaches, cherry pits, coffee. Very thin body. Super oily, baked apple and raspberry and berry. Vanilla finish. Coffee lingering flavor with tree bark.

Tried on 31 Oct 2019 at 01:48


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle, 1 ounce, on the premise, trip to Three Floyds Brewery, savoured on August 19 2017; eye: burgundy, semi-opaque, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: cocoa, chocolate, vanilla, alcohol, fruity; mouth: cocoa, chocolate, vanilla, alcohol, fruity, light caramel, slight Coffee Crisp, finale in chocolate with fruity presence, medium body, rich and lightly alcoholic texture; overall: quite good

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille, 1 once, bue sur place, voyage à Three Floyds Brewery, savourée le 19 août 2017; œil : bourgogne, semi-opaque, pas d'effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : cacao, chocolat, vanille, alcool, fruité; bouche : cacao, chocolat, vanille, alcool, fruité, léger caramel, très léger Coffee Crisp, finale en chocolat avec présence fruitée, corps moyen, texture riche et légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien bon

Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2018 at 18:25


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

A dark burgundy red mead with aroma of sweet cherries, sweet chocolate, maraschino, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet mix of cherries, chocolate, light alcohol, grapeskins, musty notes, very nice and complex.

Tried on 23 Jun 2018 at 20:53


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

Bottle courtesy of Biggsbowler. Pours deep red leaving plenty of legs on the glass with a swirl. Mellow yet clear sweet cherry nose with vanilla and a hint of dusty cocoa. Very light floral honey, earth and charred wood. Sweet and slightly sour taste. Round fairly viscous tart mouthfeel with a clear kick of booze. Very good but I must confess I prefer regular statement before that. Vanilla and chocolate distract from the lovely cherries and honey. Looking forward to a reserve version with schaerbeekse cherries though. --- Beer merged from original tick of Schramm's The Rebuttal on 14 May 2018 at 20:41 - Score: 8

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2018 at 18:57


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear deep ruby red with no head whatsoever. Aroma has dry honey and vanilla with some bourbon supporting. Flavor has sweet honey and vanilla with a bit of dryness and bourbon supporting.

Tried from Draft on 03 Nov 2017 at 16:37