Madeline (4th Birthday)
(Batch of Madeline)
Schramm's Mead in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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8.10
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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.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Cloudy deep ruby to brown with no head. Thick. Forest berries, aronia, honey, berry liquer, oak tannins. Pretty sweet. Warming alcohol. Dense. Intense. A good dessert sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2026
at 20:17
8.8/10
Tart boysenberry, honey sweetness up front and a semi-dry finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2025
at 14:09
9/10
2019 delicious delicious boysenberries. Dry sweet melody of deliciousness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2023
at 23:06
9/10
EB from last Friday.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2021
at 06:33
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
9/10
Amazing! Tart/tangy red/black raspberry/skin/seed/plum/currant/concord/honey/brown sugar;lt cocoa/herbal/pepper. Sweet/med-full body. Fairly acid/tang/tannic drying. No astringent. Smooth/mild warmth. Super jammy berries, balanced rich honey complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2019
at 21:15