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I live in Sunnyvale Ca. There was an Art and wine festival in the center of town this week end. My wife and I went there today. I was hoping that Rabbits Foot meadery would be there. I was not disappointed. My wife and I wandered around she looked at the crafts and I the pretty girls. ;) I looked at all the wine booths and was finely rewarded by the Rabbits Foot meadery booth. They had four selections to choose from. One was the Sweet Mead that I had tried before and enjoyed. The second was there Cyser that I had not had. The young lady that was helping me gave me a sample that proved to be very good.
I had a glass of the Cyser the legs where very apparent and it had a nice taste of apple. The apple was also prominent in the bouquet as well. I enjoyed it. We walked around some more and then headed back to the Rabbits Foot meadery booth. Both of the other two selections where called hard ciders. The young lady allowed me to taste a small sample of each. The first was apple and was quite tart. The second was a cherry cider made from local cherries. I tried the cherry it was very good as well.
Thanks for looking!
Mel W.
 
I ordered a 3 pack some time ago from them.

The sweet mead was a bit hairy for me. That would most likely make it more enjoyable for most mead drinkers but I don't think it balanced well with the sweetness.

The Cyser I had was wonderful. It had the perfect amount of dryness and apple flavor. Almost a perfect crispness (sour) when chilled. The only problem I had with this mead was its low ABV that you expect for the flavor.

The pear mead I gifted to my uncle but was able to enjoy some with him. It had what I would call a buttery banana flavor to it. It was a perfect smooth bite to accompany the higher ABV.

I would love more cyser or pear mead from them, but the cost and shipping hastles make internet orders a bit troublesome. Maybe some more after I sell my house and get situated elsewhere.
 
Hmmm... I was given 2 bottles of this mead. we tried the pear mead and was very turned off by it. It had a very harsh taste to it that reminded me more of everclear. Then we took the Sweet mead to a party and opened that one up there.
It tasted more like gasoline. Actually made my girlfriend and I ill from a couple of sips. Vowed never to try it again.

Well, after reading some different reviews, I'm going to give it another shot and see if it was just a bad batch.. I know these things do happen.
I'll repost after I've given it another try.

Black Beard
 
I took their "3 Bottle Special" to a friend's wedding in Indiana. Not one person in the 12 who tried these products liked them. What a waste of time and money and embarrassment for me. Two thumbs down to Rabbit's Foot.
 
Rabbits Foot tends towards dry meads, which are often not to many peoples tastes. A lot of people tend to think mead should be sweet, and because of that often don't like it when it's different. Case in point: Desi's Dew Mead. He makes champenoise method (dry and bubbly), and for me, that isn't so great, I like my meads a little bit sweet. However, as meads go, it is an excellent example of the method.

Mikes' dry meads at Rabbits' Foot are like that, they're dry, and as such some aren't my favorites since I like sweeter meads, but his meads are excellent examples of dry meads, well balanced, and good expression of the ingredients.

If you had one that tasted 'like gasoline', perhaps it was exposed to heat or cold extremes in shipping, jostled too much, or otherwise affected in shipping. I've have meads and wines arrive in nasty condition because the shipped abused it.

Give it another chance. Also, let Mike know what happened, 'cause he's extremely careful in making his meads, and if his shipper is messing with them, then he'll want to know. He's a great guy, and a an excellent meadmaker, used to be a home mead-maker like us.

Vicky - tweaking the new site
 
I have enjoyed Rabbits Foot Mead very much in the past. While I usually drink sweeter meads, I have a great appreciation for meadmakers who are able to capture the delicate characters of honey in a dry mead. Mike has a skill for this. While the sweet mead is very good, I realy enjoy their dry. I have not had the pear or mead of poetry, but I have heard good things. Also, Rabbits Foot Cyser is one of the best that I have had. As stated on their website, it also makes an outstanding black velvet. I have been wanting to order the magnum bottled Warhammer for sometime now.

Greenblood
 
I'd like to echo Vicky's reply -- I like Mike (pun intended), met him at the 2004 International Meadfest, listened to his presentation at the same Meadfest, and appreciate his efforts in supporting the mead community. He started out making mead on a small scale, just in his home but for commercial production, then upped the ante, so to speak, and pulled out the stops to expand production. I also enjoyed tasting his meads. Nice corks! His wife did the Celtic design that is featured on each one.
 
If anyone has had a 'bad' bottle of mead from me then I'd love to hear it. I'll make this offer to anyone. If you don't like it I'll either refund you your money or send you a new bottle.

