A Smile of Fortune
(has 4 batches)
Schramm's Mead in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Melomel Rotating|
Score
8.71
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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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8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at Bumba. Aroma of molasses, berries and honey. Realy strong rich aroma, great. Taste of thick honey, molasses,black berries and a long rich fruity spicey finish. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2018
at 16:56
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Sample at Lizardville Westerville for "A Night With Schramm's Mead" on 05/25/2018. Dark ruby-purple color with a minimal head and sticky legs on the glass. The aroma consists of mixed berries, honey and spice. Full-bodied with flavors of blackberry, raspberry, honey and mild spices. The finish is fruity with a berry jam aftertaste. Very good all around.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2018
at 19:29
9/10
Dark red with no head. Massive smell of honey and deep red fruit. Big sweet honey, massive dense fruit mix. Massive raspberries above everything. Massive sweet and light nutty bitter, natural fruity tartness. Full body and soft carbonation. Amazing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2018
at 19:41
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle courtesy of Kermis, massive thanks! Still at Zaandam Beach Volley Tournament. Dark red with no head. Massive smell of honey and deep red fruit. Big sweet honey, massive dense fruit mix. Massive raspberries above everything. Massive sweet and light nutty bitter, natural fruity tartness. Full body and soft carbonation. Amazing. --- Beer merged from original tick of A Smile of Fortune on 07 Jul 2018 at 19:41 - Score: 9
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2018
at 17:32
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared at Kim thingy Buurthuis Zaandam. Thanks to kermis! Clear deep ruby with no head. Thick sweet berries, quite some honey, tart black currants, raspberries, bees, light herbs, quite spicy flowery too with some lavender. Very sweet and light tart. Full thick sugary bodied. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2018
at 17:30
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
9 3 9 4 17Bottle shared at home. Deep purple with no head. Aroma of floral honey, cherries and sweet raspberry. Flavour is heavy sweet. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2018
at 17:25
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
A deep purple red with aroma of dark fruits pulp, light celery salts, light bbq, interesting. In mouth, a beautiful complex mix of dark fruits preserve, light acidity, light maple, vanilla, alcohol warmth, very nice and complex.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2018
at 20:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Yaniv, thanks! Pours a clear deep ruby red with no head whatsoever. Aroma is full of black currant and tart boysenberry with sweet honey underlying. Flavor has sweet boysenberry and black current with sweet honey as the backbone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2018
at 22:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Refrigerated 375 ml clear bottle from FlandersNed poured into a glass. Clear dark red. Aroma is rich berries, thick body, and syrupy texture. Taste rich black currants, cherries, blueberries, and honey. The best mead I have had so far, big thanks to FlandersNed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2018
at 00:06