Wild Blossom Wild Prairie Berry

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

Thanks to Holdenn for bringing this to DLD. Just found my notes on this. Poured a deep red/purple color. Nice berry sweet aroma. Taste was sticky sweet honey, berries were tart to start and seemed to get sweeter as I went. I really enjoyed this. A little sweet, but great in small amounts.

750 ml bottle brought to DLD. I’ve had this for over a year, and I’ve been looking for a reason to open a whole bottle of mead. Pours a red purple color with a bubbled clear white head. Nose is sweet and fruity. Lots of mulberries and inconspicuous berries. Some residual honey sweetness but the sweetness is balanced with a light berry tartness. The flavor is filled with more of those mulberries that I used to pick from the tree in my backyard for most of my childhood. Well done. I enjoyed this quite a bit.

Sampled at West Lakeview Liquors, Chicago Wild Blossom tasting. Label says "Wild Berry Mead". Dark red and hazy. Dark berry, semi sweet aroma. A very flavorful sweet raspberry, with tart finish. Medium body, syrupy. Really nice, tad too sweet though.

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

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.

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. .

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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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.