The Statement
Schramm's Mead in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Melomel Regular|
Score
8.23
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The Statement is our balaton cherry mead – made with the highest quality Traverse City balaton cherries, carefully selected honey and twenty years of experience – having gone through more than a dozen iterations. Living up to it’s name, this mead truly makes a statement due to its incredible expression and depth of flavor and character rendered from honey and Michigan tart cherries. A natural complement to chocolate and sharp or blue cheeses, The Statement also pairs well with grilled pork, and makes a terrific reduction sauce for desserts.
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9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle.
A- Garnet red color, dark clear liquid, no head.
A- Ripe cherries, honey.
F- Sweet red cherries, honey, mild orange blossom, faint vanilla, jammy.
T- Medium body, slightly oily texture, flat carbonation, jammy finish.
O- Incredible. Tastes like a jar of fresh homemade cherry jam. Some faint orange blossom honey and floral notes that linger slightly on the finish. A whisper of vanilla. Just really lovely stuff especially for a reasonable price.
A- Garnet red color, dark clear liquid, no head.
A- Ripe cherries, honey.
F- Sweet red cherries, honey, mild orange blossom, faint vanilla, jammy.
T- Medium body, slightly oily texture, flat carbonation, jammy finish.
O- Incredible. Tastes like a jar of fresh homemade cherry jam. Some faint orange blossom honey and floral notes that linger slightly on the finish. A whisper of vanilla. Just really lovely stuff especially for a reasonable price.
Tried
on 15 May 2026
at 02:16
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tried
on 13 Mar 2026
at 17:38
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren. Almost black without head. Aroma is sweet, honey, sweet cherries and marzipan. Flavor is quite sweet. Light dry and light acidic finish. Oily and soft. 130326
Tried
from Draft
at
Mig & Ølsnedkeren
on 13 Mar 2026
at 17:36
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Bottle from Tavour
Appearance: dark purple-red, still
Aroma: cherries, honey
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium tartness
Texture: no carbonation, slick feel, medium body, long finish
Excellent
Appearance: dark purple-red, still
Aroma: cherries, honey
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium tartness
Texture: no carbonation, slick feel, medium body, long finish
Excellent
Tried
from Bottle
from Tavour
on 06 Jan 2026
at 16:36
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draught Rosy-cream coloured head over ruby-highlighted black... fluid. Honey é preserved cherries. Impossibly intense. Sour from cherries, perfumey from... the same. Retronasal almost as smelling from a ladies' boudoir, but gorgeous all the same. Honey... in some disturbing way. All hints of dried fruit, essenced or tinctured. Really deeply complex. Sticky, oily, alcoholbomb. Full bodied, not carbonated in fact. Take away 1/3 of the sugars, and I'lI long for this every day.
Tried
from Draft
at
Café Pardaf
on 22 Nov 2025
at 11:51
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle. Pours a dense purple color. The aroma is fresh cherries to include some maraschino type cherries, The taste is more cherries both sweet and tart. The palate is full. Finishes long with lingering tart cherries. Overall: awesome sauce, Paired well with some Danish North Sea Cheese.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2025
at 17:29
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Отличный аромат, больше меда чем сока от черри, а вот во вкусе где то поровну. Хороший финиш, немного масленный.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2025
at 23:30
8.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
Draught @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren. Pours clear very dark red, almost black no head. Aroma of honey, light caramel, rich sweet and lightly tart cherry. Flavor is sweet, lightly tart, honey, rich red cherries, light almond. Medium to full body, oily mouthfeel, sweet finish with a little warming alcohol. 220225
Tried
from Draft
at
Mig & Ølsnedkeren
on 22 Feb 2025
at 11:41
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap at Peders Turns 8 - Vol 1, Copenhagen 06/12/2024 What a lovely interlude, mix of sweet and tart cherry interlaced with notes of sweet honey and caramel sweetness, almond accents born from the cherry medley coming in, light wooden nuance, nice body and mouthfeel, cherry infused finish. Beautiful.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Dec 2024
at 11:23
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap.Dark ruby colour witth no head.Aroma of almond and cherries and sweet warming taste with good smooth flavor of berries and and candy nice full body and smooth well balanced finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Dec 2024
at 21:27