The Professor And The Pupil 

Member Bottle #2

16%

Late Summer release 

Mead Details 

This mead is a double barrel-aged Apple Cyser, made with Buckwheat and Alfalfa honey. 

The first barrel was a 10-year Elijah Craig Bourbon barrel.  The second was a Butcher’s Cut Bourbon barrel from Detroit City Distillery that held our now famous “The Devil Wears A Witch’s Hat” mead.

Out went The Devil, and in went The Professor. 

This mead was aged for about 9 months in total.  We pulled this right out of the barrel. Blended it with a delicious Pear mead made from local pear concentrate.  After that, we added a hefty amount of Fire Red Afghanistan Saffron.  

 The yeast we used was EC1118.

Tasting notes from Karl 

The time has come, member bottle number 2. We have an interesting one for you! Second bottle, second barrel; this double barrel aged mead features two dark honeys, our signature cyser, an independent pear mead, and the glorious addition of Afghanistan saffron… exciting!

We have the nose first and unsurprisingly we have that saffron! Fresh and boisterous, the saffron dominates the nose of this mead. Deep under it all, however, a familiar crisp apple-pear note and a sweet smell of honey peaks past the Middle Eastern spices. Opening it up and all those hardy honey scents make themselves known: some of the grassy leather notes from the Buckwheat in particular. Also, the whiskey is playing nice at the playground with everyone else. 

The first sip. And “oh..!” was my audible reaction. The saffron is the foremost flavor, but unlike its aroma the flavor of saffron quickly washes over like a breeze and ushers in semi-sweet apple and juicy pear then honey. The profile is quite unlike anything we’ve made so far, both spiced, sweet, juicy, crisp, and with that woody barrel whiskey finish. The dark kinds of honey play well with the way the apple and pear meld with the saffron. A break is provided from the airy spice, which is delighted to share the spotlight with the barrel tannins. You’re going to taste more of the buckwheat notes, with the alfalfa honey playing support. It balances out with a fruit infusion as you sip and finishes with the Bourbon heat.