Mjøderiet

Meadery in Ytre Arna, Vestland, Norway 🇳🇴
Associated Venue: Mjøderiet

Established in 2016

Contact
Fabrikkvegen 1, Arna Industrihus, Ytre Arna, 5265, Norway
Description
About Mjøderiet:

Behind Mjøderiet stands five firefighters from Bergen with a passion for mead - an ancient cultural drink that has only in the last few years begun to return to Nordic palates.

With backgrounds as home brewers and beer enthusiasts at various levels, we at Mjøderiet have ambitions to revitalize mead in Norway. We believe Norwegians are ready to take part in the international development where mead has made a comeback in several countries. We think mead is insanely exciting and is a drink with great potential.

Mjøderiet wants to spread knowledge about mead, revive the classic styles and experiment with new and exciting flavors. We want to have a foot in the old mead tradition and one in the new craft brewery culture, where we experiment with fruits and spices, different alcoholic strengths and different levels of carbonic acid.

The meeting room will have diversity.
We want quality, and genuine passion for precious drops.
For painstakingly collected honey from diligent bees. For real fruits and berries, for flavorful herbs and spices. And of course for exciting and unique flavor combinations.

We want to meet the people.

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

On tap at Både&. An unclear pinkish-orange mead with a small, white head. The aroma has lots of raspberry, but in a candy kind of way, not the fresh-from-the-bush way. Not much honey detected. It’s quite dry on the palate, softly carbonated and with a raspberry seed kind of bitterness. Lots of raspberry candy in the flavor, with a subtle honey background. Too much on the candy side this one, but it’s still a pleasant drink. Don’t think I could have had several of these though. 170429

Tried from Draft on 11 May 2017 at 14:21


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Både&. A deep ruby red mead with a dense, two-finger pinkish white head. There’s lots of berries on the nose, it feels lightly sweetish, with honey and hints of almond. Mostly berry flavor too, on a bacdrop of semi-sweet honey. Some notes of damp forest and almond, the almond coming towards the finish. There’s also a touch of something more reminiscent of blueberry or blackberry than cherry. It’s medium sweet and full to medium bodied, with a pleasant carbonation level. Perhaps a tad on the sweet side for a berry mead, but it drinks easily and sure tastes nice. Prefer the blueberry mead though. 170429

Tried from Draft on 11 May 2017 at 14:16


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap @ Både &. Hazy purple body with a small white head. Aroma is very nice and fruity dominated by blueberries with the honey in the background. The aroma itself indicates that this may be a sweet and acidic flavor and I’m excited to figure out if this will be in balance. First sip and a big wow – sweet with a solid body and still acidic fruity with blueberries to make it in balance and dangerous easy drinkable. Not very sour at all, but just enough to balance the sweetness, almost just dry but still some honey sweetness. This is my first mead by Mjøderiet and it impressed me a lot with its originality. Totally different from the classic strong, sweet polish mead from Apis as I also like a lot. Not to be compared, but the main different is that this is a kind of mead I easily could have a few glasses of instead of just sipping a small glass. Looking forward to try some more.

Tried from Draft on 11 May 2017 at 09:42


9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bakgården Både & 290417. Red color. Aroma is cherries, honey. Flavor is cherries, honey, alcohol, sugar, passion fruit. Full body. Very nice mead. Give me more.

Tried on 10 May 2017 at 01:59


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bakgården Både & 290417. Amber color. Flavor is raisin, honey, ginger,cardamon, star anise, spices, oranges, caramel. Remind me of Christmas. Nice mead.

Tried on 10 May 2017 at 01:44


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bakgården Både & 290417. Dark golden color . Aroma is honey, sugar, citrus, yeast. Flavor is hint of honey, sugar, oranges, citrus, yeast. What a surprise. Perfect balance between sour and sweet. Probably something wrong , but i really like this version.

Tried on 09 May 2017 at 01:52


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bakgården Både & 290417. Golden-orange-yellow color . Aroma is passion fruit, honey. Flavor is passion fruit, honey, alcohol, sugar. Nice mead.

Tried on 03 May 2017 at 02:22


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

KRS 290417. Red color with a pinkish head. Aroma is honey, raspberries. Flavor is raspberries, honey, alcohol, sugar. Nice mead.

Tried on 03 May 2017 at 02:17


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bakgaarden Både & 290417. Deep red color with a pinkish head. Aroma is hint of honey, cherries, alcohol, sugar. Flavor is cherries, hint of honey, almond, sugar. Well made mead.

Tried on 02 May 2017 at 01:39


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

Bakgaarden Både & 290417. .Red color with a white head. Aroma is blueberies, sugar, honey. -flavor is pleasant and with some blueberries, hint of honey, sugar, spices. Thin body. Well made mead for the Grocery market.

Tried on 02 May 2017 at 01:20