Schramm's Mead

[Adam Jackson]

Also Statement B2 sounds amazing!

 

[Michigan1]

Also Statement B2 sounds amazing!

I don't see a single flavor descriptor in here:

'The Statement' batch 2 is going into bottles this weekend. It is not exactly the same as batch 1, but it is sooooo delicious. Our hope for every batch (or 'vintage') is for each to be uniquely delicious, more or less the same, but with differences vintage to vintage, like fine red wines. I think this batch will get a couple more gold medals this year, for sure. It is the awesome-st expression of the tart Traverse City balaton cherries that there is out there, I think.

I can taste those gold medals! Sounds delicious!

 

[Adam Jackson]

I don't see a single flavor descriptor in here:

Don't ruin the fun.

 

[Michigan1]

Don't ruin the fun.

You joined the Mazer Club. You're in my house now, homie.

 

[Adam Jackson]

You joined the Mazer Club. You're in my house now, homie.

Thanks for being my trustee, dude! I appreciate it. gotta send boxes of vermont saisons from now on?

 

[trickytunadicky]

I hope that means Nutmeg in bottles. A-Ma-ZING!

 

[Beerontwowheels]

Welp...another Mazer Club member here! Looking for a trustee if anyone can assist.

 

[abawol01]

Welp...another Mazer Club member here! Looking for a trustee if anyone can assist.

Hit me with a PM. I can help.

 

[Adam Jackson]

How does this Mazer thing work? Will Schramm's now email me price lists of bottles available and i can just call up and give over my credit card? I didn't see any meads listed on their site. I just want first dibs at that next Statement and HoD.

 

[Beerontwowheels]

How does this Mazer thing work? Will Schramm's now email me price lists of bottles available and i can just call up and give over my credit card? I didn't see any meads listed on their site. I just want first dibs at that next Statement and HoD.

I sent Naegerbomb a message asking for clarification. Maybe that can be posted up here. I'm sure others are curious.

 

[mixed_master7]

I'm in the same boat.

They can have all my money as soon as I figure out how to designate a trustee.

 

[Arbitrator]

Is it only a discount club? No meads with the membership fee?

 

[mixed_master7]

Is it only a discount club? No meads with the membership fee?

I believe members also get first dibs at releases?

 

[stupac2]

Is it only a discount club? No meads with the membership fee?

Appears so. But if you compare it to having Michigan go-and-pick-it-up-for-you-bro then you only need to buy like 20 bottles for it to make sense. Add in being able to get first access to some cool-sounding stuff and I think it's worth checking out for costing so little.

 

[mixed_master7]

And it starts when you buy it, so none of that OG/kickstarter B.S.

 

[lb304854]

How does this Mazer thing work? Will Schramm's now email me price lists of bottles available and i can just call up and give over my credit card? .

No. Your trustee would need to go in and pay for you.

 

[Jas45678]

Is it only a discount club? No meads with the membership fee?

No meads included, just a discount. There's also a party, but not really a benefit for out a towners. You can also reserve limited releases, which seems the only way to get some of the limited stuff.

 

[Arbitrator]

No meads included, just a discount. There's also a party, but not really a benefit for out a towners. You can also reserve limited releases, which seems the only way to get some of the limited stuff.

Cool. Seems like a very reasonable club for people close by.

 

[lb304854]

Cool. Seems like a very reasonable club for people close by.

This.

I don't get why people who can't visit would want in. Most of the perks are locals-oriented.

 

[Naegerbomb]

I don't see a single flavor descriptor in here:



I can taste those gold medals! Sounds delicious!

 

[Naegerbomb]

I hope that means Nutmeg in bottles. A-Ma-ZING!

Well we didn't just make 1000 liters of it to pour on our heads...

 

[Michigan1]

Well we didn't just make 1000 liters of it to pour on our heads...

Yeah. You're not B. Nektar...

 

[Naegerbomb]

Yeah. You're not B. Nektar...

