Kinsale Wild Red Mead
70cl
/
12% Vol
Wild Red Mead is a melomel style mead made from cherries, Wexford blackcurrants, Spanish honey and fermented off dry to 12% ABV. This mead has been handcrafted in small batches by the Kinsale Mead Co using natural ingredients, old recipes and modern techniques.
Kinsale Wild Red Mead
€27.00
Ex Tax: €21.95
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Product Details
Tasting Notes from the Producer
Flavour
A lovely clear, clean red fruit aroma with subtle honey notes with good length of blackcurrant tones and a smooth finish. The acidity and tannins from the blackcurrants blend well to offset the slight sweetness from the honey.
Fact Sheet
Fluid
70cl
Alcohol %
12%
Style
Melomel Mead
Country
Ireland
Making Techniques
Spanish Honey, blackcurrants and cherries are 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
Cold meat platter, sticky barbecue ribs, Madagascar chocolate or a cheese board and grapes.
Serving Suggestion
Serving Suggestion
Either at room temperature, over ice with an orange garnish or as a cocktail base. All taste great!
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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