Welsh Meadery's hook-up with distillery 'the sweetest marriage'

From tivysideadvertiser.co.uk 

A NEW Quay meadery have teamed up with a well-known Welsh whisky distillery to create two products with a ‘unique’ taste.

Afon Mêl, who have described their collaboration with Penderyn Distillery as ‘the sweetest marriage’, have now produced meads finished in both ex-Madeira and ex-Bourbon oak barrels previously used for Welsh whisky maturation.

Sam Cooper, owner and head mead-maker at Afon Mêl, explained: “This collection of small batch meads includes the two products matured in ex-Bourbon and ex-Madeira barrels.

“These have been used at Penderyn to mature their Welsh whisky – and once emptied are filled with mead.

“What comes out is wonderfully and subtly different to what goes in.”

Roll out the barrels! Meadery's hook-up with distillery 'the sweetest marriage'

These two products in this limited edition collection are built on Afon Mêl’s Great Taste, Golden Fork winner, Heather Mead.

Experimenting on a barrel-share basis with the award-winning Penderyn Distillery has been in Afon Mêl’s planning for the last five years.

“All the new Meads created allow us to explore different mead-making methods,” said Sam.

“With these small batch meads we can showcase a new and exciting side to Afon Mêl’s Meads.”

Afon Mêl have just been shortlisted in three categories for The Great British Food Awards 2022.

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