No, we are not.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

Honest thoughts on Black Heart Batch 1?

A few of us in here (who I won't tag to preserve their anonymity) all agree that it has a weird metallic / iron / almost blood like character that is pretty off putting. We've had it fresh as well as a bottle opened up over Labor Day Weekend, and the same thing has been apparent. Any ideas what is causing that and / if more time will diminish it?

Favorite non Schramms commercial mead?

 

[Michigan1]

Honest thoughts on Black Heart Batch 1?

A few of us in here (who I won't tag to preserve their anonymity) all agree that it has a weird metallic / iron / almost blood like character that is pretty off putting. We've had it fresh as well as a bottle opened up over Labor Day Weekend, and the same thing has been apparent. Any ideas what is causing that and / if more time will diminish it?

Favorite non Schramms commercial mead?

Fun's over. Now we're getting into it!

 

[Naegerbomb]

Honest thoughts on Black Heart Batch 1?

A few of us in here (who I won't tag to preserve their anonymity) all agree that it has a weird metallic / iron / almost blood like character that is pretty off putting. We've had it fresh as well as a bottle opened up over Labor Day Weekend, and the same thing has been apparent. Any ideas what is causing that and / if more time will diminish it?

Favorite non Schramms commercial mead?

Our first blackheart batch was fermented on whole fruit for about a month, and black raspberries have way too many seeds for that. We've noticed it as well (especially when it was young), that there is a sharp tannic acidity to the mead, most likely from the seed content. Is this what you're picking up on? It could present itself with an almost astringent mouthfeel as well, and based on some comparisons we've done with batch 2, it is something that will age out. Now, with batch two we've changed the time on fruit, so batch two was drinkable fresh. We recommend aging batch 1, to give it time for that tannic acidity to soften (and it will). At least, that's what I hope your taste buds are perceiving. I've never heard the blood flavor descriptor before. Have you had batch 2?

 

[Naegerbomb]

Favorite non Schramms commercial mead?

Brother's Drake Apple Pie is my jams.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

Fun's over. Now we're getting into it!

One flawed mead in a few years of production is unreal, and that's coming from a guy who spends $$$ on societies for The Bruery, and used to spend it on Lost Abbeys society.

Our first blackheart batch was fermented on whole fruit for about a month, and black raspberries have way too many seeds for that. We've noticed it as well (especially when it was young), that there is a sharp tannic acidity to the mead, most likely from the seed content. Is this what you're picking up on? It could present itself with an almost astringent mouthfeel as well, and based on some comparisons we've done with batch 2, it is something that will age out. Now, with batch two we've changed the time on fruit, so batch two was drinkable fresh. We recommend aging batch 1, to give it time for that tannic acidity to soften (and it will). At least, that's what I hope your taste buds are perceiving. I've never heard the blood flavor descriptor before. Have you had batch 2?

Yep had batch 2 at the same tasting with batch 1, and while I wouldn't describe the flavor as something I'd normally associate with tannic astringency, that could certainly be the explanation for what we were tasting. As for the blood comparison, its the off flavor I get from excessive iron / mineral adjustment in homebrew judging.

Also Batch 2 was fantastic, along with the 750 small batch ginger, and the HoD Batch 2 Schramms, and the Statement Reserve....

Can't wait to get back up there again to spend more time with MarkIntihar and drink mead.

 

[trickytunadicky]

I would say B2 Blackheart was better, so you may be on to something, and aging did seem to help B1, based on comparison. I am thinking it is just something that should be enjoyed later. I guess tannic is what I associate with oak and skins and this was almost rotten, but everything else has been spot on, so I think i will wait another year or two to open my other bottle amd see what happens.

 

[Johnnie Nepal]

I too enjoyed B2 Black Heart far and away over B1. While I don't mind aging things to see how they develop, I do prefer to try those beverages fresh to have a gauge of change. Fresh B1 wasn't for me, not sure age will change that, but I look forward to the possibility of having my opinion changed.