Week 6
Name: Crafted Artisan Meadery Pollinator
Variety: Mead with Cascade Hops
Region: Mogadore, OH
Country: United States
Year: 2014
Price: $11
Food? No
Description from the meadery: "Pollinator is a dry hopped (cascades) spiced blackberry hydromel. Pistils of Pollinator are crafted in honor of the industrious honey bees. Responsible for over one-third of the world's food supply they have worked thanklessly through the ages. Threatened today by Colony Collapse Disorder and other man-made threats, the weight of the world is getting a little heavier for the honey bee. "
My Review: Most meads I've had are cloyingly sweet, but Pollinator had a great balance between sugary sweetness and hop character. The hops revealed themselves in the mouthfeel and in the mid palette, which balanced the crazy sweetness nicely. This was an excellent mead!
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