So i was wondering, how do you guys drink/serve your/each mead and why?
Some examples:
Do you drink your mead cold, at room temp, or even hot?
On a wine glass, normal glass, drinking horn, shots, or whisky glass?
Do you drink them alone or do you drink them while eating or in apperitives?
I guess i also want a take on why you do this and if you do the same with all your meads (probably most dont). Mead is not as extended as wine so i also though maybe someone commercial (or someone planning to go commercial or with more experience in this tasting area) could chime in and explain what makes a mead better to drink cold or at room temp, etc.
I've been doing this for over a year now and at the start i liked my meads at room temp. But now im starting to discover some are great cold too. Some in a point in between. And other people say hot mead is great too, altough the ones i tried did not make that good an impact. Most of us also drink on wine glass but i love high ABV and sweet meads so ive had them served as shots with friends or whisky glasses too. My point is there are many ways of enjoying them, and this could serve to share what we do and give ideas to others.
I'll start.
I prefer light (by this i mean meads that dont have a super strong flavour or ABV and are dry) cold and in wine glass. I usually drink them alone with no food since i dont drink that much when eating but would love to know what to pair them with. Strong flavoured meads like cinnamon or sweet ones i enjoy most at room temperature or even better chilled (10ºC or so) in a whisky glass, sometimes after eating. I have yet to buy a drinking horn but that is definetely on my to-buy list. I've tried cinnamon mead and black tea mead hot and i did not like them that much.
Some examples:
Do you drink your mead cold, at room temp, or even hot?
On a wine glass, normal glass, drinking horn, shots, or whisky glass?
Do you drink them alone or do you drink them while eating or in apperitives?
I guess i also want a take on why you do this and if you do the same with all your meads (probably most dont). Mead is not as extended as wine so i also though maybe someone commercial (or someone planning to go commercial or with more experience in this tasting area) could chime in and explain what makes a mead better to drink cold or at room temp, etc.
I've been doing this for over a year now and at the start i liked my meads at room temp. But now im starting to discover some are great cold too. Some in a point in between. And other people say hot mead is great too, altough the ones i tried did not make that good an impact. Most of us also drink on wine glass but i love high ABV and sweet meads so ive had them served as shots with friends or whisky glasses too. My point is there are many ways of enjoying them, and this could serve to share what we do and give ideas to others.
I'll start.
I prefer light (by this i mean meads that dont have a super strong flavour or ABV and are dry) cold and in wine glass. I usually drink them alone with no food since i dont drink that much when eating but would love to know what to pair them with. Strong flavoured meads like cinnamon or sweet ones i enjoy most at room temperature or even better chilled (10ºC or so) in a whisky glass, sometimes after eating. I have yet to buy a drinking horn but that is definetely on my to-buy list. I've tried cinnamon mead and black tea mead hot and i did not like them that much.
