Cellar Reserve - #001
Pips Meadery in Gurnee, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Melomel Special Out of Production|
Score
8.04
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Batch 001 is a re-imagination of Blue Suede Shews with a focus on a more luxurious texture. Revising our approach for using toasted cashews amplified the umami and cashew milk intensity. The adjustment of ingredients resulted in a tannin structure that elicits the effects of extended aging.
Incredible texture from the cashews brings a buttery slickness to the table. Rich flavors of cashew milk mingle with moderate toast and a savory note, hinting towards milk chocolate, custard, and burnt sugars.
Incredible texture from the cashews brings a buttery slickness to the table. Rich flavors of cashew milk mingle with moderate toast and a savory note, hinting towards milk chocolate, custard, and burnt sugars.
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9.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Thanks Virby44 for the bottle!
Taster showing pitch black.
The nose shows intense notes of toasted cashews with lighter notes of black forest berries.
The palate is silky smooth and medium bodied. Toasted cashew forward followed by intense notes of black forest berries for a long extravagant finish.
Taster showing pitch black.
The nose shows intense notes of toasted cashews with lighter notes of black forest berries.
The palate is silky smooth and medium bodied. Toasted cashew forward followed by intense notes of black forest berries for a long extravagant finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2025
at 12:30
9.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
On tap at the meadery. Pretty much black with some bubbly ring. Super intensive blueberries, honey, silky smooth texture, viscous, bit tannic. Quite sweet with nice tart note. Pretty much a nectar of gods.
Tried
from Draft
at
Pips Meadery
on 02 Nov 2024
at 23:00
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at the Boise tasting, thanks to Jeremy. Pours deep purple. Blueberries, dark fruit, nutty, honey. Tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2023
at 04:04
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
187ml bottle pours out deep blue purple. Nose is great blueberry notes toasted nuts and plenty sweet honey. Taste is a nice balanced berry acidic toasted nuts and sweet honey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2023
at 20:54