Misbeehavin' - FOMO

FOMO is a buckwheat honey mead made with Dagger Mountain Roastery's abino coffee and aged 10 months in a new American oak barrel.  FOMO is available in 375mL bottles and was released on November 12th, 2016 for $18/bottle; limit 3.

This is a great mead.  Very unique and inventive.  Buckwheat Blossom honey is a perfect fit for barrel aging.  It's a pungent honey that's more malty and has a flavor profile more akin to molasses.  This bigger, bolder honey stands up nicely to the wood of a barrel.  Integrating and balancing nicely the oaky, green woodsy flavors of the barrel.  The coffee is also very well integrated into this mead.  There's not many coffee meads on the market, and very few I've had that have actually worked.  this one works, its works very well.  

The nose is like dark chocolate covered coffee beans.  The taste is like a combination of a sweet cold press with a rye whisky spiciness.  I get burnt/caramelized molasses as well.   The color is a rust, a nice crystal clear reddish-brown.  FOMO is an excellent example of mead experimentation and the balance of coffee and barrel into a mead.