Kinsale Atlantic Dry Mead
70cl
/
12% Vol
Kinsale Mead is a new, light and refreshing drink, handcrafted in small batches in Kinsale using natural ingredients, old recipes and modern techniques. Atlantic Dry Mead is a traditional style mead made from Spanish orange blossom honey and fermented off dry to 12% ABV.
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Kinsale Atlantic Dry Mead
€27.00
Ex Tax: €21.95
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Product Details
Tasting Notes from the Producer
Flavour
Citrus with ripe apples and a touch of softer pears and white fruit. An attractive, soft, honeyed, fruity taste which is very enjoyable and certainly different and intriguing.
Fact Sheet
Fluid
70cl
Alcohol %
12%
Style
Dry Mead
Country
Ireland
Making Techniques
Spanish Orange Blossom Honey is mixed with local water and yeast and fermented off dry, then matured for a minimum of 3 months.
Producer
Kinsale Mead Co
Food Matching
Food Matching
Olives or light goats cheese salad, fresh seafood or a raspberry and white chocolate sponge.
Serving Suggestion
Serving Suggestion
Enjoy chilled, over ice or serve half and half with tonic and a sliver of orange.
FAQs
Traditional Irish mead is made by dissolving honey in warm water at a ratio of approximately 1.5 to 2kg of honey per 4 litres of water, then adding wine or mead yeast once the must has cooled below 30 degrees Celsius. A small quantity of nutrient is added to support yeast health during fermentation. Primary fermentation takes one to three weeks at room temperature, followed by racking to secondary for clarification. Still mead is ready for drinking in three to six months; longer aging develops complexity.
Mead is neither exclusively Irish nor Scottish: it is one of the oldest fermented beverages in human history, produced across Northern Europe, the British Isles, and beyond since at least 7000 BCE. Archaeological evidence for mead making has been found across both Ireland and Scotland. Irish mead holds a particular cultural significance through the mead halls of ancient Gaelic literature and the Brehon Laws, which included detailed regulations governing mead production and consumption. Both traditions are valid and parallel.
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