Hive Mind Brew & Mead Co.
Microbrewery
in Caldicot,
Monmouthshire,
Wales 🏴
Owned by
Wye Valley Meadery
Associated Venue: Hive Mind Brew & Mead Co.
Established in 2018
Hey! We're Kit and Matt. We set up Wye Valley Meadery in 2018 and have been producing a growing range of delicious sparkling and traditional meads ever since. Our experimentation led us to create some beer / mead hybrids and we quickly realised this required further investigation.
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31/5/2025. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear deep gold with a bubbly white head. Aroma is very peachy, peach skin, honey, flowers, touch of herb. Medium plus sweetness, slight tartness. Medium bodied, smooth, low carbonation. Slight warming alcohol finish. Very peach throughout. Likeable.
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750ml bottle from Bier Huis. Yellowy golden colour, short-lived bubbly white head and aroma of tinned peach, honey, flowery, herb. Taste is sweet, peachy, honey, floral, tea, slight tart, and tangy, booze. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying sweet floral honey & peach finish. Nicely drinkable.
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750ml bottle from BeerGB. Reddish amber colour, no head and aroma of raspberry, vanilla, honey. Taste is sweet, raspberry, caramel, honey, with vanilla & chocolate notes, tangy, booze. Medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet raspberry boozy finish. Nicely drinkable.
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Can from House Of Trembling Mind. Hazy golden body with thick off-white head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of heather honey and caramel. Flavour of dark honey and toffee. Thin body with a slick texture. Light fizz. Sweet and delicious . The carbonation helps to ensure it’s not cloying.
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24/3/2025. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear deep maroon purple with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is blackberry, blackcurrant, honey, flowers, hedgerow. Medium sweetness, very slight tartness. Medium body, low carbonation. Nicely done.
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Bottle sample courtesy of Fergus, cheers! Deep golden amber colour, afew bubbles on top which dissipate away and aroma of honey, toffee, wood, herb, spice, rum. Taste is mellow, honey with caramel, herbal & woody hints, some booze with rum notes. Smooth mouthfeel, oily full bodied, low carbonation, drying warming finish. Very sippable.
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Bottle at home pciekd up from HOTM. A deep golden amber orange coloured pour with no head. Thicc. Aroma is intense caramel honey, brown sugars, raisin, apple, toffee. Really rich earthy honey. Flavour is composed of intense golden honey, earthy raw honey, caramel, brown sugars, Mellow barrel character, rum and raisin, gentle warming alcohol. Drinks super easy for 18%. Palate is super slick , medium sweet, still. , Lingering hawthorn.
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Bottle shared by Grumbo. Aroma is dark fruits, malty, fruity, bready, chocolate and ashy. Mixture of sweetness and bitterness on the taste. A roasted bitterness prominent at the finish.