Mead from the Highlands, with a mixture of 14 herbs and spices and hops flavored with cherry syrup. The distinct aromatic flavor of the sour cherry gives the mead an interesting touch, which is especially appreciated by women.
Mead from Vysočina is made using the traditional method of fermentation and long aging of a thick honey base with the addition of 14 types of herbs and spices. Long-term testing resulted in a family recipe according to which we always try to create a delicious drink that brings you the pleasure of drinking well. Herbs help with good digestion and absorption, spices are characterized by their aroma, and hops add subtle bitterness. That is why you can also serve mead as an aperitif. Valuable substances from honey generally strengthen the organism and bring mental well-being.
We recommend drinking it chilled or, on the contrary, heated to a temperature of around 40 C.
The fruity notes of mead also perfectly complement, for example, an ice cream sundae.
mead
Mead is an alcoholic beverage fermented from honey and water, with possibility of addition of other ingredients such as spices or herbs or in combination with fruit juices.
Melomel
Melomel is a fruit mead with is fermented from honey and fruit juices.
Production process
This mead is not cooked, however, during its production, the honey was heated above 50 °C for a limited time. It could be heated up to temperatures of 80 °C, when some components of honey may be degraded.
This mead is suitable for heating, but we recommend always keeping the maximum heating temperature to approx. 50-55 ° C. At higher temperatures, the precious components of honey could be damaged. For heating, we recommend sweeter and more pronounced mead, especially those with the addition of spices or herbs, the aroma of which pleasantly emerges when heated. However, you can taste the mead according to your wishes, as well as mulled wine.
Producer Vcelarstvi Slama
Slama family is running bee-keeping business in Havlíčkův Brod at Vysocina - mountainous region in the Czech republic. They also produce delicious mead according to the traditional Bohemian recipe.
The bee farm in Chlístov near Havlíčkov Brod mainly deals with the production of mead, the most popular recently being Old Bohemian mead.
Jiří Sláma has been beekeeping since childhood, and now he has over 170 bee colonies, which he does not care for because it is stressful for the bees. The bees are placed in habitats where nectar-bearing flowers with lots of pollen, as well as forests with honeydew, are within reach all year round.
He has been fully devoted to beekeeping and the production of mead since 2000. The mead matures in a deep cellar for at least a year. The offer presents several types of mead. Medovina z Vysočina is completely natural, even in the bio mead variant. Since 2012, it has also been producing Old Bohemian mead, which contains up to 45% honey and matures in oak barrels, according to an older recipe. The recipe comes from the 1950s.