UPDATED: NOV 2, 2021 Bottle mail ordered from the Meadery. Deep purple color. Strong aroma of wood, oak, like a lumber mill. Flavor is of sweet, rich blackberries. Delicious.

UPDATED: AUG 28, 2021 375ml bottle. Intense raspberry juice, sweetness, oak, honey and warming alcohol. Quite sweet and intense with the berry notes.

UPDATED: AUG 28, 2021 Bottle from a friend. Crimson color, no head. Sweet taste with raspberry, honey, berries, tart, a bit of oak and sugar. Sweet finish with raspberry, honey, oak, berries, tart and sugar. Excellent mead.

UPDATED: APR 10, 2021 Bottle from Tickour pours deep clear crimson with no head. Aroma is raspy AF with honey backing it up. Medium sweet and lightly tart, honey and raspberry. Good balance. Slick and honey feel with medium full body. Solid tick.

UPDATED: FEB 16, 2021 Bottle. A- Raspberry jam, candies. A- Dark garnet red color, clear liquid, no head. T- Raspberry hard candies, jammy, honey, very subtle herbal notes. P- Full body, syrupy texture, low carbonation, sweet finish. O- Batch #3 from 2018. About 3 years old. Wow, this was tasty. Always wanted to try Schramms and got a bottle of this last summer and drank for Valentine's Day. Wife still says she doesn't like mead but could tolerate this. Very good. Just loads of raspberry jam and candies. I will say at $40 for a 375 ml bottle, so $3.25/oz it is steep and I won't be stocking up but it was a solid one time buy.

UPDATED: JAN 23, 2021 [Tasting - Beder] [Batch 4] Aroma: Intense sweet quality honey, intense raspberries, floral notes, whole raspberries and lightly alcoholic Appearance: Deep intense ruby red with no head Taste: Intense sweet and heavy acidic, jam, intense raspberries, honey and slightly alcoholic Mouthfeel: Full mouthfeel with creamy texture Overall: Lovely intense raspberry mead ;)

UPDATED: SEP 13, 2020 Bottle at Peders. Clear ruby coloured with no head. Fruity and light acidic aroma of raspberries with notes of honey. Fruity and light acidic flavour of raspberries and honey with notes of alcohol. Warming alcoholic finish.

UPDATED: JUN 1, 2020 375 ml in a trade by AdamChandler for the 31 May, COVID-19 virtual tasting. Flavor has tart raspberry, hint of blackberry, and mild lasting honey. Sugar sweetness but not in a bad way. Tart berry helps with the balance. Oily / slick texture. Real, real, good.

UPDATED: MAY 31, 2020 375ML split 4 ways, room temp. Murky dark reddish purple. smells insanely good. like sour juicy fruit raspberry candies. fantastic tartness. with a lot of sugar. table sugar, tart sour candies. loads of honey. this is insanely delicious.

UPDATED: MAR 8, 2020 ( bottle) Aroma: raspberries, sweet note of honey. Taste: sweet, flavour of raspberries, red currants and honey. Palate: medium to full body, Overall: Good one !