Lithuanian mead Kanapinis is fermented from summer honey with a strong taste and a mixture of traditional Lithuanian herbs - hemp seeds. Min. 50% honey and is filled into original bottles.
Amber, herbal, medium sweet, meadow summer scent and floral scent.
The strong taste of roasted hemp is in line with the best taste of honey.
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.
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 Šušvės midus
Near the famous fortified settlement of Plinkaigalio, on the banks of the fast-flowing river Šušvė, where our ancestors already prospered in prehistoric times, the old craft of mead production was revived.