Blend of wildberry mead and bourbon barrel-aged barley wine and imperial stout.

A caramel-forward braggot that came to life after trying different blends of mead and barrel-aged beer. For this release we ended up blending a wildberry mead with a bourbon barrel-aged barley wine and imperial stout (Golden Tears). The beers added heavy caramel notes, dried fruit and light notes of vanilla to the mead. Making it very barley wine-esque in the flavor profile, while still primarily being a mead.

The combination of light roast from the stout and acidity from the fruit, makes the caramel notes from the barley wine feel almost salty and savory.

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Honey variety:
Wildflower

Fruit varieties:
Strawberry (Polka)
Wild blueberry (bilberries)
Aronia
Apple (Discovery)
Plum (Jubileum)
Pear (Celina)

The strawberry, wild blueberry and aronia is supported by a blend of apple, plum and pear juice that was used instead of water.