Marionberry
Schramm's Mead in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Melomel Rotating|
Score
7.88
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Marionberry is a melomel made purely from Willamette Valley Marion Blackberries. Like our ‘Blackberry’, Marionberry has a full, natural fruit acidity that is balanced by premium Orange Blossom honey sweetness to create an extremely flavorful mead. Very dark in color, the Marionberries provide a jammy, juicy fruit-forward character. This mead has great aging potential for many years, though it’s pure fresh fruit character may make it difficult to leave alone for long.
Batch #01
Release Date: 08-05-2017
Batch #02
Release Date: 08-04-2018
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9.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 9
Overall 10
375ml bottle. Batch 1. Pours a deep dark purple color. The aroma is strong with mixed berries. The taste is a big blast of tart berries, something of a mix of blackberries and blueberries. There some woody tannins in there too. The taste is quite tart with only a trace of sweetness. The palate is full and coats the mouth well. Finishes incredibly long and complex with different taste sensations arising long after the glass is done. Overall: Just fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2026
at 18:02
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
750 mL bottle from Niemuth's, 11/29/24. Dark purple. Aroma of dark jammy fruits, honey. Taste is honey, vanilla, tart berry. Sweet, well balanced. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2025
at 18:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
375 ml bottle shared by Adam! Batch #1…. Aroma is earthy black fruit with acidity. Flavor has the acid of the berry which is important for the balance. Very nicely crafted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2024
at 00:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Batch 1 375mL bottle drunk 8/3/24, shared by AdamChandler. Juicy and rich marionberry. Fresh and authentic. Juicy and tart, not too sweet. Sweet, rich, juicy, leathery and peppery. Rich berry and juice. Sweet, but good acidity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2024
at 00:26
8/10
Adam is the man. Amazing mead and company. Woot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2024
at 20:33
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours a very dark purple. Scent is full, berry, bit boozy. Taste is full, fruity, mild alcoholpunch, sweet, sticky, very nice !
Tried
on 03 Mar 2023
at 13:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Grapevine Beer & Wine near Dallas. Dark grape drank. Low-ball glass back at the shop. Cooked down & browned strawberry, low acid blackberry nose. Not bad but not what I expected. Lux, deep berry, very low tart, low acidity but it creeps. Sort of a strawberry & blackberry meets lush Concord Manichevitz wine. Rich, good amount of fruit, but a bit muddled.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2022
at 00:04
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, at share, thanks to Andrew. Pours opaque dark red. Berry, blackberry, sweet jammy berry, currant, sweet berry. Oily. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2022
at 21:04
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
(Draught at Beer Temple, Amsterdam, 7 May 2022) Dark ruby red colour, almost black, with no head. Fruity nose with dried fruit, wild berries, blackberries, raspberries and forest fruits. Fruity, sweet taste with notes of wild berries, blackberries, forest, dark honey, treacle, blueberries and a sweet and warming finish. Full body, sweet. Sweet and a bit cloying, but rich and tasty with lots of sweet berries. Great mead.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2022
at 21:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a Yana's tasting at troubles' place. Very deep purple. Lots of berries, butterscotch, floral, honey, sweet and slightly sourish, thick, rounded.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2022
at 19:46