Cherry Chipotle
B. Nektar Meadery in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Melomel Rotating|
Score
7.70
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The sweet matches the heat in this brilliant wine with a kick. We started with Michigan wildflower honey and a ton of Michigan cherry juice. Once fermented, we added a lion’s share of red chipotle peppers to give it a smokey character and medium spice level. A fantastic wine for dessert. Try pairing this with rich chocolate cake.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Tap at KEG. Deep red pour, thin white head. Nose is big spicy and smoky chili, low honey sweetness, some tartish fruity touch. Taste is tart cherries upfront, then some honey appears but only with a nicely balanced sweetness, nothing overwhelming. Then comes the chili, with suberb balanced smoky and spicy notes that last suppper strong into the finish. A true sipper, but more like because of the spicyness and the many layers that should be investigated and thoroughly enjoyed, rather than due to its big body.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:03
8/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
29 October 2021. Third Great Timternational Beer Geek Tasting. Cheers to the Ghent beer crew!
Clear red, no head. Aroma of red bell pepper, paprika, olive oil, cherry, raspberry, dark honey. Taste has sweet bell pepper, cherry, honey, some strawberry, gently spicy. Peppery finish with burning chili, smoky paprika but soothed by the sweet cherry. Heating alcohol still. Medium body, oily texture, flat carbonation. Very interesting, never tasted something like this before.
Clear red, no head. Aroma of red bell pepper, paprika, olive oil, cherry, raspberry, dark honey. Taste has sweet bell pepper, cherry, honey, some strawberry, gently spicy. Peppery finish with burning chili, smoky paprika but soothed by the sweet cherry. Heating alcohol still. Medium body, oily texture, flat carbonation. Very interesting, never tasted something like this before.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2021
at 14:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
29/X/21 - 37.5cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte), shared @ Third Great Timternational Beer Geek Tasting (Gent), BB: n/a (2021-1216)
Pretty clear red to red brown mead, no head. Aroma: meaty strt, funky, yeast, very weird, earthy. MF: no carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet and sugary start, lots of alcohol, nice chili burn, lots of honey, more chili, bit fruity, good stuff! Aftertaste: alcohol, sugary, soft smoky touch, fruity, cherry juicy, original flavours, nice chili burn, good stuff, very nice one!
Pretty clear red to red brown mead, no head. Aroma: meaty strt, funky, yeast, very weird, earthy. MF: no carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet and sugary start, lots of alcohol, nice chili burn, lots of honey, more chili, bit fruity, good stuff! Aftertaste: alcohol, sugary, soft smoky touch, fruity, cherry juicy, original flavours, nice chili burn, good stuff, very nice one!
Tried
from Bottle
from
Bierhalle Deconinck
on 29 Oct 2021
at 21:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 01 Oct 2021
at 00:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared. Pours blood red, still. Aromas of sweet cherries, smoke, sweet honey, herbal notes, light caramel. Taste has a lot of cherries, heaty spice, leathery, dates, barbeque, sweet honey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:54
7/10
Bardzo wisniowy. Papryczki nie takie ostre (acz dla mnie j tak przyduzo). Bardzo pelne. Miodowosc oczywista. No taki niby prosty, a bdb. I lepsiejszy po czasue niz pamietam
Tried
at
Powiśle
on 01 Nov 2019
at 10:19
8/10
Tried
on 26 Jul 2019
at 21:26
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bouteille 375ml. De couleur acajou, le tout laissant un léger filament huileux doré au verre. Arôme est plaisant alternant sur des effluves douces de mielleux et de fleurs avec un ajout fruité de cerise. En rétro, un bouquet fumé subtile entrecoupe ce côté organique du miel auquel se mêle une légère pointe de piment. Palais est doux, cloying, miel fleuri agrémenté par une petite touche aigrelette de cerise et un effet fumé pimenté très plaisant. L'effet de chaleur du piment est modéré et arrive doucement après chaque gorgée.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2019
at 08:57
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2019
at 20:22