Two Meadmakers for the Price of None!
So how are you, our dear bibliophages, going to learn about all the cool, upcoming stuff from Groennfell Meadery?
Fear not! We’re a multimodal education outfit here at Groennfell. Here is a quick synopsis of what Ricky presented with his trademark humor, in his oh-so-dulcet tones:
Groennfell Meadery is one year old this week! As a surprise birthday present, we found out that we are available at over 100 locations here in Vermont. To discover the nearest outpost, check out our Mead Finder.
For those of you who can’t get enough of Ricky the Meadmaker, you need no longer pine or surfeit day by day, he’ll make sure it’s all surfeiting all the time with his new Facebook and Twitter accounts!
Also, we now have Rookie’s Root Beer on tap in addition to their Ginger Beer! And starting this week, all of the Popcorn at Groennfell is going to be from Yolo! Snacks in Middlebury, VT.
While we’re on the subject of Vermont companies, our biggest news is probably that we’re now sharing space with the 802’s newest meadery, Havoc Mead! They also have a Facebook and a Twitter.
We’re going to be continuing our collaboration with Lake Champlain International in 2015 by starting a new series of Pint Nights called the Friendly Viking Fund. We’ll have lots more about that in the coming weeks.
Last but not least, we’re going to be giving you more information soon about how you can come to the Meadery to get a pre-release sample of our newest year-round brew, Chaos Cyser.
Stay tuned, Meadiacs! We’re just getting started!
I love Nordic Farmhouse so much I would marry it! My favorite flavor profiles are sour and sweet, and this festive mead is very refreshingly tart! I especially love to drink it and serve it to my guests at the cranberry holidays (ie. Thanksgiving and Solstice/Christmas)!
Lovely golden color.No off smell to this one. Definitely notice the cinnamon flavor. Very refreshing.
I’m not getting the snickerdoodle/fall notes others do, but to be fair my palate is not the most refined. It’s a brisk lightly flavored mead to me, but I can’t pick out any particular flavor(s). It did help me through a good portion of the latest crossword, however. Going to let the rest of the pack sit awhile - sometimes aging is the secret formula to mind blowing mead. Will update down the road.
I didn’t care for early batches but with age this one is pleasant. Crisp, heavy vanilla forward (if you don’t like vanilla, this may not be for you). Balanced without being tart. I don’t pick up much on the apple, but not being a big apple fan that works for me. It would probably make a tasty mead bread!
BIG difference from last batch. Tasty up front mild oak taste that’s lighter than more mouthful meads like Wayfarer/Nordic Farmhouse/Psychopomp, richer than Buckland. I like to do a hard pour to release more of the carbon and let it sit a few minutes before drinking. I think it’s going to be AMAZING in a few months (assuming I am willing to let it age that long).
