Maine Mead Works
Meadery
in Portland,
Maine,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Maine Mead Works
Established in 2007
Closed in 2023
Contact
Description
Maine Mead Works was founded in 2007 with the goal of re-introducing the world to the oldest of all fermented beverages. Using wildflower honey, water and our own proprietary yeast strain, we blend ancient tradition and modern science to produce a highly distinctive product at our Meadery in downtown Portland, Maine.
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a clear pale yellow from a can. Light citrus and mango aroma, not much pepper. Similar flavor, light and sweet not spicy. Good mead.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Aug 2023
at 18:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can, 786 on bottom, drunk 11/13/22. Clear blonde. Pretty lime-forward in the nose, though thankfully not so much in flavor. Good honey base with a slow, fruity burn of delicious habanero character. Mango adds playful fruitiness and sweetness. All around good use of adjunct. Pretty full body though the hydromel aspect and carbonation keeps it drinkable. Lingering heat and fruit and honey. Clean, though there's some buttery character throughout. No alcohol.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2022
at 18:55
8/10
Aroma of honey, lavender. Taste has fruity base, honey. Palate has somewhat lactic finish, more fruit, passion fruit. Excellent.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2022
at 21:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Half pour at the tasting room in Kennebunkport, lovely color, deep purple with some pink head. Nose is pretty good, honey sure, but vinous notes, some rose, some cherry and cranberry. Flavor is really dominated by the honey and the blueberry is quite muddled. Reads more berry juice than an actual berry. There is still a lambrusco character that runs through. Finishes sweet and full bodied with a hint of booze.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2021
at 20:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the meadery. Pours pale yellow. Floral, sweet, white grape, lemon. Medium body. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Sep 2020
at 22:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the meadery. Honey, citrus, hedgerow, blackberry. Medium body. Interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Sep 2020
at 22:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From can at the meadery. Capsicum, lime, sweet, mango, quite lime forward. Medium body. Pepper flavor rather than heat. Fun.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Sep 2020
at 21:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the meadery. Pours red purple. Blueberry, red grape, slightly tannic, floral. Medium body. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Sep 2020
at 21:40
6/10
Pours clear amber with no head. Aroma of burnt honey, black tea. Taste has sweetened base, tea, lavender. Palate has much of the aforementioned, light. Good.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2020
at 01:37
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2019
at 17:08