Description

The Afon Mêl Taster Set is a great introduction to the Afon Mêl range of meads and consists of three 5cl bottles of their Honey, Blackberry and Heather mead.

The best place to start is the Honey mead, which is a pure mead made using Welsh wildflower honey. The gentle aroma and sweetness of the honey yield to a complex sherry-like flavour.
The Blackberry mead, which is a “melomel” (fruit mead), dives head-first into some seriously intense berry notes, and the maturation helps give it a long portlike aftertaste. A great way of showing how additional ingredients can compliment the honey flavour.
The Heather mead is fermented with Welsh heather honey, lending it an incredibly rich honey aroma and flavour. This mead is a great way to demonstrate how different honeys can drastically change the flavour of a mead.

While nice as an introductory set for novice drinkers who already like matured beverages and sweet wines, this is also a thoughtful gift for more experienced mead lovers who might enjoy the complexity of aged meads.

Meads from the Afon Mêl bee farm and meadery are sweet, complex meads with flavour profiles comparable to sherry or port. The meads are matured in the vats for roughly 2 years, which gives the flavours and aromas plenty of time to blend and develop. This also adds sherry-like notes to the aftertaste, which can linger for a while afterwards. Best enjoyed in small sherry glasses or snifters.

Contains: Water, Honey, Yeast, Blackberry Juice (Blackberry Mead Only)