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www.oliverwinery.com
I've found a light sweet mead from Oliver Winery. I have had mixed results from bottle to bottle with it.
Overall it isn't terrible, but I've had much better. The last I had was at the Michigan Renaissance Festival, and that was BAD.
I don't know if the bottle had been open too long, or if something had gone off somewhere along the line with production, bottling or storage.
I have had some good experience with it though. I have (usually) found it to be a very drinkable sweet light wine. It didn't wow me, but was passable.
A note to "consistant" in commercial meads:
Remember that mead is an agricultural product and like all wines will vary somewhat from vintage to vintage. I expect some variation. I've had Chaucers that was quite acceptable, and have other times wondered what got into the bottle.
It would be nice if commercial meaderies could "vintage" their product so that I could look for "Rabbitsfoot Meadery 2004".
With all the biological variables, I would expect some good commercial meaderies to occasionally produce an exceptional product that we could seek out and squabble over. ;D
www.oliverwinery.com
I've found a light sweet mead from Oliver Winery. I have had mixed results from bottle to bottle with it.
Overall it isn't terrible, but I've had much better. The last I had was at the Michigan Renaissance Festival, and that was BAD.
I don't know if the bottle had been open too long, or if something had gone off somewhere along the line with production, bottling or storage.
I have had some good experience with it though. I have (usually) found it to be a very drinkable sweet light wine. It didn't wow me, but was passable.
A note to "consistant" in commercial meads:
Remember that mead is an agricultural product and like all wines will vary somewhat from vintage to vintage. I expect some variation. I've had Chaucers that was quite acceptable, and have other times wondered what got into the bottle.
It would be nice if commercial meaderies could "vintage" their product so that I could look for "Rabbitsfoot Meadery 2004".
With all the biological variables, I would expect some good commercial meaderies to occasionally produce an exceptional product that we could seek out and squabble over. ;D