Schramm's Mead - Ferndale

I tried this glorious liquid at Brown Iron Brewhouse in Washington Township. I am not a beer drinker, only wine for this girl, but I've been missing out. When you order barbeque, it makes sense to order a beer. This turned me onto mead, at the bartenders suggestion. If beer could imitate a wine, this would be the result. Love at first sip! Dazzling flavor, almost life changing.

Nice location in a popular area of Ferndale. Their small gated front porch is dog friendly. We ordered 2 samplers to share and decide which flavors to take home in bottle. Neither one of us liked the ginger variety it was just too 'hot ' on the palate for us. The other berry variations of mead were all delicious in their own way. My favorite was the blackberry. Disappointingly though, the flavors we wanted to buy in bottle were not available . We did some searching and found a bottle of BlackBerry at Mega Bev in Kalamazoo.

Wandered by here today at like 9:55pm (they close at 10) and the kind waiter let us in. I had a mead flight and my friend had a different mead flight and we mixed and matched. I've been giving more 5 star reviews on Yelp recently than I normally do but this place definitely deserves it! My flight was $7 and his was $8 I believe. It's pricey for the serving you get but so delicious. Mine had the traditional one which kind of tasted like sangria or red wine, plus a nutmeg one that tasted like autumn (honey, with a hint of nutmeg), and a ginger one that was a little too strong for me. He got the Agnes flight, I believe one wasn't very sweet but the other two were, and like candy in a bottle. SO GOOD. I had never been here before even though I'm in Ferndale fairly frequently, and I'll definitely be stopping by another time to try more of its delectable mead. Yum.

MEAD (a poem by Jess Jabroni) Me need Mead Need weed and Mead No speed, just Mead I bleed for Mead Does Creed drink Mead? If so that'd be sweet Mead If you want to lead drink some Mead DON'T impede on my Mead To succeed, drink some Mead Centipede

My partner and I had a wonderful experience here! We have been waiting to try Schramms for awhile! We tried it I believe at a friends and also at the Renessance festival? My partner has read Kens book personally implemented a similar technique in a small brew batch for experimental purposes (it turned out well! this was super exciting for him of course! We went on a weekend about an hour and a half before they close. They close kind of early so we will have to plan better next time. The environment is very nice. Well decorated id say! They have gender neutral bathrooms which is cool! Im glad to see more places doing this! The staff was super knowledgeable and for a weekend night it was not crowded at all and actually very very quiet.. I suppose that you could say that mead drinkers seem a little bit more classy and reserved comparing to bar people/beer mixed drink people. Our bartender was Very knowledgeable and polite he helped us pick out the best option for us. We ended up going with a flight. It was Way better than we had anticipated!! Wow what a pallet! Sadly I cannot remember the names of each mead but the depth and complexity yet sweetness of the drinks were perfect! Tasting each one was honestly like going on an adventure with each drink being a lot to take in. Mead is something to be appreciated and not just slugged down. We actually really liked one of their limited time only selections But strangely enough by the time that we were done with the flight we were good!!! They were closing in 30 minutes so we didn't want to drink anymore. We sat and talked with the bartenders for the last bit, they assured us that they were in no rush to leave even after a hard days work. Overall we had a wonderful experience and we look forward to going back! I'm excited to taste for holiday bruise and I really hope I can make it in soon!