Code: LT0201 | Brand: Šušvės midus

Šušvės midus - Midus Tradicinis (Traditional mead) - 0.5 l 12%, glass

€18 €14.88 excl. VAT
In stock (>5 pcs)
Lithuanian traditional mead - special, luxury mead from the best and most fragrant forest and meadow honey in a beautiful original bottle. Contains min. 50% of honey.
Delivery to:
22.3.2024
Category: Metheglins
Weight: 1 kg
Producer: Šušvės midus
Honey source: mixed
Production process: boiled
Alcohol: 12%
Sweetness: sweet
Flavour: hops
Volume: 0.5 l
Country of origin: Lithuania
Price/l: € 36.00
Original title: Midus Tradicinis
Composition: honey, water, juniper berries, hops
Preservatives: sulphites
News order: M0552

Lithuanian traditional mead - special, luxury mead from the best and most fragrant forest and meadow honey in a beautiful original bottle. Contains min. 50% of honey.

The mead is made according to a recipe that was recorded in Scandinavian sources from 1545.

Taste: medium sweet, slightly bitter, hops and juniper pleasant aftertaste.

Hops and juniper have been used as preservatives in the past.

The recommended serving temperature is 12-16 ° C. Used as an aperitif, suitable for seafood and desserts. Can be served warm.

Ratings and awards:

Lithuanian Wine Championship 2015 - bronze medal.
2016 Recognized as the best Lithuanian mead at the Lithuanian Wine Championship.

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 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.