White Winter Black Mead

Brewed by White Winter Winery
Style: Mead
Iron River, Wisconsin USA

GTMW 2007. The mead pours to a clear flat medium ruby body with no head. The aroma is currants and raspberries. The flavor is the same. The mead has a medium sweetness and a dry medium body. Alcohol is balanced.

very interesting product. has a nice dusty color rose. very dry, bitter with a hint of sweetness. musty currant flavor. would like to cook with it. Not a lot of body.

Tried at the Winery. Nice dray nose with currants and an almost oaky earthiness. Little shoe polish on the body. Dry currant flavor.

During May ’07 brewpub tour, stopped at the winery in Iron River, WI. Black Mead is a dry honey wine with a burnt redish/merlot color. Aroma of earthy berries, almost Kiwi shoe polish. States is not as fruity as Black Harbor but nice tart currant and sweet light honey. Finish is dry and smooth.

ABR 2006. Unusual. Light red color. I wasn’t aware of the black currants before drinking. Aroma has some honey and fruit. Flavor is sweet and sour, and the sour is by far the most sour mead I have ever tasted. Dry, but not as dry as their dry mead. I really like this.

Sample at the meadery, late July 2006, from a White Winter glass. Dark dried blood in color, still with thick legs climbing the glass....strong husky currant sweet-tartness in the nose, honey only shows up and tempers the intensity with a few minutes’ warmth....dry, acidic flavor profile, lots of fresh and dried fruit character, only lightly sweet and not at all syrupy, quite tart to finish....beautifully done though not something one could drink much of at once, quite powerful.

I would go so far as to call this the best Mead in the entire world! And I drink a lot of mead. We buy it by the case so we don’t run out. Very nice berry flavor but not overwhelming. Slightly dry but not so dry as to make you pucker. Black Mead is jsut a great beverage to sit down and drink a whole bottle of at a time.

Reddish brown. Fruit aroma and subtle. Dark berries. Vinous. Slick and smooth in the mouth. Flavor was a bit hard. Very tart and sour. Too much so.