De Mederie Black River

Black River

 

De Mederie in Celles, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Mead - Melomel Regular
Score
7.13
ABV: 15.0% IBU: - Ticks: 10
After experimenting and based on experimead#3, this is our newest mead of our standard range.

Many kilo's of blackcurrants married with mead and aged for 10 months in a red wine barrel.

It's also one of the best songs of our good friends from the band Mooneye
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

10cl bottle pour @ De Mederie. Clear deep purple appearance. Rich stewed dark fruits on the nose, continuing to taste a touch syrupy, sticky with light honey drifting through.. bags of flavour overall.

Tried from Bottle at De Mederie on 25 Aug 2025 at 10:48


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Panda from Danlo, thanks Ed. Pours clear crimson / red with minor opaque bubbles. Aroma: redcurrant, blackcurrant, plum, honey. Taste: moderate+ sweet, jammy blackcurrant, floral. Some berry acidity & sharpness. Sweet, honey, berry fruit, boozy. Medium body with low carbonation

Tried on 14 Nov 2024 at 22:26


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

12/11/2024. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed. Pours deep maroon red with no head. Aroma is blackcurrant, redcurrant, honey, woody, musty, red grape. Medium sweetness, quite heavy drying tartness. Tannic finish. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2024 at 18:31


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

Panda at home thanks to Ed Danlo. A clear, deep plummy crimson coloured pour with a no head. Aroma is intense jammy red fruit, plum, jammy, blackcurrant, boozy ribena, . Flavour is composed of medium sweet, jammy tart fruit, blackcurrant, red wine grape, vinous fruit, plum jam. Lovcely. Palate is medium sweet, thick, oily, light tart, almost still. Intense lingering red fruit. Smashing stuff.

Tried on 06 Nov 2024 at 21:34


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Panda at home, thanks to Ed Danlo, 20/10/24. Big blackcurrant / claret colour with little in the way of a head. Nose is sweet berry pulp, booze, herb, blackcurrant jam, subtle honey. Taste comprises blackcurrant jam, red berry compote, sugars, honey drizzle, warming alcohol. Full bodied, oily feel, balanced rising booze at the curtain call. Decent enough Mead if a touch 1D.

Tried on 20 Oct 2024 at 16:14


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle from HOTM. Deep red colour, some bubbles on top and aroma of honey, blackcurrant. Taste is sweet, honey, flowery, with blackcurrant, berries, some tartness and boozy notes. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, lingering sweet & tart finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2024 at 21:31


8

Tried from Draft on 01 May 2024 at 04:55


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at Gen Craft Ashford October 2023. A bit raw. Some rubber. Some blackcurrants Some sweetness. Not in the Superstition league. Some heat on the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2023 at 16:30


6

On tap. A clear purple red colour, small pinkish lacing. Aroma of strong mid sweet red fruits, honey. Taste of sweet honey, red berries, sugar, wax.

Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2022 at 17:48


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours an intensely dark, yet clear, red. Scent is intense, syrupy even, on the barrels. Very mild honey base, providing some depth. Taste is mildly tart due to the berries, providing some tannins as well, dryness towards the end - over a medium dry (seemingly) meadbase - which is a bit overpowered by the berries. Barrel profile is mild, hidden even. Very intense, fruit favored melomel.

Tried on 01 Sep 2022 at 11:25