The Winners Circle Public Mead Tasting
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Tickets are $25 each and available online only.
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Tickets will be available via willcall at the event venue.
Menu of Gold Medal Mead and Cuisine Selections* |
Bargetto Winery - Traditional - Chaucer's Cellar Mead - 11.0% ABV
This dessert-style beverage contains a blend of three types of honey: alfalfa, sage and orange blossom. Each type brings a unique quality to the blend and contributes to the overall complexity of the Mead. Alfalfa is neutral in flavor but yields a dark, amber color. The orange blossom brings a floral bouquet to the nose of the wine. Sage brings subtle nuances into the blend. This wine should be consumed shortly after purchase to enjoy its natural and rich honey flavor.
Final Pairing:
Peach Pastries and Ginger Snap Cookies
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Celestial Meads - Pyment Raizin d'Etre - 14.0%ABV
A full bodied pyment made with Blackberry blossom honey and Zinfandel grapes and aged on oak. The beautiful Zinfandel grapes are complemented by the blackberry blossom honey. The oak adds a buttery complexity that makes this a truly fantastic mead.
Final Pairing:
Fresh Mozzarella Bruschetta
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Celestial Meads - Scheherazade - 12.0% ABV
A semi-sweet spiced melomel made with cardamom, sour cherries, plums and a hint of pomegranates. This wonderfully complex fruity mead is made even more delicious by the unique eucalyptus/lemon flavor and aroma of the cardamom. The acidity from the fruits perfectly balances the honey.
Final Pairing:
Cream Cheese Stuffed Figs with Prosciutto on the side
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Celestial Meads - Southern Heat - 12.0% ABV
A sweet traditional mead made with pure, raw tupelo honey from the swamps of northern Florida. Vanilla, persimmon, peach and nutmeg in the nose gives way to toasted oak, complex spice, soft fruit and caramelized pears on the palate. The alcohol and acidity balance the sweetness of this complicated mead
Final Pairing:
Gorgonzola and Brie with Water Crackers and Seedless Grapes
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Intermiel Inc - Honey and Raspberries - 12% ABV
A sweet melomel (fruit mead) made with real raspberries where the rare bouquet of raspberry blossom honey delicately intertwines with the exuberant and luxurious aroma of raspberries.
Final Pairing:
Gorgonzola and Brie with Water Crackers and Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds
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Mountain Meadows Meadery - Midnight Mead - 20.0% ABV
A full and luxurious dessert mead. This honey liqueur is made with honey spirits (distilled mead) and blended with a full bodied sweet traditional mead to bring you our Amsterdam inspired Midnight Mead.
Final Pairing:
Goat Cheese, Pear Chutney and Baguette Toasts
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Pasieka Maciej Jaros - Koronny - Mead Dwojniak Koronny- 15.0%
A Polish dwojniak produced in equal parts of water and honey with a mixture of Polish meadow herbs. It is produced mainly from dark, autumn honey and is aged in oak casks for over 10 years and is racked into stoneware bottles which enhances and enriches its flavor. Velvety smooth with deep rich aroma and flavor.
Final Pairing:
Dark Chocolate Covered Bacon with extra chunks of Dark Chocolate
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Rabbit's Foot Meadery - Diabhal - 8.2% ABV
Fermented with traditional Belgian barley, yeast and candi sugar along with the finest honey to create the only ale of its kind. It is similar to a tripel, but paler, drier and lighter bodied due to the honey. The style is often named after the devil, "Diabhal" in Irish.
Tentative Pairing:
Irish Extra Sharp Cheddar with Water Crackers and Seedless Grapes |
Redstone Meadery - Nectar of the Hops - 8.0% ABV
A medium sweet and sparkling mead, the taste is light and refreshing. The honey flavor is prominent and well balanced in this simple, yet intriguing mead. Nectar of the Hops has a bit of bitterness to it from the hops.
Tentative Pairing:
Gourmet Pizzas with fresh Mozzarella, Roasted Red Peppers, Kalamata Olives, Feta, Spinach, Fresh Basil and more
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Ring of Fire Meadery - Tart Cherry Reserve - 14% ABV
A sweet, barrel fermented melomel made with wild blackberry blossom honey and local tart cherries. This incredibly balanced strong mead attacks the senses with sharp aroma of the tart cherries and honey. The warmth of the alcohol proceeds through a pleasant oak complexity and sour fruit flavor.
Final Pairing:
White Chocolate and Vanilla Bean Flan
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Pasieka Maciej Jaros - Jablkowy (Cyser)
Tentative Pairing:
Puff pastry stuffed with Dill Cream Cheese filling with Lox on the side |
Please note that no tickets will be available for purchase at the door. All ticket sales will be conducted online only.
*The cuisine selections have been finalized as of 03/22/2010. Any changes will be announced at the door. |
