Black Heath Meadery

Meadery in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Black Heath Meadery

Established in 2015

Contact
1313 Altamont Avenue, Richmond, VA, 23230, United States
Description
Virginia's first urban meadery! Our mission is to support local beekeepers and introduce people to the world's oldest beverage.

Black Heath Meadery brings the world's oldest fermented beverage into the 21st century using VA ingredients.

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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On tap at Black Heath, pours a clear pale blonde with a small white head. Aroma is loaded with spicy, zesty ginger. Flavour is loaded with fresh, spicy, zesty ginger, with just a hint of wildflower honey underneath. Wow - so much fresh ginger. Really good.

Tried from Draft on 17 Aug 2018 at 05:22


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Black Heath, pours a hazy pale golden with a tiny wheat. Aroma brings out lots of clove and nutmeg, with subdued vanilla and a trace of wildflower honey. Flavour is along the same lines, being dominated by a melange of the aforementioned spices, finishing with floral honey notes. Only lightly sweet. Interesting.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2018 at 05:22


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Black Heath, pours a clear pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma is intense, with lots of habanero, peaches, cardamom and subdued hops. Flavour is dominated by mouth-raping habanero spiciness, with traces of peach. This is very dry. A habanero bomb. Strange - not overly pleasing.

Tried from Draft on 17 Aug 2018 at 05:21


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Black Heath, pours a clear amber red with a small white head. Aroma brings out fresh jammy strawberries, with subdued honey. Flavour reveals a nice jammy strawberry character, with the honey fairly under-represented. Nice use of fruit. Very good.

Tried from Draft on 17 Aug 2018 at 05:20


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Black Heath, pours a hazy yellowish blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out subdued wildflower honey, with floral notes. Flavour is loaded with bees wax, followed by wildflower honey, and light alcohol. Quite floral and well-rounded. Solid.

Tried from Draft on 17 Aug 2018 at 05:19


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

$13.49 wax sealed 2017 bottle from Wine Warehouse, batch #1/402. Sampling slightly chilled. Pours murky gold with no head no carbonation. Aroma is fresh ginger, honey, other spice. Flavor is fresh ginger, Christmas potpourri berries, honey, dried flowers. Alcohol is present but not overwhelming.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2018 at 20:27


7

Clear red bod sml legs. Choc berry honey arma. Choc berry honey light wood flav. Med bod no carb. 7/4/7/3/15 3.6

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2018 at 13:58


7

Lgt hazy gold bod thick legs. Spicy ginger herbal arma. Spicy ginger herbal flav. Med bod mod low carb. 8/3/8/4/15 3.8

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2018 at 13:56


8

Clear red bod thick legs. Spicy fruit floral berry flav. Dry berry floral honey flav. Med full bod no carb. 8/4/8/4/15 3.9

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2018 at 13:53


6

Hazy gold bod sml wht head. Tea floral and honey arma. Spicy tea and fruit flav. Light bod mod low carb. 7/2/7/3/14 3.3

Tried from Draft on 15 Apr 2018 at 13:47