Delicate tones of leached almonds lightly complement the honey taste of traditionally produced mead.
During the second fermentation, crushed almonds are leached in the mead.
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.
Metheglin
Metheglin is a type of mead with added (maturated) spices and herbs.
Type of honey
Flower and honeydew honey together
Production process
This mead was boiled before fermentation. The thermal process has certain technological advantages, however, some valuable components of honey are damaged, especially during prolonged boiling. You will not recognize the production process in taste, but it is typical for boiled mead that they are more golden in color because honey partially caramelize at high temperatures.
Producer Miroslav Basta
Family meadery from South Bohemia.
Subtly bitter walnut flavor is a popular variant of mead from southern Bohemia.
The really light cinnamon touch of this mead does not in any way redraw the typical honey character of our ancestors' traditional drink.
Traditional very sweet mead from flower honey with lower content of alcohol.
Sweet metheglin with lower alcohol content and combination of spiced inspired by oldest recipies.
A local producer of mead located in a clean, quiet area of Třeboň region full of meadows, forests and ponds.
Miroslav Bašta is a small local producer in the Třeboň region. It produces mead boiled from its own honey and the surrounding local beekeepers. In addition to natural, the offer also includes other types, including the desired almond, which is flavored using traditional methods, i.e. maceration of crushed almonds without the use of aromas, as is common elsewhere.
The flavor of all meads is very mild.