As Vickie mentioned, sometime UPS or FedEx don't treat the things they ship well. A box driving through the midwest might get overheated etc.

If you think our sweet mead tasted like rubbing alcohol then something is certainly wrong.

Anyway, You tell me and I'll make it right.

Mike
 
I've had a bottle of Rabbit's Foot Cyser and enjoyed it very much. Nice and dry with plenty of aroma and a nice clean finish as I remember. For those of you who experienced something liess than what you had expected, it's pretty obvious Mike stands behind his product. I'd suggest you give him a jingle and work with him.

Cheers,

Oskaar


Link to the meadery so you can get the necessary contact information.
http://www.rabbitsfootmeadery.com
 
BTW Mike -- welcome to the forum!

(looks like it took a review or two of Rabbits Foot mead to bring him out of lurkdom ;D )
 
I have been impressed with all of Rabbit's Foot meads. The pear is my favorite so far. The bottles I received here in Virginia were fresh and clean with no problems whatsoever. I recommended Rabbit's Foot to many friends and homebrewing customers - the vast majority of people have been very happy with the meads. Even my father liked them!! A man who knows absolutely nothing about meads or even craft beer, for that matter.

I also second the praise for Mike's support of the home meadmaking community. He has long been a poster on the Mead Maker's Digest and now he is on our forums here. Not everyone would take the time for either.


Cheers,
Jay
 
Don't forget rec.crafts.meadmaking

Mike always has something useful to add to a thread that seems to ramble on and on and on . . . ;D

Cheers,

Oskaar
 
(sorry to dig up an old thread, but I'm slow and just got around to Rabbit's Foot today :) )

Went down to Sunnyvale today for a tasting at Rabbit's Foot. Wow! I didn't realize they had mead and cider and beer. Well, ok it was just the beer I didn't know about, but I was pleasantly surprised by the variety of stuff available to taste.

The meads in general were actually my least favorite. I thought the dry mead was too oaky, as was the pear mead. The oak overwhelmed the honey a little in the dry mead and although it was much lighter in the pear, still got in the way as pear is a pretty delicate flavor. The sweet mead was nice, lightly sweet and pleasant.

The raspberry mead was the standout of the bunch. It smelled and tasted like I was stuck in a raspberry bush, in the sun, at the peak of the season. Stupendous, and we bought a bottle. ;D

The cyser was not at all what I expected. At only 7% ABV, it was more like a cider that was lightly spiked with honey, very different from the 14-15% cysers I make that are strongly honey as well as apple. Not that it was bad, it was actually quite good, but I got mostly apple.

The ciders were excellent. Most were not on tap today, but we had the cherry and the raspberry. Dry and crisp, lightly carbonated, excellent fruit presentation. We also had a chance to taste the lemonade, which was sweet and lightly lemony. Apparently the lemonade and cherry cider go well together as a floated drink (black & tan style), but we were already getting a little tipsy and didn't venture for a pint.

The beers were stellar overall. The Biere de Miele was nice, easy drinking. The Honey Red was very nice, malty with slight hop presence. The two big beers were excellent, complex with malt and honey flavors. Malty, sweet, rounded flavors dominated so these were more of sipping beers. I'd love to try and get a recipe for these.

Overall I enjoyed it thoroughly. We were there for several hours drinking everything they had and came away with a bottle of lemonade, rasp cider, rasp mead, and Diabhal beer. I will definitely go back and bring friends! Hopefully next time the Melia will be around for tasting. I'd love to taste the solera mead too, but I hear there is a waiting list and unborn children are already pledged to the next batch.
 
I was disappointed. I tried to order some meads and cider and was refused. They said they did not ship to my state. I offered my wife's work state of OH and they still refused. Anyone know who else sells it?
 
keepitlow said:
I was disappointed. I tried to order some meads and cider and was refused. They said they did not ship to my state. I offered my wife's work state of OH and they still refused. Anyone know who else sells it?
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So you haven't tried the meads yet I'm guessing?

This area is more for reviewing of the actual mead rather than whether or not you're able to order from them. If they refused to ship it means there are federal or state laws prohibiting/de-incentivizing them from doing so. Most meaderies would kill to be able to ship to all states in the union and abroad, but there are some very narrow laws that preclude them from doing so.

Take a gander here to educate yourself about your state laws. You may be able to get mead/wine/beer shipped to you via a different source (larger online retailer, etc.)

Hope that helps,

Oskaar
 
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