M2EMelomel
Fruit Mead · BJCP 2015 Mead
2 SRM50 SRM
- OG
- 1.035 – 1.170
- FG
- 0.990 – 1.010
- ABV
- 3.5 – 18 %
- IBU
- 0 – 0
- Color
- 2 – 50 SRM
Fruit Mead · BJCP 2015 Mead
The melomel subcategory is for fruit meads made with any fruit not associated with any other fruit mead subcategory, or with a combination of fruits from multiple fruit mead subcategories (such as grapes and stone fruit). If in doubt, enter the fruit here – judges should be flexible with fruit not explicitly named in other categories. The culinary, not botanical, definition of fruit is used here. If you have to justify a fruit using the word “technically” as part of the description, then that’s not what we mean. In well-made examples of the style, the fruit is both distinctive and well-incorporated into the honeysweet-acid-tannin-alcohol balance of the mead. Different types of fruit can result in widely different characteristics; allow for a variation in the final product.
Standard description applies. A melomel is a mead made with the addition of other fruit or fruit juices not specifically reserved for other entry subcategories. There should be an appealing blend of the fruit and honey character but not necessarily an even balance. A melomel can be made with a blend of fruits from multiple Fruit Mead subcategories.
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