This limited edition is made from the finest Slovak honey, fragrant herbs and spices. The mead pays tribute to one of the most important composers in the history of music, who visited the village of Dolní Krupou, where Apimed mead is produced.
Ludwig van Beethoven visited Dolní Krupová from 1796, where he taught the young Countess Brunsvik to play the piano.
He spent romantic moments here in the company of the younger Josefína, with whom he exchanged love letters hidden in a hollowed-out tree.
Later, by the lake in the castle park, he composed the world-famous Moonlight Sonata.
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
Blossom honey or nectar comes from the nectar of various flowers.
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 Apimed
Apimed is one of the largest meaderies in Slovakia. Their meads have won numerous global awards, including the "Best mead in the world" in 2015.
The company APIMED was founded in 1998. However, the beginnings of beekeeping activities date back to 1982. In addition to its own production of honey and bee products, the company has built up an extensive supply network of beekeepers throughout Slovakia from the most ecologically clean areas. Due to the production of over 300,000 liters of mead per year, the own beehives cannot cover production needs. Each purchased batch of honey is laboratory tested at the ŠVaPÚ in Dolní Kubín and then classified according to type and included in production.
In 2015 and 2023, Medovina akatová barrique won the award Best mead in the world.
Meads are produced using heat, they are boiled.
Apimed brand meads have won the most world awards from Slovak producers, and we have all of them on permanent offer for you at Medovinarna, because you liked them too.
