Pips Meadery Cellar Reserve - #001

Cellar Reserve - #001

 

Pips Meadery in Gurnee, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

  Mead - Melomel Special Out of Production
Score
8.04
ABV: 13.0% IBU: - Ticks: 4
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.
 

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9.3
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.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2025 at 12:30


9.9
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
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
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