About
MB "Šušvė mead" is a hobby that has become a business.
The founder of the company is a third-generation beekeeper, to whom the beekeeping traditions were passed on by his grandfather and mother. At the moment, we have our own apiary, where 200 beehives lick. Mead was already made by my grandfather, my mother, from whom I took over the secrets of mead cooking. In 2015, it opened its doors as the only producers of traditional mead in the country.
Our family is located in Kėdainiai district, Plinkaigalis village, on the shore of Šušvė, next to the famous Plinkaigalis mound and iron age cemetery. According to archaeologists in our country, mead was already known and drunk during various holidays and rites in prehistoric times. So, continuing the old traditions of the country, using my mother's experience, my knowledge, I founded a mead brewery. Mead is a natural fermentation, unspirited alcoholic beverage. All our mead is made from our bee honey , so we can always ensure high mead quality. When cooking mead honey, we do not regret – each litre of mead contains up to 750gr. of honey. We do not use any chemical additives in production, only natural raw materials (small amounts of sulphites in the composition occur spontaneously during the manufacturing process).
We ripen mead for at least 1 year, some species of mead ripen at least 3 years. Mead color, taste, smell is given by the main ingredient- honey. Matured mead tastes noble, uninconstruedly sweet, full. We pour our mead into bottles of original design, the corks are covered with natural beeswax, so the aroma spreads even without opening the bottle. This drink is recommended as a great gift or souvenir from Lithuania.
The founder of the company is a third-generation beekeeper, to whom the beekeeping traditions were passed on by his grandfather and mother. At the moment, we have our own apiary, where 200 beehives lick. Mead was already made by my grandfather, my mother, from whom I took over the secrets of mead cooking. In 2015, it opened its doors as the only producers of traditional mead in the country.
Our family is located in Kėdainiai district, Plinkaigalis village, on the shore of Šušvė, next to the famous Plinkaigalis mound and iron age cemetery. According to archaeologists in our country, mead was already known and drunk during various holidays and rites in prehistoric times. So, continuing the old traditions of the country, using my mother's experience, my knowledge, I founded a mead brewery. Mead is a natural fermentation, unspirited alcoholic beverage. All our mead is made from our bee honey , so we can always ensure high mead quality. When cooking mead honey, we do not regret – each litre of mead contains up to 750gr. of honey. We do not use any chemical additives in production, only natural raw materials (small amounts of sulphites in the composition occur spontaneously during the manufacturing process).
We ripen mead for at least 1 year, some species of mead ripen at least 3 years. Mead color, taste, smell is given by the main ingredient- honey. Matured mead tastes noble, uninconstruedly sweet, full. We pour our mead into bottles of original design, the corks are covered with natural beeswax, so the aroma spreads even without opening the bottle. This drink is recommended as a great gift or souvenir from Lithuania.
8/10
Tried
on 29 Oct 2022
at 20:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours a very dark garnet. Scent is fruity, but not as loud as the raspberry version. Honey seems a bit lost. Taste is full, sweet, honey funk (glad to see some balance) , loads of fruityness, especially contributing an acidity that works very well. Gentle yet powerfull. Not as masterfully made as some of the US based meaderies, but this is definately US style, and definately not a failure.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2022
at 10:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Pours a dark, fairly unclear browned amber. Scent is raspberry puree, not very natural, jam-like , with a lot of herbal (unripe) qualities to it. Taste is full, intense honey, but fully overpowered by the jammy raspberry. If you ever wished to be drinking jams, this would be your perfect drink ! For me ( as a big raspberry fan ) this is unbalanced though, and for once i'd like less raspberry in the mead, or at least a different aspect of raspberry's - such as the american meaderies use.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2022
at 10:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a darkened, clear copper. Scent is full, very funky honey, mild florality, but not as 'fresh' floral as I had hoped, has almost an ice-tea aspect to it, appart from the big honey profile. Taste is full, sweet, sharp bitterness by the flowers, noticable alcohol, body feels thick, yet sharp, which is a weird combo. On the fence about this one.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2022
at 10:18
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours a darker ocergold to copper. Scent is heavy on honey, tad medicinal like perhaps, a note of cloves. Taste is full, sweet, fairly thick mouthfeel. Spicy honey, funk, some clove, mild bitter touch ( weird for a basic mead) . Bit drying trough the intensity of the sugars. Not as melow and smooth as I generally like - but not bad.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2022
at 10:15
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours slightly unclear, dark, garnet red. Scent is intense cherrie's ( like heated , preserved cherries from a glass pot) jammy almost. Taste is full, cherry, mild acidity by the fruits. sticky finish, honeysweetness peaks only in the finish, to be yet again overtaken by the fruit acidity. sounds rather complex, but both features are fairly dull and straight forward. Fun interaction, but in no way surprising or interesting beyond the thought of this combo.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2022
at 17:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours a darkened gold-to-brown. Scent is funky, minthy almost( not sure how hemp seeds taste) strong herbal. Taste is fairly sweet, mild bitterness, sharp herbal notes. Piny, almost. weird and unique. OK.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2022
at 17:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours clear, 'old gold'. Scent is bit ice-cider like, very pure and intense apples. Taste is fairly full, nice apple acidity. This drinks like an ice cider ( of lesser quality) rather than a mead. Honey is lost. I like it, though, i'm just used to better ice-cider, or more honey-forward meads.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2022
at 17:00
4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 0.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 3
Pours a clear, very dark colabrown. Scent is intense, earthy, floral, but also quite a bit... manure, dirt, plowed fields, cowdump... Yes, it doesn't smell amazing. Taste is sweet, intensely flavored. notes of chocolate, earth ( again, dirt, a field of cows when you pass it in the summer). It's not as bad as the score implies, but as soon as the manure is stuck in your head, this is messed up...
Tried
on 25 Jan 2022
at 16:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours dark, clear amberbrowned. Scent is intense herbal cucumber. Honey still perceiveable in the back. Taste is sweet, fairly fullbodied mead. Cucumber is quite strong. The sweetness and honey flavors give a nice complexity, making this... OK i guess ( I don't like cucumber) . Not a big fan, but don't hate it as much as I had expected.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2022
at 16:52