A Smile of Fortune
Schramm's Mead in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Melomel Rotating|
Score
8.70
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A Smile of Fortune is a dark fruit melomel containing Black Currants, Lutowka Cherries, Heritage Red Raspberries and Oregon Boysenberries. Intensely bold fruits balance their tart, tannic, and acidic flavors with the sweetness of high quality, responsibly sourced honey. Fortune truly smiled upon this mixed fruit melomel, and we are grateful for the result. Pairs beautifully with fresh young cheeses, pork, or chocolate.
Batch #01
Release Date: 12-17-2016
Batch #02
Release Date: 12-30-2017
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
375ml from BD Union Sq. It pours darkest purple with minimal head. The aroma is slick, oily, heavy, juicy, tangy, blackberry jam, blackcurrant, slick, oily, hot jam, fruit compote, fruit coridal, oak, boozey sting, splash of acidity and tang. The taste is a slick, oily, juicy, bitter - sweet, sticky, so crazy juicy, cherry, rapsberry, strawberry, jammy, crisp red apple, jam rolly polly, victoria sponge cake, bramble jam, puckering, jam donut and some boozey heat through the finish. Fulsome body and moderate carbonation. Filthy.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2021
at 13:31
Tried
on 27 Jun 2021
at 00:35
8/10
Magus, marjane, veits paberine, kirsine, vaarikane, mustsõstar. Väga hea, kuigi paberine noot häirib.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2021
at 00:35
9/10
New occasion, new Checkin 😍🤣
Tried
on 17 Jun 2021
at 22:21
9/10
Tried
on 17 Jun 2021
at 14:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Sweet with honey and vague mixed berry jam. Exceptiononally long finish. Full bodied.
Tried
on 18 May 2021
at 02:04
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
8cl pour from the bottle @ Pien Shop Helsinki. Black currant red liquid. Really smooth and red fruity with honey, sweetness, raspberries and blackcurrants in perfect balance. Wonderful mead.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2021
at 06:24
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample from bottle @ Pien Shop, Helsinki. Smooth, sweet and heavy with oak, berry juice, raspberries, honey, cherries and blackcurrant notes. Quite intense and complex, sweet slow sipper dessert. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2021
at 10:54
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2021
at 16:56
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours very deep purple red. Blackcurrant, port, cherry, sweet raspberry, blackberry, sweet, cherry liqueur, boysenberry, sweet boysenberry jam, rich tart blackcurrant, fig, tawny port, intense cherry, sweet vanilla, dark chocolate, tannic earthy red wine, elderberry, sweet syrupy berry. Smooth rich body. Complex and intensely fruity. Fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2021
at 05:31