Black River
De Mederie in Celles, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Mead - Melomel Regular|
Score
7.30
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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
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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7.9/10
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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
8.2/10
Berry up front, slight sharpness from the currant. Honey, maybe lacking a bit in body
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2025
at 00:43
7.1/10
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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
7.5/10
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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
8.1/10
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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
7.2/10
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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
8.6/10
Red currant, berries and sweet
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Oct 2024
at 19:08
7.1/10
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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
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2024
at 04:55
6.2/10
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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