Product Description
Kinsale Atlantic Dry Mead
is a new, light and refreshing drink, handcrafted in small batches in Kinsale using natural ingredients, old recipes and modern techniques.
Atlantic Dry Mead is a traditional style mead made from Spanish orange blossom honey and fermented off dry to 12% ABV.
Mead is the world’s oldest alcoholic drink, with a global history over 9,000 years. It has been made and drunk in Ireland for centuries. There are many styles including meads with fruit, spices and herbs but once most of the fermentable sugars come from honey, then it’s a Mead.
The honey is mixed with local water, fruit and yeast and fermented off dry
Tasting Notes:
Citrus with ripe apples and even a touch of softer pears and white fruit. An attractive, soft, honeyed, fruity taste which is very enjoyable and certainly different and intriguing.
Serve:
Enjoy chilled over ice or serve half and half with tonic and an orange garnish.
Food Pairing:
Lovely with almonds, fish and oysters or try it with a lemon tart.
Honeymoon
It is said 30 days or a moon’s supply of mead was given to newlyweds to ensure a successful and fruitful marriage, hence the name Honeymoon.