New Day Semi-Dry Mead

Brewed by New Day Meadery
Style: Mead
Indianapolis, Indiana USA

Serve in Snifter

Definitely a sweeter version of their dry mead. The honey is accentuated in this mead with a nice, smooth, honey sweet finish.

Pours a very light yellow. Still. Nose is light honey aroma and not very prominent but pleasant. Also aroma of light wax, and very flowery like clover, and fruity candy. Also a little boozy in te nose. Taste, as mentioned is just slightly dry but leaves a little sweetness to keep it drinkable for me. Still seems pretty dry though. Smooth and almost full mouthfeel for a wine. Pretty good.

much sweeter than the dry mead. not as dry as the dry mead, but dry compared to other meads i’ve had. nice candy, honey. nice, but liked the dry mead from new day better.

Out of the bottle at the meadery. This was my favorite of the tour, and I bought some bottles to take home. Very pale yellow in color and still. Very floral honey forward nose. This semi-dry is much sweeter than the dry offerings from New Day and has a very nice floral and earthy honey flavor. The alcohol shows itself on the inhale. As shig said, this is much sweeter in the comparison, but this is a nice mead that should be tried.

Anniversary Trip 2007

The tasting notes provided by the meadery actually provide a very accurate description of this mead:

A slightly sweeter version of our Dry Mead, our Semi-Dry Mead possesses the characteristic light straw color. The aroma is more pronounced, showing the sweet spice notes unique to East-central Indiana wildflower honey. The flavor is, too, slightly sweet with a pleasant honey flavor. The additional honey used in this variety provides a richer, fuller body and lingering sweetness that makes for a very enjoyable mead.

Residual Sugar: 4% Alcohol Content: 12% Style: Still.
Vintage: 2005 Batch number: 05-2 Cases Made: 82

5/20/2007: New Day Semi-Dry Mead looks clearer than water! Sweet honey and alcohol pop out of the aroma. The mead is much sweeter than all the other New Day meads. It’s only 4% residual sugar, but since their other meads are all quite dry, this one seems like sugar water or light corn syrup in comparison! There are lots of delicate honey flavors throughout and it is well-balanced overall. This mead has a soft and smooth feel and seems much more full in the mouth. A traditional, sweeter mead.

Sampled at New Day Meadery in Elwood, Indiana.