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

Contact
Unit 5F, Castleway Industrial Estate, Caldicot, NP26 5PR, Wales
Description
A meadery and brewery based in the border between Wales and England making a modern twist on the world's oldest form of alcohol. Lighter, sparkling and infused with a variety of flavours.

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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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

375ml bottle from HOTM. Deep red colour, pink foam head and aroma of blackberry, honey, citrusy hops. Taste is sweet, juicy blackberry, honey, with some tartness and citric hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, lingering sweet drying with honey berry & hop at the finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2024 at 21:58


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - cheers Graham!]. Quasi black colour with small to average, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, dark tan head. Roasty, chocolately, minimally smoky, dark malty aroma, hints of coffee, burnt coffee, dark chocolate, a touch of smoked ham; weak, fruity overtones with a touch of plum butter and bramble jelly, blackcurrant, a touch of dark honey as well. Taste is roasty, slightly chocolately and minimally smoky, dark malty, minimally caramel malty, slightly bitter hoppy, notes of dark chocolate, dry cocoa, some coffee, smoked ham, a touch of iron; increase of sweetness (dark honey) and a minimally fruity touch of plum, bacon-wrapped plum, bramble in the last third, minimally metallic overtones. Slightly oily texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously minimally repellent palate, medium, dense, mildly prickly carbonation. Mild smokiness, nice fruity aspects, quite complex - a late bloomer in a sense - pretty decent.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2024 at 01:25



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

330ml can from Blas ar Fwyd online. Golden colour, foamy white head and aroma of honey, flowers, hops. Taste is sweet, honey, mothballs, flowery citric hop with alittle tartness. Medium bodied, soft foamy carbonation, drying honey & hop finish. Quite OK

Tried from Can on 29 Sep 2024 at 19:26


Tried from Draft on 20 Sep 2024 at 12:26


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can online from Stori, Bala. Pours lightly hazy gold with white foam. Aroma: sweet honey, gooseberry, honeydew melon, mild grass. Sweet taste with honey dominating any lagery notes. Light to medium body with moderate carbonation. Too sweet for me.

Tried from Can on 21 Aug 2024 at 20:35


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

50cl bottle pour @ Beer Ambleside. Pale translucent gold. Lovely mellow balanced honey character, gentle sweetness, very easy-drinking and mild.. how is this 14.5%?

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2024 at 19:38


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

0,44 boks fra Clapton Craft Kentish Town, delt med Steven siste dagen på Muswell Hill: lett uklar gylden med ok skum. Duft og smak av honning, gule druer, stikkelsbær, honningmelon og et streif av granskudd. Søtlig avslutning hvor honning dominerer.

Tried on 15 Aug 2024 at 13:15