Wild Blossom Wild Prairie Berry

Brewed by Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery
Style: Mead
Chicago, Illinois USA

The aroma of this orange/brown/red mead is a very strong, very sweet berry aroma- almost too sweet for me, and I was hesitant about drinking it. The flavor, however, toned down the berry and presented a dry, lightly sweet drink with with soft fruit flavors. Decent with a roasted meal.

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This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized clear colored bubbles that were quickly diminishing and left behind a transparent uncarbonated brown colored body and a fair lacing. The weak aroma was berry. The crisp bubbly mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish. The mild flavor contained notes of berry sweet and sour. Not one that I would likely buy again.

bottle courtesy of thedm and hotstuff at Ft Wayne tasting - Pours clear reddish purple. The aroma is of honey and berries. Duh. The flavor is semi-sweet with nice berry flavors. It leaves a sweet, alcoholic finish and struck me as a little on the watery side. .

750 ml bottle shared with my wife. Pours a clear pinkish, purplish, red with a few carbonation bubbles clinging to the sides of the glass. Very pleasant aroma of sweet berries. The flavor is mostly berries, but not as intense as the aroma. There is some mild honey flavor, but that is lurking in the background more than anything else and never really steps forward. Acidic and a bit tart towards the finish. Lightly effervescent.

Reddish purple hugh nice legs Aroma is defintly berries.. Blackberry & raspberry very sweet lightly alcoholic Pal is well coated a touch hot Taste is overwhelmingly sweet blackberry raspberry over honies and a dry finish w light alcohol notes Mellow well blended good

Now simply called "Wild Blossom Wild Berry Mead"

Pours a deep garnet color... a still beverage so there is no head nor effervescence yet noticable viscosity as foretold by sticky legs. Big berry nose with a dose of alcohol and mild vinegar notes. Sour berry flavor with an acidic finish... smooth, thick and sticky in the mouth. Not bad, but it comes off as a cheap, flavored wine with hefty alcohol content. There’s no need for fruit flavors in a mead if it’s made properly.

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750 ml bottle. Sweet, sweet smell like a berry juicebox. Soft red pour that lies very still and saucy. First taste impression is slightly dry and a bit winey. But with each sip, it becomes more sweet and fruity. Those 20% wild berries don’t seem to have been part of fermentation. Gets kind of cloying toward the end. Nice, sweet dessert wine, but not one for sipping with the guys. Had to follow this up with some Hopslam and a Goose IIPA.

Stopped in to talk about a homebrewing class and the friendly proprietor offered my a few samples of his latest meads. Very sweet and wine-like texture with some obvious alcohol fumes in every sip. These are a touch cloying to my palate. Not overbearingly so, but enough to keep me from embracing the style with any enthusiasm.